Signs You Might Be (Inflamm) Aging
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Inflammation can be a sneaky, silent contributor to debilitating chronic diseases often associated with aging including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, depression and dementia.
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Adrenals + Stress ][ Thyroid ][ Gut Health ][ Menopause + Aging ][ Mindfulness ][ PCOS + Fertility ][ Detox + Immunity
3 Reasons Beets are a Superwoman Food
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Beets in their juiciness and rubiness can be a big friend to women’s health.
Read MoreAre your hormones to blame for your new allergies?
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Understanding the connection between your hormones and your food sensitivites may be the key to healing from the root.
Read MoreMy Three Favorite Spices for a Strong Gut-Immune System
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We so often look to supplements to amp up our immunity during cold and flu season but common kitchen spices carry multiple health benefits and help in ways that go beyond just one specific vitamin or mineral.
Read More5 Easy Ways to Love Your Liver + Detox Your Qi
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The best detoxification support is almost always slow and gentle. Our body simply needs for us to reduce the load of our liver and add in some extra nutrients that support its own ability to detoxify. Here are a few of my favorite ways to naturally support your own rejuvenation.
Read MoreHow to Make an Energizing Mint Tisane
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This easy-to-make, impossible not-to-enjoy herbal tea is an ideal way to enjoy an afternoon break.
Read MoreNatural Remedies for Your Holiday Tummy
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Amidst the wonderful family holidays approaching often come the unwelcome guests of nausea and bloating. That’s why it’s helpful to have a few natural go-to’s for when the occasional episode of nausea hits you or a loved one.
Read MoreFive Foods to Fire Up Your Fall
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As ridiculous as it may sound, I have always been a bit confused about what to eat in September. The days when I crave watermelon and basil salads have passed yet I’m not quite ready for a hearty butternut squash stew. The key to early fall is eating foods to support your gut health to fire up your digestion and boost your immunity for the colder weather approaching.
Read MoreSummer Foods to Relieve Bloating
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The later summer season is actually called Varsha ritu or “rainy season" in Ayurvedic tradition and it is marked by a gradual transition from heat to coolness, from spring hardiness to a softer late summer harvest. We can leverage this time to help our bodies assimilate to the coming change in season and support our body's natural ability to detoxify. Bloating is a symptom of disharmony in the digestive system and we can help our body rebalance to support the mechanical and chemical processes underlying poor digestion.
Read MoreSimple Ways to Detoxify Your Body and Mind
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Many of us are led to believe that a juice fast or cleanse is the only way to truly detoxify our bodies from all the toxins we breathe, eat, drink and even create through the body’s natural processes. This accumulation of toxins can lead to sluggishness, fatigue, nausea and bloating, brain fog, skin issues, dark circles under the eyes and lowered immunity. Luckily, however, the body is incredible at detoxifying on its own and we can just help to support this activity through gentle and simple nutrition and lifestyle strategies.
Read MoreThree Ways to Tame Your Sugar Monster
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Women all too regularly consume an average of 22 teaspoons of added sugar each day in spite of the recommendations of the American Heart Association that we consume no more than 6 teaspoons. Clearly, we have gone beyond the occasional indulgence and into obsession territory.
Read MoreFreedom From Anxiety Through Your Gut
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We all know that our digestion is connected to our level of stress. Just think about how your stomach feels before you give a presentation or how you lose your appetite when you are upset. But what about the other way… can your digestive system be driving your mood?
Read MoreReset Your Mood with Fermented Foods
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Naturally fermented foods include vegetables like pickles, sauerkraut and the Korean staple, kimchi, as well as plain yogurt, miso, tempeh, kefir (a fermented milk drink like yogurt), and kombucha (a sweet fermented tea). Fermenting is a ritual that has literally been found in every culture around the world originating as one of the safest ways possible to preserve vegetables, dairy and other perishable foods.
Read MoreAh-Choo! How Diet Can Help Seasonal Allergy Sufferers
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Natural remedies to address allergies can be extremely effective. As such, it's important to look closely at how what you are eating may be contributing to or alleviating your allergic reactivity.
Read MoreWhy Teen Girls Need More Lentil Soup
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Today, many of our teen girls are lacking the nutrients to support the intense emotional, intellectual and physical growth they are experiencing as well as the demands that athletics and adolescent stressors place on their bodies and brains.
Read MoreIs Bone Broth All It's Boiled Up to Be?
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Bone broth seems to have taken last year's health food conversation by storm with bone broth take-out windows popping up to bone broth diets and celebrities marveling about its benefits. Hey, we all adore Salma Hayek but should we all be drinking bone broth to age and curve as gracefully as she does?
Read MoreDandelion Burdock Root Tea
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Cleanse and rejuvenate on a rainy spring day with a cup of this non-caffeinated tea that hints of your favorite cup of coffee. Dandelion root acts as an excellent detoxifying agent and digestion promoter while burdock root has been shown to slow the growth of tumors, manage blood sugar and also tonify the liver. Burdock helps soothe inflamed skin conditions, such as eczema and acne.
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