You don’t have to sacrifice taste to be healthy! If you want to entertain and make food that both your health-conscious and not-so-health-conscious friends will love, look no further. I am often asked for good recipes, even though I don’t usually use recipes and instead do everything by taste… But I measured everything out and […]
Cleansing is an important part of any balanced health program. Fasting is a GREAT way to cleanse. For the purpose of this article, please allow me to redefine fasting simply as “abstaining from certain substances for a given period of time for the purpose of strengthening and cleansing the body.” Given this definition, you could […]
The “Keto” diet has taken the nation by storm and is the latest fad diet as it pertains to weight loss. Let’s start out with a basic definition to ensure we are on the same page. Keto is short for ketosis, which is the term used when the body uses fat for fuel as opposed […]
I used to own a health food store and people would come in asking, “What do I take for XYZ?” There’s a tendency to look for a quick remedy that will get us out of pain, not realizing that there’s a REASON for the pain! It’s understandable to want out of pain— symptoms are no […]
Excess weight has a purpose in the body. Yes, that’s right. I know we normally hate it but it’s there for a reason. When you deal with the reason, the weight goes away with relative ease. Weight is always a protection for either the physical body or sometimes its an emotional protection. It serves as […]
YOU CAN NOT ACHIEVE OPTIMAL HEALTH WITHOUT EXERCISE…the right kind of exercise will not only give you visible results but will help you improve your health and will also help you to be efficient with your time. I have been fascinated with exercise since I was in 6th grade. For my 6th grade science project […]
What is stress? Stress is anything that throws your body out of balance (physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually…as if they could be separated). The stress response is the body’s effort to restore that balance. The body was created with the wisdom to address survival first, and only once you’re out of danger will it allow for […]
Why do we even need to talk about digestion? Because if you don’t have good digestion, even the best efforts to eat good food are in vain. Digestion is the physical (teeth) and chemical (enzymes) process of breaking down your food into usable components. Assimilation, which is closely tied but not talked about as much […]
