Happy Fall & Thanksgiving Swaps to Nourish Your Body Autumn and holidays are upon us! If you haven’t already got on the pumpkin spice everything train, now’s the chance. While comfort food is part of the season, many traditional dishes can leave us feeling sluggish or bloated, or can throw our blood sugar and eating…
Food to Boost your Mood Our mood is influenced by so many things such as sleep, stress, social connection, exercise, weather, and more. But one factor that sometimes gets underappreciated is what we eat. Emerging research suggests that diet and specific nutrients can affect mood, stress resilience, and mental well-being. Let’s take a deeper dive!…
Hidden Factors of Metabolic Health When most people hear the word “metabolism”, they think about how quickly they burn calories or how easily they gain or lose weight. However, true metabolic health goes far beyond weight management. It’s about how efficiently your body produces and uses energy at the cellular level. This affects everything from…
Don’t Overlook Selenium: The Small but Mighty Mineral When it comes to overall health, the smallest nutrients often play the biggest roles in your health, and that’s why none of the essential vitamins and minerals should be overlooked even when they aren’t talked about as often. Selenium is one that we always like to…
Non-Toxic Ways to Wash Your Produce and Why It Matters There are so many places where we could “clean up” our life, but to not get overwhelmed, start with one area at a time. A great place to start is how you clean your fresh fruits and veggies! Whether it’s a bundle of kale, spinach…
Beat the Summer Heat: Light Meals for Hot Days When the temperatures outside start to rise, our food cravings shift! Heavy, hearty meals give way to lighter fare that fuels us without weighing us down. Whether you’re lounging at the pool or beach, packing a picnic, or just trying to stay cool indoors, Summer is…
Wired and Tired? Combat Adrenal Fatigue Do you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning? Do you tend to have crashes of energy throughout the day or just feel wired but tired? You may be struggling with adrenal fatigue. Your adrenal glands are responsible for producing important hormones such as cortisol, aldosterone, adrenaline,…
Iron is a one of the most important minerals in our bodies. It is responsible for our body’s energy, oxygen transport, and overall vitality. Yet, iron deficiency is one of the most common nutritional deficiencies worldwide. This most often comes with symptoms such as chronic fatigue, paleness, brittle nails, weakness, and even compromises the immune…
It can often be hard these days to find produce that looks fresh and is packed with nutrients aside from growing your own fruits and vegetables or finding a good local organic farmer. Especially in the winter, many of the grocery store produce is traveling hundreds of miles, only to have lost many of its…
Let’s Get Moving! The Secrets to Good Gut Motility. A big hot topic in the functional medicine space lately is gut motility. This refers to the process of the digestive tract moving food from the esophagus through the intestines to the rectum, basically the movement of the entire GI tract. This intricate process ensures the…