You may have been getting some bad advice up to now but your body is able to heal and optimize weight with the right support even in midlife.
Understanding the connection between your hormones and your food sensitivites may be the key to healing from the root.
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.
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.
Our immune resilience depends on good nutrition. Adding in certain immune-supportive foods to a balanced, real food diet can help boost immunity while reducing inflammation and stress.
This easy-to-make, impossible not-to-enjoy herbal tea is an ideal way to enjoy an afternoon break.
Everyone always hears that they should be eating fish twice a week. But do you ever wonder how important eating fish is for women? What kinds are better for you? And is it really that safe?
As a trace mineral – meaning one that we need in smaller amounts than say magnesium or potassium – zinc doesn’t always get a lot of love. However, zinc is essential for hormone production and maintenance it is one of the most important minerals to ensure a healthy response to stress, strong adrenal and thyroid function, fertility and regular cycles and a less symptomatic journey through menopause.
One of the biggest health fears we currently face is hearing the words, “You have breast cancer.” Indeed, it has happened to our mothers, our aunts, our co-workers, our neighbors, our sisters, our friends, our daughters (gulp) and maybe even ourselves. But we are not just bystanders on our health journey and while our life choices are no guarantee that breast cancer will pass us by, there are steps we can take to help our bodies step up to cancer prevention or re-occurrence.
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.
Magnesium is like the PTO president in your body… active behind the scenes in so many functions that almost nothing can get done without it. In fact, magnesium is involved in over 300 reactions in the body and is an especially important mineral for women’s health. And yet, up to 80% of us are likely not getting enough magnesium despite the fact that it is abundant in many delicious plant-based foods.
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.
Spring is an ideal time to help boost the body’s ability to detoxify from the accumulation of excesses from winter months as well as to create energy and lightness for the summer months ahead. This herb is not only flavorful but a powerful antibacterial and detoxifier packed with essential antioxidants.
Spring represents a time where we reduce buildup of Kapha energy and sweep away feelings of sluggishness. We can honor this changing season by viewing the coming months as a time of cleansing and renewal in our own daily practices.
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.
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?
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.
Beets in their juiciness and rubiness can be a big friend to women’s health.