by Allyson Drosten-Brooks | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog & Video Categories, Eating for Energy, Weight Loss, Women’s Health
If you feel like you’re always hungry or hungry a bit too often, then today’s Food as Medicine episode will help fix that. When we feel fuller longer, we can lose weight while balancing energy levels and our hormones. Our brains can get in the way of our weight loss...
by Allyson Drosten-Brooks | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog & Video Categories, Blood Sugar Balance, Quick Meals, Super Foods, Weight Loss
Whether you’re a morning smoothie drinker or use them as snacks or meal replacements, smoothies are an excellent opportunity to use food as your medicine and fulfill an abundance of vitamin and mineral requirements for your body and mind. We’ve listed out the...
by Allyson Drosten-Brooks | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog & Video Categories, Blood Sugar Balance, Detoxification, Weight Loss
On today's Food as Medicine, we want to help you make simple, easy, positive changes in your life instead of trying to bite off more than you can chew (pun intended ;). Our good friend, JJ Virgin, is back on the show because she is the queen of food intolerance and...
by Allyson Drosten-Brooks | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog & Video Categories, Digestive Health, Gut Health, Immune Health, Randy & Christa Show, Weight Loss
What if I told you that you have the power to turn on or off the genes for disease within your body? This is a new and emerging field called epigenetics. It’s very powerful work. Instead of identifying with a set of symptoms, a disease, or even the organisms that...
by Allyson Drosten-Brooks | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog & Video Categories, Detoxification, Digestive Health, Weight Loss
Cumin, coriander and fennel tea (aka CCF tea) has long been revered as an Ayurvedic method to improve digestion. It calms and soothes inflammation, helps with protein digestion and assimilation, and it can also train your pancreas to produce more of its own enzymes!...
by Allyson Drosten-Brooks | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog & Video Categories, Candida, Detoxification, Digestive Health, Weight Loss
I’m super pumped to share this with you today. You guys have likely heard me talk about Candida on many podcasts, summits, and on the thewholejourney.com – but that is mostly to a community who knows about Candida and functional medicine. Today I got the chance to...
by Allyson Drosten-Brooks | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog & Video Categories, Digestive Health, Organs and Glands, Weight Loss
Today we talk about fiber. It’s an essential, food-based way to literally extend your life because it’s the most natural, healthy way to eliminate toxins from the body on a daily basis. Let me ask you something personal….if you had to “weigh” the amount of toxins you...
by Allyson Drosten-Brooks | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog & Video Categories, Candida, Detoxification, Digestive Health, Gut Health, Hormonal Health, Immune Health, Inflammation, Randy & Christa Show, Weight Loss
Could It Be Candida? Have you been dealing with intense sugar cravings, brain fog, fatigue, digestion issues, and anxiety or depression? It could be candida overgrowth. What is candida and how does one get it? Candida albicans is a specific strain of yeast that...
by Allyson Drosten-Brooks | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog & Video Categories, Blood Sugar Balance, Randy & Christa Show, Weight Loss
Sugar is a drug. It’s public enemy #1 for degrading our health and quality of life. Who better to take it on than powerhouse JJ Virgin? JJ’s one of the most direct, driven, and to-the-point people I’ve met in the industry. Her new book, Sugar Impact Diet, reflects...
by Allyson Drosten-Brooks | Aug 27, 2016 | Blog & Video Categories, Food Sensitivities, Randy & Christa Show, Weight Loss
Avoid 7 Foods to Lose 7 Pounds in 7 Days and Feel 70% Better I love talking about food sensitivities because I have personally witnessed the power of identifying and eliminating them to transform a person's health. Today, it’s refreshing to share with you someone...
