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Nutrition

Nourishing Hormonal Harmony: The Vital Role of Nutrition for Women

Fitness

Rethinking Health: It's a Mind Game as Much as a Physical One

Losing Weight

Why Going on Diets Don't Work: The Key to Sustainable & Healthy Weight Loss

Wellness

A 5 Minute Guide on How to Balance your Hormones Naturally

Are you feeling overwhelmed and stressed out? Do you find yourself constantly tired and unable to focus? These could be signs that your hormones are out of balance. Hormones play a vital role in regulating our bodily functions, including our stress response. When our hormones are not balanced, we ca

Chronic Diseasae

Is Your Blood Pressure High?

You don’t get high blood pressure JUST because your genetics say so! Your lifestyle can control your blood pressure just as much as your genetics. An integrative approach to treating your blood pressure shouldn’t start and finish with a pharmaceutical drug. In some cases, pharmaceutical drugs can be

Female

Supplements

  Picture with me an Iceberg. . . This iceberg represents everything we need to stay healthy. At the largest part of the iceberg, are vegetables, then fruits, proteins, carbs, healthy fats, water, and at the tip . . . supplements. They are an important part of any healthy regimen. Because of the foo

Optimal Health

Conventional Vs. Holistic Medicine

     Healing yourself through “Natural”, “Holistic” or “Alternative” means is very different from the conventional medical model you may be used to. In conventional medicine, we are taught that if you have a symptom there is a drug that will fix that symptom. I call this “a pill for every ill”. For 

Clinical Detox

Cocaine in My Cookies?

When you think of a cocaine addict, what comes to mind? You may picture someone who puts themselves in harm’s way to get their next fix. Someone who doesn’t care what the cost as long as they get their drug and feel that high once more. That’s similar to how we behave when we indulge […]

Nutrition

Improving the quality of your food: Good Growth, Storage & Preparation

When “Cleaning Up” your diet, begin to think beyond the food itself and consider how your food is grown, stored and prepared. Here are 5 simple things you can begin doing today to improve the quality of your food. Buy Organic: By buying organic you are getting foods without the pesticides, herbicide

Nutrition

Calories Matter but Food Quality Matters More!

Most people believe that food quality is all about calories and those calories alone are responsible for weight gain or loss, health or disease, longevity or premature death. Although calories play a role, this is far from the whole story.

Optimal Health

Your Journey to Better Health . . . Where to Start?

1) Health is not a destination it is a journey! 2) Everyone is not the same… 3) …But there are some common principles to healthy habits

Wellness

Snack Ideas for Kids

Most store bought snack foods are carbohydrate (i.e. bread/flour/sugar) based so here I focus on increasing fruits and vegetables. Here are some quick and easy ideas for kids snacks (these can double as adult snacks as well)

Wellness

Healthy is Sexy!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen it is time to get it together! We are not victims of our bodies and well being. We are in total control so act like it! Start by choosing your food wisely, not by impulse. If you still think that a Big Mac with Fries and a Soda is lunch then you […]

Wellness

Why Is It So Hard To Change Behavior?

Living a healthy life is not all on the individual. There are hundreds of outside factors that can influence the foods we eat, how active we are and the stressors we encounter. Part of living a healthy lifestyle is about recognizing these factors and actively working around them. I have seen many of

Wellness

Doctors Can't Give You Health

CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, health is not obtained in the conventional medical settings. Doctors, emergency rooms and hospitals have their place but if you are healthy, you shouldn’t need them all to often! OPTIMAL HEALTH STARTS AT HOME! Prevention of disease, treatment of most chronic illnesses and

Clinical Detox

Clinical Detoxification 101

What is a Clinical Detoxification? Clinical Detoxification (CD) is the process of optimizing the bodies own detoxification mechanisms for the elimination of environmental and food toxins through providing adequate nutrition. It is often combined with an elimination diet where allergenic foods are al

Belly Fat

I'm Doing Everything Right... So Why Won’t This Belly Fat Budge?

Chronic Diseasae

A New Chapter in Women’s Health

Hormones

Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: Why Women Deserve Better Hormone Care

Hormones

The Problem with How We Talk About Hormones: A Call for Precision and Personalization