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Healthy Blood Sugar: More than just “normal” glucose levels
Have you made the assumption that you have healthy blood sugar levels because you were told you had normal glucose after having bloodwork done? I see this often in my practice. Client comes in with symptoms like dragging in the afternoon, waking a couple times at...
Are you eating enough protein?
Most people are not eating enough protein. When you consume foods high in protein, they break down into amino acids which serve as building blocks for muscles, organs, cells, enzymes, antibodies, brain neurotransmitters, hormones and more. In short, every single cell...
3 Steps for a Successful Detox
In the last post, I gave a simplified explanation of the detoxification pathways. Now, let’s look at how to actually support your body’s detoxification pathways safely. If you’ve wondered about going on a “detox,” this is what you need to know! There are several...
Detoxification – what it really means!
Your liver is constantly working to detoxify your body. There are 3 phases of detoxification and each phase must be supported properly or else things start to get dysfunctional. Before I break down those three phases - how might you know if any of these phases are...
Five Reasons for Weight Loss Resistance – Part 2
In Part 1, I dug into two reasons why you might be experiencing weight loss resistance. Today let’s look at 3 other reasons the weight (especially around the belly) might not be coming off as quickly as you’d like. There are certainly other reasons besides the five...
Five Reasons for Weight Loss Resistance – Part 1
Today we will actually dig into those five underlying reasons you might have weight loss resistance. In the intro, I wanted to cover what you should focus on first for 30 days if you feel like you have had trouble trying to lose weight. These next five reasons are not...
Five Reasons for Weight Loss Resistance – Intro
There can be quite a few reasons why you might experience weight loss resistance. The next two articles in this series are going to cover a few of the deeper, underlying reasons why this could be happening. I realized when I started writing, though, that we should...
Vitamin D and the Immune System – we’ve been doing it wrong!
We have not been approaching vitamin D and the immune system correctly. Specifically, we haven’t been measuring, evaluating, and supporting proper usage of vitamin D correctly. Vitamin D and your immune system are intimately connected BUT there is a lot more to that...
How to Stop Bloating
If you’ve experienced the feeling that a balloon is being blown up in your belly, you know how frustrating it can be to try to stop the bloating. It can feel like it doesn’t matter what you eat, you’ll still end up busting out of your pants by the end of the day. Or...
Your Metabolism Doesn’t Slow Down with Age
Do you feel like your metabolism has slowed down? Like after you reached a certain age everything just came to a screeching halt? According to a study out of Duke, the metabolism doesn’t really slow down as was previously thought. But you might be thinking, “ok...
