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Do You Have An "itis"?

Do You Have An "itis"?

Is Inflammation Holding you Back?

If you have an illness or a condition that ends with “itis” you have a chronic inflammation problem. Some examples are arthritis, bursitis, sinusitis and tendinitis. This inflammation can be systemic and can be happening in the body without you being aware. It contributes to other illnesses such as diabetes, osteoporosis and even Alzheimer’s. Unfortunately, there are quite a few of us dealing with the issues of chronic inflammation. Do any of these questions ring true for you?

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12 Steps to Better Health - Start TODAY!!

12 Steps to Better Health - Start TODAY!!

Easy Steps to Improve your health TODAY!

Isn’t better health what we all want? We all know what we are supposed to be doing and we all know there are simple steps that can be taken to reach better health. Today I would just like to remind all of us of some simple steps to get us on the right track. I will also share why these steps are important for each of us to work on.

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What's Your Why?

What's Your Why?

Why a Why is so Important

When you are losing weight, trying to improve your health or have any BIG goal it’s important you have a strong “WHY”. This doesn’t mean a reason like “because I should” or “because my doctor told me I need to” although those are both good reasons to start embarking on a change in lifestyle to get healthy, they might not get you through the tough times….and trust me when I say there are likely going to be tough times if the “goal” is a big one.

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Eat Yeast? Are you Serious?

Eat Yeast? Are you Serious?

What is Nutritional Yeast and Is it something I should be eating?

The first time I really learned about nutritional yeast was a couple years ago when reading a food label. What is this funny thing and isn’t yeast supposed to be in bread? I thought yeasty things were bad for my health not something I want in my food!

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How Are You Spending Your Calories?

How Are You Spending Your Calories?

Eat Your Nutrients Before Your Calories!

I know we don’t like to talk about calories, or count calories or think about calories. We’re all just ‘intuitively” supposed to eat and “know” when we are full and when our body has had enough. Then how come so many of my clients are ALWAYS hungry?

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Want More Energy? - 5 Nutrients You Can Add Today!!

Want More Energy? - 5 Nutrients You Can Add Today!!

Who could use a little more energy?

One of the biggest complaints of the women that I work with is that they just don’t have enough energy. They struggle to get out of bed and moving in the morning and by the time they are done work and getting home to make themselves dinner they are wiped out. This leads a lot of them to reach for easy to prepare processed meals or going out for fast food. There must be an answer! Why are all these women SO tired? 

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Fiber - A BIG BAD F-word!!

Fiber - A BIG BAD F-word!!

Fiber - A BIG bad F-word! 

When I say fiber, do you think of cardboard or tree bark? I know when I have brought it up with clients I often get the stink-eye from them like I am going to ask them to eat saw dust! Some refer to it as their roughage, my grandma calls it getting her greens, but we all need it to get ourselves moving, stay at an optimal weight and feel our best. The big question is “Are you getting enough?”.

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Protein and Weight Loss - What you need to Know!

Protein and Weight Loss - What you need to Know!

Proteins and Weight Loss – What you need to Know

There are three important macro-nutrients that we need to eat each day. Carbohydrates, fats (that’s right you NEED fat!) and protein. Protein makes up 20% of our body weight and is found in ALL food groups. When our body breaks up proteins to be absorbed into the body the building blocks are called amino acids. These amino acids are what we use to build that 20% of our body weight!

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How to Make your DREAM come True!

How to Make your DREAM come True!

How to Make your Dream come True!

The stories are everywhere, always uplifting, always inspiring:

  • The woman who created a wellness clinic in her inner-city neighborhood.

  • The man who lost 200 pounds after being housebound for a decade.

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Love Your Guts - Eat Fermented Foods!

Love Your Guts - Eat Fermented Foods!

Fermented Foods – Love Your Guts!!

If you’ve been on social media or even watching the news there has been lots of talk recently about fermented foods. Is this a new trend in the dieting roller coaster? Will there be a new fad diet using fermented food? I doubt it but wouldn’t put it past the media! Fermented foods have been around for centuries and have been dietary staples in many cultures!

