There is no way I could do a cortisol blog series and not talk about belly fat. And more important than knowing that cortisol increases belly fat, is knowing how to get rid of it. And that’s where food comes in. So often when people think about belly fat, they automatically think diet and food […]

Since you have been following the blog, I imagine you might be thinking about what you can do to reset your cortisol levels. You might be feeling like your cortisol is likely high, given the amount of stress you experience daily and have been experiencing for a long time. Resetting your cortisol levels is something […]

If you have been wondering all this time why you are struggling to lose weight, this is the blog post for you. Cortisol can sometimes be a good thing, but you know what they say about too much of a good thing, right? Cortisol is our stress hormone. Cortisol is released at various times throughout […]

Cortisol is often the cause of anxiety, restlessness, constant fatigue, and yes unexplained weight gain or difficulty losing weight. If you’re raising your hand right now, like that’s me, then you’re in good company. More than 77% of Americans report experiencing stress and all the drama that occurs alongside it. So what the heck is […]

All I knew about sickle cell disease from my days in clinical practice was that sickle cell was painful and predominantly impacted the Black community.  And based on the demographic of the hospital and clinics I worked in, most providers treated patients as just drug-seeking for pain medications.  Little did I know at the time, […]

Ahh, the world of modern nutrition. It looks like dieting and food restriction. Pictures of people with these amazingly chiseled bodies saying following my method and you’ll look like this too. Literally, everyone is on a diet most of the time. People, and let’s face it, women, focus on calories, high protein, low carbohydrate, low […]

I think at this point most people acknowledge the idea that gut health is important and as a result want to learn how to restore gut health. The problem though is that people aren’t exactly sure what good gut health looks like and how to actually fix it. The other challenge is not just one thing works for all people. Given that we are all bio-individual, meaning personal differences exist throughout each part of the human body, there is no perfect approach to ensuring our diet and lifestyle alone will restore gut health.

When making healthy lifestyle changes, most people only consider what foods they should and shouldn’t be eating…

Does your schedule overwhelm you before the day even starts? Do you feel like you’re not living up to your standards? And instead of feeling in control, you feel busy, anxious, and unproductive?

Maybe you should adjust your standards.