I get it. Everyone wants to lose weight, yep, me too. And for some weight loss is critically important for long-term health. But weight loss in the absence of talking about body composition means nothing. You need both to be metabolically healthy and that message is getting lost in the GLP-1 peptide conversation. It’s not […]

I’m fresh off my annual girls’ trip to San Miguel Mexico! It is literally one of the best things I do for my health all year. We stay in this beautiful home that includes a house manager who buys fresh food from the nearby market and makes our breakfast and lunch daily. Before we head […]

It wasn’t too long ago that I was pregnant with my first child. It actually turned out to be children, twin girls. We were shocked and excited, to say the least; there were no twins in either of our families. While things started off well, they unfortunately took a turn. Long story short, I ended […]

Everyone wants fast weight loss. In our society, the quest for rapid weight loss has become yet another thing we are impatient about. It’s not new news that people will turn to the latest fad diet or clinic serving up the newest drug therapy to have faster weight loss. It might take us years to […]

I was recently coaching a client and she mentioned that she saw a supplement online that she wanted to try. She also commented that it was recommended by a well-known influencer in the wellness industry. She asked me to review the ingredients and to my surprise, I was shocked that someone who claimed to be […]

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 […]

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 to wash your hands with! Let alone a bottle of hand sanitizer!

It’s another episode of Wellness Wednesday! And Dr. Cori is explaining the impact yoga can have on your life both on and off the mat. It is often misunderstood that yoga is simply another form of exercise that emphasizes stretching when in fact, that is only 1/8 of the yoga experience. So listen in to this episode on how you might be underestimating the impact yoga can have on your life.

Adrenaline or epinephrine is your short-term, acute stress hormone.  It’s designed to help you get out of danger quickly.  It is the hormone that promotes the fight or flight response, that results in your blood supply being diverted to your periphery, (i.e.) arms, legs.  In order for your body to have the energy to fully execute on the fight or flight system, you need fuel or energy, and the most readily available source of energy in the body is glucose.