When making healthy lifestyle changes, most people only consider what foods they should and shouldn't be eating, not once thinking about the food additives that are way more dangerous than the food itself. It’s easy to make this mistake. No one really talks about food...
It’s Time For Real Talk…
Suddenly everyone is an expert. In a few weeks of self-isolation, I have seen people who think they have a platform talk about health in a way that they have no experience or training to do. But in the era of social media that we live in, the more followers, the more...
Six Ways To Strengthen Immunity
There is much fear surrounding COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus. So I wanted to write this post to help you identify easy ways to strengthen your immunity in addition to all the hand washing precautions. Especially given you might not be able to find soap...
Yoga is So Much More Than Exercise
It kind of bugs me when people refer to yoga as exercise. It’s so much more than that. In fact asana, the actual postures people refer to as “exercise”, is only one of the 8 limbs of yoga. That means there are 7 other ways to practice yoga. If you study the root of...
Low-Glycemic vs. High-Glycemic… What Does It Really Mean?
If you have diabetes, you have likely been told by somebody, I hope, to eat foods that are low-glycemic. And I would agree and advocate the same regardless of diabetes status. In fact, the foundation of chronic disease management and prevention is aligned with eating...
Is Agave ‘Good’ or ‘Bad’ For You and Why Should I Listen To You?
I was recently having a conversation or actually inserted myself into a conversation while having my nails done at the spa about agave. One woman made the comment that she didn’t use agave because it’s so bad for you, and the person doing her nails agreed, saying, "oh...
5 Supplements You Need To Prevent Leaky Gut
While poor gut health has existed for an eternity, people just weren’t talking about it. Now it seems to be all the rage. In fact, Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, said all diseases originate in the gut. If that is true why aren’t more providers targeting the gut...
The Stuff People Don’t Tell You About Spinach
There’s a new study talking about using spinach as a dietary supplement to cut hunger and increase fullness. When I first saw the headline, “could spinach help with weight loss”, I thought um, yes, duh, and why the heck is that news.The deal is they discovered a...