Nutritional and Herbal Supplements 101
Due to factors like processed foods, environmental toxins, mental and emotional stressors, long-standing digestive disorders, antibiotics and hormones in the meat supply, GMOs, and severely-depleted soil, nutritional supplements are almost always a must to advance your program and your health. While we cannot customize to you individually, we do suggest these “foundational four” supplements to get you off and running with more energy, improved digestion and immunity, better sleep, and less unnecessary symptoms you may be dealing with on a daily basis....more
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Acid/Alkaline Balance: Something Everyone Should Know About
Health is truly a balance amongst all the systems of the body. The cells of our body are so interconnected that when you improve the balance of any one system, it improves the balance and vitality of the rest of the organ systems. For example, improving cardiovascular health improves digestive function....more
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Cardiovascular Health and the Blood Vessels
The epidemic of heart disease in our nation today is devastating. The health of our diet and lifestyle directly affects our blood quality, affecting the health of the blood vessels and the heart. According to the 2010 CDC mortality tables, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S. However, the good news is that heart and blood vessel disease are not inevitable; in fact, they are absolutely preventable in most cases. The health of your blood and blood vessels is influenced daily by your dietary and lifestyle choices....more
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The Healing Power of Chicken Bone Broth
Hippocrates stated "Let your food be your medicine and let your medicine be your food." Bone broth, as used throughout history, has been affectionately known as "Jewish penicillin."...more
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Dirty Dozen and Clean 15
Dirty Dozen and Clean 15
The Dirty Dozen should ALWAYS be bought organic.
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What Everyone Should Know About Celiac Disease
Gluten sensitivity is a silent epidemic. Seven out of ten Americans have it, many have no idea that this substance they eat on a daily basis is causing the vast array of unpleasant symptoms and severely limiting their quality life.
Celiac Disease takes gluten sensitivity to an entirely new level. For those with Celiac Disease, eating gluten scars their intestines, leading to a domino effect of a wide range of symptoms and other diseases like......more
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Differences Between IgE and IgG Testing for Allergies and Sensitivities
Understand how and why to test for food and evironmental allergies....more
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The Eight Food Myths That May Be Harming You
It is time to revisit some of the most common food myths that we encounter in our work as nutritional counselors. These myths are more than just fables – they might be keeping you from optimal health. ...more
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Methylation as an Answer to Sustained Health Results
Methylation is easily defined as DNA modification. It is involved in the modification of heavy metals, regulation of gene expression, regulation of protein function, and RNA metabolism. Essentially methyl groups are the on/off switches of the cells' activities...more
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H. Pylori - a Cause of Stomach Ulcers, Chronic Stomach Pain, and Potentially Stomach Cancer
H. pylori is a bacteria that I see regularly when I run stool samples so I thought I would do some research on it to see if I could understand its origin better as well as the pathogenicity of the bacterium. The full name for H....more
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Weight Loss Done Right: Cellular Detoxifcation and Increased Cellular Energy Production
As a nutritionist, it goes without saying that many people come to me looking to lose weight. I'd say it's a little more than half of my clientele. Over the past six years, I've looked at weight loss from many angles, always careful to steer clear of the quick fixes that could ultimately cause further damage, imbalances or the dreaded Yo-Yo effect (HCG programs are a great example) and to instead look for ways to clean up the entire body, balance the hormones, increase happiness, mot...more
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Get the Metals Out!
Metal toxicity can cause all kinds of symptoms from depression to chronic fatigue to joint pain or GI distress.
I find antioxidant therapy a great way to detox from metals (after you have detoxed and supported the other organ systems first). It is much safer than chelation. Reducing exposure is essential. Some ways the body picks them up are through hair dyes, cosmetics, tobacco smoke, skin lightening cremes...more
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