Chronic stress is a prolonged and constant feeling of stress that can negatively affect your health if you allow it to go untreated. Stress can be caused by everyday pressures of family and work or by traumatic situations. Chronic stress can affect both the mental health and body. It produces both physical and psychological symptoms …
Let’s Talk Sleep Does anyone else have trouble sleeping at night? Do you suffer from being tired or sleepy during the day and energize at night? You too, good it’s not just me, well I did some research on the matter. Many people have trouble with this so-called sleep phenomenon where they are tired during …
Fruit Pomegranate: I don’t know about you but I love snacking on these sweet and juicy seeds, but for this special holiday season try them out in a Bake Brie. Cranberries: We all know that Cranberries scream holidays but let change things up this year by trying these in a Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Cocktail, or …
What is Juicing? Here’s a simple answer for you, it simply means extracting the juicing from fruits and veggies. Juicing is a good way to get vitamins and minerals into one’s system especially for those who don’t eat a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables, one downfall with juicing is that you do lose the …
Why is Gut Health Important? Let’s start this conversation off by talking about the gut, why because the gut plays a big role in mental health. “Gut Health” as they put it explains the balance of microorganisms that live in the GI tract. Why should we be paying attention to the gut, because all that …
I have a program called “kick the sugar” where I work with my clients on overcoming their sugar craving. But it slipped my mind that there is another cooperate on the loose that can reck havoc on our health just the same as white table sugar, and it’s name is artificial sweeteners. Don’t be fooled …
Endocrine disruptors, also referred to as endocrine disrupting chemicals, or endocrine disrupting compounds are chemicals that can interfere with your hormonal systems. These disruptions can cause cancerous tumors, birth defects, and other developmental issues. Found in many household and industrial products, endocrine disruptors interfere with the bodies natural elimination proecss which is responsible for development, …
Gastritis is a condition that affects the lining of the stomach, causing it to become inflamed. This can occur suddenly (acute) or gradually ( chronic). What Causes Gastritis? Gastritis can be brought on by irritation due to excessive alcohol consuming, vomiting, stress or even the use of certain medication such as aspirin or other anti-inflammatory …
When you hear the word detox, you may think of an extreme nutritional detox, like a juice cleanse. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need some expensive product to detox your body, not when your body is already set up with its own way of eliminating toxins. Detoxing your body should be a fun and …
What prompted this article is my desire to find a sugar substitute for my morning coffee. Now we all know that white sugar isn’t good for us but before I jumped on the healthy band wagon I was all about my sugar especially in my coffee. But now that I know that white table sugar …