Flourish and Balance Integrative Medicine

06/26/2026

Thank you to PG County for inviting Flourish & Balance to participate in Planted: Mothers First Initiative Summit!

06/19/2026

Looking for fertility support? Schedule a consultation with Dr. Safiya at www.flourishandbalance.com today!

06/18/2026

Saturday, June 20th, join Dr. Safiya at Planted: Mothers First Initiative Summit. For more information and registration for this FREE event, visit www.mothersfirstinitiative.com

06/17/2026

It's been too hot to not hydrate. Get some water on your plate!

02/04/2026

Fire cupping isn’t just for pain—it’s great for detoxing your body and releasing tension. 🧘‍♀️ Feel rejuvenated and lighter with this holistic treatment. 🔥

02/02/2026

Supplements…are they helpful or not? There are so many questions when it comes to supplements. Do they really help? Are they worth the expense? How do I know what to choose and what brands to trust?
Supplement ideally should function just as the name implies, add to or enhance the healthy food and lifestyle habits that you have in place.
For personalized recommendations and support from a practitioner for your specific health and wellness needs, contact Flourish & Balance for a consultation today!

01/28/2026

I just love when research catches up to what we in naturopathic medicine have observed and incorporating into our evaluation and treatment clinically for years! Welcome to preventative and functional medicine! :)

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Vitamin B12 is long understood as a vital nutrient required for red blood cell formation and nerve function, but a new Cornell study suggests its role in human biology is far more intricate, with implications for aging, metabolism and disease prevention.

The research, published Jan. 19 in the Journal of Nutrition, reports previously unrecognized pathways by which B12 influences cellular metabolism and uncovers biomarkers that may identify early nutritional stress far before classic deficiency symptoms appear.

“This is the first study that shows B12 deficiency affects skeletal muscle mitochondrial energy production,” said corresponding author Martha Field, Ph.D. ’07, associate professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences and in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell. “It’s highly relevant because muscles have high energy demands. More importantly, my co-author, Anna Thalacker-Mercer from theUAB - The University of Alabama at Birmingham, wondered if B12 supplementation in aged mice would improve muscle mitochondrial function – and it did.”

Up until now, most research has focused on B12 deficiency and the resulting clinical syndromes – megaloblastic anemia, neuropathy and cognitive decline – rather than its deeper mechanistic roles.

At Cornell, a team including Field and two of her former lab members, first authors Luisa Castillo, Ph.D. ’25, and Katarina Heyden, B.S. '18, Ph.D. ’24, set out to probe those mechanisms, mapping how B12 interacts with lipid metabolism, organelle stress pathways and epigenetic regulation.

What emerged was startling: The vitamin appears to act as a gatekeeper of multiple “hub” pathways, meaning that its insufficiency may ripple far beyond the classic symptoms.

Read more at https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/01/vitamin-b12-clues-offer-hope-new-therapies.

01/16/2026

Happy Founder’s Day to all of the Finer women of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated. Wishing you abundant health as we celebrate 106 years of scholarship, service, sisterhood and finer womanhood. 💙🤍

01/10/2026

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