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Traditional Diets

Traditional Diets

What we can Learn from Traditional Diets

In the 1930s, a Cleveland dentist named Weston A. Price, DDS, traveled to isolated parts of the world to study the dental health of people unaffected by Western civilization. His studies revealed that dental caries and deformed dental arches, which resulted in crooked teeth, were the result of nutritional deficiencies and not genetically inherited as previously believed.

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Fasting, Is it for You?

Fasting, Is it for You?

What is Intermittent Fasting?

Intermittent fasting is not a diet. It doesn’t cut calories or starve you. It changes “when” you eat not “what” you eat. It’s about cycling between periods of eating and periods of not eating. We all fast overnight while we sleep. That is how the name breakfast came about. It means break-the-fast.

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The Great Vitamin D Debate!!

The Great Vitamin D Debate!!

Vitamin D – What is it and Why do I need it?

I keep hearing that summer is coming. Spring is apparently here but there is still snow in the forecast!! This gets me thinking about Vitamin D, the “sunshine” vitamin. I am supposed to be able to make this essential vitamin in my body by getting exposure to the sun. But, I live in the great white north so is it possible to get enough vitamin D from the sun when there are very few days when the sun seems to shine?

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The Incredible Kale!!

The Incredible Kale!!

KALE

Does kale really suck? I thought I would highlight a food that packs a HUGE nutritional punch but gets a bad rap for taste. Kale. It’s green, it’s rugged and many claim it has the taste of wet cardboard. But is that because you’re not preparing it correctly?

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Could it be Adrenal Fatigue?

Could it be Adrenal Fatigue?

Could it be Adrenal Fatigue?

Daily living can be stressful which can be hard on the adrenals.  Stress disrupts the homeostasis of the body and the body responds with the nervous system and with chronic stress the adrenal glands.  Prolonged stress can be VERY hard on the body and what is interesting is a lot of us don’t acknowledge our stress because we just handle our lives on a day-to-day basis.

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Can Mindful Eating Change your Health?

Can Mindful Eating Change your Health?

What is mindful eating?

So often we eat without even thinking of what we're doing. We stuff food into our mouths while working on the computer, watching TV, or when we’re on the run. We’re all busy, I get it. Did you know that when we eat on the run and when we’re stressed digestion actually slows down and can even stop? You need to be in a relaxed state to optimize digestion.  When digestion is hampered symptoms like bloating, belching and indigestion can occur.   

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Eat Veggies - Kill the Cravings

Eat Veggies - Kill the Cravings

Eat Veggies - Kill the Cravings

Almost everyone craves sweets. It’s only natural as our body’s use glucose (the simplest form of sugar) for energy.  But rather than depending on processed sugar, why not try to add naturally sweet foods to your daily diet to satisfy your sweet tooth?

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Water

Water

The Cleansing Nature of Water

We’ve been talking all about cleanses and detoxes this month, but did you know that your body can cleanse and detox itself. Yes, it can flush harmful substances out of your system ALL BY ITSELF!! But one important thing it does need from you is WATER!!

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Resolution Check In

Resolution Check In

Just curious about who has made a resolution this year? It’s the last week of January and I’m wondering if you have stuck to it this far. Have you had support? Was it a BIG goal or a little change that you have made? I decided to make a list of goals for the year with one for each month. I have been able to keep my goals for the month but am struggling with patience and can see why people don’t typically make it to the end of the month for resolutions and give up before things get going.

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Juicing - What's to know?

Juicing - What's to know?

First things first, what is the difference between juicing in my home and just going to the store and buying myself some juice?  Juicing at home can be cheaper (once you have your juicer) depending on where you buy your produce, it’s fresher so all the enzymes and nutrients are present, and you know exactly what’s going into it.  Buying juice in the store can be expensive (were talking fresh pressed), you don’t know exactly what quality of produce is going into your juice, and it can be more expensive. 

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