Summer is here! Warm weather brings abundant fresh fruits and vegetables and plenty of outdoor activities to keep you moving. Summer is the perfect time to make healthy choices become permanent healthy habits, and boost your overall wellness. Being healthy doesn't...
Holiday Tips
GLP-1 and Medications for Weight Loss
The buzzword today is GLP-1! It relates to some medications for Type 2 Diabetes and their use for weight loss. GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) is a hormone produced in the intestines in response to food. It is released to raise blood sugar levels and starts to appear...
Stay in Your Lane
When it comes to health, there's no one-size-fits-all formula. Everyone has a different genetic and lifestyle makeup, which means generic health and nutrition advice can be just that – generic. It's like purchasing a sweater that looks fabulous on your friend. Once...
Ways to Fuel Your Best Mood
The food we eat affects our mood, energy levels, and performance. Certain foods have been shown to improve overall mood, while others can negatively impact mood (highly processed foods or foods with too many added sugars or preservatives, for example). Foods that...
Artificial Sweeteners – Friend or Foe?
Are artificial sweeteners helpful or harmful? You decide. Artificial sweeteners can help replace some added sugar and reduce calorie and sugar intake. But they can promote an unhealthy shift in gut bacteria, and some studies have shown them adversely affecting kidney...
Diabetes and blood sugar control
How much do you know about Diabetes and blood sugar control? Diabetes is a type of vascular disease - a disease affecting vessels. Where are vessels? Everywhere. For example, the heart, legs, feet, brain, kidneys, and eyes. Keeping Diabetes under control can lessen...
Processed Foods & Your Brain
Did you know that processed foods can also take a toll on your mental health? Processed food contains additives, dyes, and chemicals that negatively impact physical and mental well-being. They put an increased burden on the body to remove them because they are...
What’s so ‘Super” About a Superfood?
What's so 'super' about a Superfood? Is it food that has special powers? Sort of. A superfood is nutrient-rich and considered especially beneficial for health and well-being. They promote health by increasing immune function & helping to keep certain diseases at...
A friendly reminder about words to yourself
Words matter. They do. Your dialogue with yourself, whether out loud or within your mind, can have a significant impact. The path to improving health and nutrition is sometimes linear. Show yourself kindness and compassion. If it doesn't feel quite right at first,...
Eat the rainbow
What does it mean to eat the rainbow? Color. It means more color. "Eating a rainbow" helps your body get a complete range of disease-fighting, fiber-containing nutrients, aka phytonutrients. Phytonutrients provide antioxidants and anti-inflammatory benefits....