NATURAL SOLUTIONS FOR INSOMNIA Are YOU Getting Enough Sleep? Sleep can be seen as a hot commodity these days–so much so that the “sleep industry” is a $32 billion market and growing according to a recent article in the New York Times! From sleep clinics to weighted blankets to apps for tracking sleep, it seems like…
IN DEFENSE OF COCONUT OIL How the American Heart Association is Steering Us Wrong Last June, the American Heart Association issued a Presidential Advisory stating that saturated fats including coconut oil should be avoided and instead replaced with polyunsaturated vegetable oils. This is hardly newsworthy, as this has been their stance for as long as…
NATURAL EGG DYEING The tradition of dyeing eggs goes back to medieval times, used as a way to celebrate Easter and spring. If you do this with your kiddos, making your own egg dyes is a great way to ensure that your craft is non-toxic and that you can eat the eggs afterward. We suggest…
APHRODISIAC FOODS TO GET YOU IN THE MOOD With Valentine’s Day on the mind, dinner plans might include oysters, dark chocolate and red wine to set the mood. Many foods have been buzzed about as aphrodisiacs and the history of some of these foods used for fertility actually goes back to ancient times. A healthy…
THE STRESS THYROID CONNECTION When working with clients, my job as the “detective of their body” is to determine where imbalance started and how we can get to the root cause. When dealing with stubborn metabolism, hormonal imbalance, and inflammation, often stress is the driving force of dysfunction. The thyroid has a significant connection to…
IMMUNE SUPPORTING ELDERBERRY GUMMIES FOOD AS MEDICINE Elderberry based medications are thought to date back to Ancient Egypt and this potent plant was described by Hippocrates as a “medicine chest” because of the wide range of conditions it seemed to benefit. Elderberry is one of the top antiviral herbs on the planet and can aid…
Forecasting 2018 Nutrition Trends Nutrition and the sphere of functional medicine is ever-evolving and it is always fun to look back at trends of the past year and see which will stay and which will go. From vitamin vaping and unicorn toast to superfood lattes and ketogenic diets, this past year has come with its own…
EPIGENETICS: THE INFLUENCE YOU HAVE ON YOUR GENES! You may have heard some of the scary statistics about disease trends in family history and you may have been told that there is nothing you can do about it as it is “genetic”. What if I told you your genes are NOT your destiny, instead your…
SUPPORTING YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM NATURALLY With the flu hitting epidemic proportions, I wanted to give ya’ll some food as medicine tips to get through without getting struck by illness! And I am kicking off the immune boosting information as a new mom with information on Ear Infections as it is quite a plight for many…
