The “Island” of Your Gut: How Probiotics and Prebiotics Work to Boosts Your Health
The “Island” of Your Gut: How Probiotics and Prebiotics Work to Boosts Your Health Imagine a peaceful, remote island. Some islanders are the “good guys” — they till the soil, harvest the crops, fish and keep island operations running smoothly. A few are the island troublemakers; they eat too much of the food, destroy property, don’t […]
What’s in a Label? What You Need to Know to Make Healthy Food Choices
What’s in a Label? What You Need to Know to Make Healthy Food Choices What’s black, white, and red all over? The nutrition label on a pack of Twizzlers! Reading a nutrition label is a must-have skill in today’s world of ultra-processed and complex and plentiful additives. If you don’t know what you’re putting in […]
The Gut’s Natural Defense Against Viruses
The Gut’s Natural Defense Against Viruses I listened to a podcast featuring the author of the new book by Robynne Chutkan, MD: “The Anti-Viral Gut: Tackling Pathogens from the Inside Out”. She is an integrative gastroenterologist who founded the Digestive Center for Wellness which focuses on education around the importance of gut health. Her new […]
Your Guide to Fats: Which Vegetable Oils Are Bad?
On the cover of health magazines in the 80s, 90s and even into the 2000s, you would have seen a lot of hullabaloo about how fat was Public Enemy #1 and it was making us all, well…fat. They demonized fat for obesity rates, rise in cardiovascular diseases, and other chronic conditions. The low-fat craze told […]
Let them eat cake? Merci, Non!
I listened to another great podcast featuring Dr. Steven Gundry, a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon and New York Times bestselling author of The Plant Paradox and Plant Paradox Cookbook. Dr. Gundry explains what sugar is, why it’s harmful and some options for substituting it. Here are the highlights: The average American eats around 153 pounds […]
What’s Growing in Your Backyard? An Introduction to the World of Herbalism
If you do not use chemical fertilizers or weed killers around your house (like me), then you may have some healthy herbs growing in your backyard. However, they can be tricky to identify, so as tempting as it might be, it’s best to leave the foraging to the professionals. With that in mind, we can […]
The Role of Uric Acid on Diabetes and Chronic Diseases (It’s Not Just about Gout)
I listened to a great podcast featuring Dr. David Perlmutter’s new book. He is a board-certified neurologist and five times New York Times bestseller including the well-known “Grain Brain”. The new book was released in Feb 2022 and called “Drop Acid” which is NOT about LSD but refers to the role that uric acid plays […]
Budget-Friendly Recipes Part 2
During colder weather, it can be a bit more challenging to plan healthier meals as produce-in-season is more limited. In this blog, I’ll share some more budget-friendly recipes and how to make healthy vegetables a mainstay of our diet. Lentils Lentils are not technically a vegetable as they are in the legume family. They […]
5 Tips to Starting Off the New Year in a Healthy Fashion
I used to make New Year’s Resolutions every year until I realized that making promises at the beginning of the year which inevitably get broken within 90 days was not a sustainable habit. So, in light of the New Year, I’ll share some things you can do to take control of your health without a […]
Natural Detoxification Strategies
We live in a world full of environmental toxins. According to the CDC, more than 400 toxic chemicals have been measured in human samples. With over 80,000 chemicals used regularly by industries, it’s no surprise that our bodies are a sponge for toxins that are in our air, water, oceans and ground! This blog highlights […]