A few weeks ago, my computer went on the fritz. Yup, the hard drive blew and along with it, all the essential oil references for my book! So, this week I have the distinct pleasure of going through all...
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The Emotional Eating Roller Coaster
The Emotional Eating Roller Coaster In my homepage blog, I reviewed how our nation is food obsessed. I discussed different theories behind what can lead to this infatuation with our plates. These included: 1. Starvation diets 2. Nutrient deficiencies...
How Fido, Toxins, and B Vitamins Impact Our Health
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The Power of Personalized Nutrition
Recently, a study reported positive changes in healthy dietary trends for Americans. This unsurprisingly resulted in less disease burden, proving the power of food as medicine. However, we still have a way to go. The authors state: Using data...
Why Fat is More Than Food
In this week's blog on my homepage, I discussed the current obesity epidemic of our nation, how children are being effected, and why getting fat is related to more than just a "food input-output" issue. In this blog, I...
More Reasons Why Making Friends with Your Microbiome Is a Good Idea
This week, I compiled all my favorite headlines in health from October 2015 on my homepage. The geek in me is always excited to share what I've been studying through the month with my readers, but this month I...
How Our Minds Could Save Healthcare
According to a report by the Common Wealth Fund: In 2013, the U.S. spent far more on health care than these other countries. Higher spending appeared to be largely driven by greater use of medical technology and higher...
Why Do I Need Supplements?
Short answer, because most of you are probably stressed, eating nutrient deprived foods, have gut bacteria that may not be optimized, are exposed to lots of toxins, and have water that isn't necessarily clean. What a downer I...
Grandma Was Right- Best to Eat Your Prunes
We all have a love of the microbiome by now, right? After all, these little critters seem to have incredible superpowers in modulating our health. A healthy bug population in our insides (and outside) plays a role in...
The Dark Side of Fructose and the Sweetness of Honey
Is Honey a Hero in Health Food or a No Good-Doer? There's plenty of news today on the gloomy health effects of too much fructose in the diet. There have been connections between fructose consumption and obesity, insulin...