The Elimination Diet: Know What’s a No-No for Your Body
Our diets play a big role in our mental health and physical health. Whether it’s the Thanksgiving turkey that makes you drowsy, or our morning coffee that makes us more alert, each food and beverage plays a lasting role on us. If you find yourself facing a more impacted lifestyle, where you’re experiencing indigestion, skin...
Do you Filter Your Drinking Water?
Access to clean water is a fundamental health imperative that most residents of this country are fortunate enough to have available in our homes. In fact, we are so accustomed to this luxury that we may take it for granted. While there’s much to be grateful for, I encourage you to take a moment to think critically about the quality of...
You Are What You Eat
Much of our modern industrial agricultural/meat industry is smoke and mirrors to normalize very unusual and dangerous practices in respect to the raising of animals for meat, the food the animals are fed and the processing methods done to the animals after slaughter. Let's focus on chicken today. Chicken is some of the easiest meat to...
Fish During Pregnancy: What to Eat and What to Not
When pregnant, you must take notice of what your dietary habits are; whether they’re hindrances or boosts in this exciting stage of your life. One of the most harmful commonly ingested toxins is found is fish, known as mercury. The trivial idea of eating a tuna melt for lunch can prove to be harmful for the fetus. A mother-infant study...
Seed Cycling: Balancing Your Hormones In A Natural Way
Seed cycling is an ancient and gentle way to regulate your hormones by supplying you with the nutrients you need at specific phases of your cycle. Hormonal variations can result in anything from amenorrhea (lack of menses) or dysmenorrhea (irregular menses), to hormonal acne and weight gain. Typically hormonal birth control is used to...
Boosting Your Fertility
Fertility. It’s one word, but it withholds power, emotion and is a high priority for women who are looking to conceive and bring a little one into their world. However, having healthy and positive fertility outcomes can be a struggle and presents itself as an obstacle for many. The CDC shares, “6% of married women aged 15 to 44 years...
Insulin resistance: Why and How to Avoid it
Insulin resistance (IR) is related to the body’s blood sugar regulation and can be regarded as essentially an imbalance in a particular individual’s food consumption relative to what is needed. Insulin is a hormone that allows glucose to enter the body’s cells where it is used as energy. More glucose means more insulin is needed....
The Healthy Sugar Alternative For the Ages
Do you have a sweet tooth? You don't need to be ashamed. Many of us do! Some of us prefer chocolate while others may indulge in cookies or cake but a 2011 study based on data from the Swedish Mammography Cohort may have you thinking twice before reaching for that extra sweet treat this holiday season. The study, which examined 61,226...
