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5 Reasons Why People With Diabetes Need to Eat Fat
In our personal coaching program we work with hundreds of clients who have diabetes and, time and time again, we see their need for blood sugar reducing medications (like insulin and Metformin) decrease when they eat more fat. A common misconception when you are...
Leaky Gut and How to Heal it Naturally
Gut What? Gut health is an essential—and repeatedly overlooked—starting point for achieving optimal health and preventing disease. Your gut is often referred to as “the missing link” and its health is important for everyone, not just those with digestive issues....
10 Non-Dietary Reasons Why You’re Not Losing Weight
The main reason our clients sign up for our personal coaching program with one of our Registered Dietitians Coaches is because they need a detective. They need someone to investigate their crime scene and figure out who is the instigator of weight gain, infertility,...
Why You Should Care About Skincare
I used to not care about skincare... I don’t write about skincare much, but it’s another aspect of health that shouldn't be overlooked. Skincare products are one of the main sources of toxins we encounter in our lives, and every day we see the negative effects of...
Natural Recovery for Runners (How to Ditch the Ibuprofen)!
This is a public service announcement to my fellow runners out there: It is possible to avoid taking painkillers after long runs! I started running marathons in my early 20’s and for my first three marathons, I used the tried and true recovery strategies I had learned...
Low Carb Cruise Recap [2015]
The goal of this post is to provide you with a recap on the 2015 Low Carb Cruise—what it is, what I ate and answer the questions I’ve been asked since my return! What’s the Low Carb Cruise? It's an annual trip on a ship that brings the real food/low carb community...
Eating Balanced at Chipotle
One of the biggest obstacles to healthy eating is that life is too busy. Hectic schedules, overwhelming work responsibilities, family life, busy kids, too many extracurriculars, a month's worth of piled up laundry, the hungry dog, the sassy cat, the needy...
Don’t be FOOLED (2015 edition)
As is tradition, my goal for April Fools Day was to “unfool” and “unbrainwash” you by debunking common nutrition myths. Here’s the recap of my 2015 “Don’t be FOOLED” series: Don’t be FOOLED: Breakfast is not optional in a health-centered lifestyle! Maybe eggs aren’t...
Swear off the Sugar Substitutes
There are two widely accepted reasons that Splenda and the ever expanding list of sugar substitutes (also known as artificial sweeteners) have become so successful (marketing and commercial-wise, NOT successful in making us healthy) in our collective diet. 1. First...
Stay Fueled to Shed Pounds
Attention all hopeless dieters! I come with exciting news. You know how you feel cranky, irritable, stressed and starving? You don't have to feel this way, and you do not need to keep starving yourself in order shed the pounds. Before you keep reading, you better...