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How to Support Gut Health
What do you think of when you hear “gut health”? Perhaps supplements or probiotics or irritable bowel. Gut health is more than meets the eye. It is not only the gastrointestinal (GI) tract we are talking about. But an optimally functioning GI tract means other healthy body systems. Gut health is a hot topic today…
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The Sweet Truth- Sugar and Sugar Substitutes
You walk into a grocery store and can’t avoid it, there are sweeteners everywhere! Ranging from white sugar to brown sugar to honey to sucralose to Stevia to erythritol. How can you know which to choose? Is sugar “as bad as they say”? Are sugar substitutes better or worse? Let me break it down for…
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Macro and Micro Nutrients
Have you heard of the food pyramid containing 5 food groups: grains, meat, fruits, vegetables, and dairy/fats? This is a commonly used method to help us consume a well balanced diet. While it is a useful tool it can be misleading. Now the buzz is on “macro and micro nutrients”, and rightfully so. These are…
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How to Ensure Healthy and Safe Food Consumption
Have you heard the talk that American food is unhealthy, or worse unsafe? Unfortunately, there are some truths to this. But there are things that we can do to ensure that we are consuming safe and healthy food products. I am going to discuss top food ingredients/additives to avoid, organic vs inorganic, and what you…
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Everything You Need to Know About Prediabetes
What is prediabetes? In simple terms, blood sugar is high but not high enough to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. It starts with high blood sugar leading to increased insulin production by pancreatic beta cells. Over time this leads to decreased insulin receptor activity causing perpetually high blood sugar. Chronic exposure to high blood…
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The Best Thing for your Health
There are many important factors contributing to overall health. In this post I am going to focus on the MOST important. Good old H2O. Water. Now some might say, “what about sleep or physical activity?”. I agree, those things definitely contribute to overall health. However, they might not be readily modifiable. For example, you are…