Why We Eat Sugar: How to Know if Your Behaviors Stem from Cravings, Emotions, or Habits and What You Can Do About It Which one of the following statements do you most agree with: “I can’t wait for my next coffee break!” “Every night after dinner, I just have to eat something sweet!” “All I [...]
Getting Started with Intermittent Fasting - My Tips for an Easy Transition INTRODUCTION Welcome to Part 2 of my Intermittent Fasting series. In Part 1, you learned all about what Intermittent Fasting is, the sort of benefits you can expect from it, and how it can potentially be a missing link to your best health. [...]
Could Intermittent Fasting be the missing link to your health goals? Introduction When it comes to losing weight, maintaining a healthy weight, and improving our overall health so that we can feel our best, our diet is the first thing we work at changing. And rightfully so. Our diet is what provides us with the [...]
Holiday Survival Guide 10 Simple Practices for Thriving Through the Holidays The holiday season is my family’s favorite time of year! With three young kids, you can bet we have a lot of baking and decorating going on in our house. For many of you, however, this time of year can be the most difficult [...]
What exactly happens inside of you when you eat that big or even small dessert? Did you know that when you eat carbohydrates in any form, whether it’s refined sugar, processed foods, grains, natural sweeteners, or even fruits and starchy vegetables such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, parsnips, and cassava your body turns it into sugar? [...]
Signs You Need a Detox + a Daily Gut Rejuvenator The idea of detoxing is all around us. Every health clinic, health magazine, health blog, and even social media is talking about why you need to detox and cleanse your body. They all tell you different ways to do it too. There are juice cleanses, [...]
The Power of Sleep - It is as Important as Good Food! If you knew how much your sleep was affecting your health would you sleep more? What kind of priority does sleep play in your life?How important is sleep? What are the real risks of not getting enough sleep? What are the true benefits of [...]
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Insulinand my own experience with Insulin Resistance I had a shocking discovery several years ago when I found out that I was insulin resistant. I was not your ‘typical’ insulin resistant looking person. By that I mean I was not overweight by more than 10-15 pounds, I was eating [...]
The Effect of Stress On Your Blood Sugar and Ketosis and What To Do About It We all can say that we have too much stress in our lives. Whenever I meet up with a friend that I haven’t seen in a while, the first thing they say is how busy they are, how crazy life [...]
Tips for Starting a Plant-based Ketogenic Diet (and a Mini Science Lesson) Before we get into the how-tos let’s do a quick review of what exactly the Ketogenic diet is…. we know that the Ketogenic diet, or Keto, is a type of low-carb diet which differs from all other diets. The two main differences are real [...]