Russell Mariani

Russell Mariani is a Health Educator and Digestive Wellness expert who has been in private practice since 1980. He is the co-founder with his wife Megan Moore of The Center for Functional Nutrition in South Hadley, Massachusetts. He is the author of the book, Principle Eating, The No Diet Way to Complete Health and several other health-related books and ebooks. He can be reached at 413-536-0275 and via email at: russellmariani@thecenterforfunctionalnutrition.net

The Center for Functional Nutrition Team

Breathe Your Way to Better Health

December 18, 2020

Russell Mariani

When it comes to the fundamentals of nutrition and health, it doesn’t get any more fundamental than oxygen. Oxygen is a vital nutrient, perhaps the most vital of all. We can go without food and water for days at a time. We can go without oxygen, in the form of normal breathing, for only...

Author Russell Marriani in front of a granite wall.

Principles and Practices for Healthy Living

November 23, 2020

Russell Mariani

I know what it’s like to be sick. I know what it’s like to be afraid of a disease that seems so elusive and incomprehensible. I know what it’s like to depend on...

Live Younger Longer!

October 29, 2020

Russell Mariani

The residents of Okinawa, Japan are world famous for their longevity. More centenarians (people living to be over 100 years old) inhabit the many tropical islands of Okinawa Prefecture than any other place on earth. What then are some of the secrets to...

The Carnivore Diet

October 13, 2020

Russell Mariani

On a recent Facebook post someone asked me the following question: “Can you please comment on The Carnivore Diet I hear so many good things about it.” So, what is The Carnivore Diet? According to many internet sources...

Featured Ebook: Principle Eating - The No Diet Way to Complete Health

July 9, 2020

Russell Mariani

This book is 40 years in the making. The contents of its comprehensive 320 pages documents in detail the insights, protocols and procedures that Russell Mariani has used effectively in helping many thousands of people around the world to regain their health and well-being. You will learn...

Your Microbiome is in the News

July 9, 2020

Russell Mariani

Here is a simple truth: As goes the health of your intestinal microbiome, so goes the rest of your health. Put another way: the health of every organ, system and cell of the entire human body depends upon the health, vitality and diversity of the probiotic organisms living in your gut. And...

What is Health?

July 7, 2020

Russell Mariani

Health is NOT the absence of dis-ease symptoms. A person cannot and should not be considered “healthy” simply because they do not have a medical diagnosis for some kind of chronic degenerative condition like...

How to be Healthy in a Time of Crisis

May 1, 2020

Russell Mariani

I have invested most of my time during the past 40 years of my life to be able to answer the following questions calmly and confidently when someone contacts me because they are suffering through a personal health crisis...

Publishers Corner: Habits of Naturally Healthy People

April 3, 2020

Russell Mariani

What are the habits I should practice and which ones should I avoid? Understanding the difference between the complementary and insulting habits in your diet and lifestyle makes all the difference in your self-healing journey. If you fail to identify your most insulting habits...

Habits of Naturally Healthy People

It’s not just what we eat, but how, when, where, and why we eat that makes all the difference in the world! Imagine that.

April 2, 2020

Russell Mariani

Understanding the difference between the complementary and insulting habits in your diet and lifestyle makes all the difference in your self-healing journey. If you fail to identify your most insulting habits (and then actively minimize or avoid them completely) you may not experience the success you desire and deserve.

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