Zinc is essential, which means we can’t produce or store it so it has to be consumed regularly in sufficient amounts. It naturally occurs in some foods, is added to others, and is available as a dietary supplement. It is required to activate immune function reactions in our bodies so our immune system can do its job.
Learn how nutrition can help boost your immune system. This is the first in a series about how nutrition affects your immune system. In the first episode, I discuss Vitamin C. Watch the video above, or read about it.
We are in uncharted territory. If we spend too much time worrying about a big picture, negative thoughts can intrude and leave us feeling overwhelmed and immobilized.
Choppy, interrupted sleep can wreck havoc on inflammation by decreasing leptin hormone levels so you just can’t get full the next day.
Increasing ghrelin hormone levels, which makes you hungrier all day long. Keeping you tired = poor food choices the next day (in my world it’s called ‘mouth hunger’).
I took my car in for basic service the other day and a loaner car was given to me for a few days because a part needed to be ordered. They brought out the car and it was this massive monstrosity!
While grabbing a workout out the other day on the elliptical, I found myself staring down at my feet, wondering… will this workout EVER end? Have you ever felt like that?
Wouldn’t it be nice if those wonderful food and portion control ideas given to us at this time of year were just so easy to implement? How wonderful would it be to breeze by a holiday buffet or an abundant gathering around food at your relative’s or friend’s house that didn’t cause you to over indulge?
Have you scheduled your annual physical? That trip to the dentist? That dreaded, necessary procedure? If not, it’s best to put those annual or bi-annual visits to practitioners on your calendar while they’re still covered under this year’s insurance.
Less sunlight decreases serotonin (the feel good chemical) to your brain, depletes our Vitamin D stores, keeps us on our couches and tends to slow us down overall (think tired, less exercise, zzz).
Without adequate serotonin production, our brains get inflamed and moods are dampened while carbohydrate cravings intensify.
A microbiome is the ecosystem that lives in your gut. It’s called our ‘second brain’ because of the many neurons that connect it with our (first) brain.