Nutrition
Mind Over Milkshakes Matters!
Watching athletes in the winter Olympics win by hundredths of a second is a testament to how much your mind and focus can affect your outcome. Being mentally prepared as well as physically prepared is a well-accepted concept to most. But have you ever wondered if your thoughts and beliefs about the food you are…
Read MoreIntravenous (IV) Nutrition Therapy
Intravenous (IV) Nutrition Therapy is a method of delivering an assortment of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids mixed with saline directly into the bloodstream via an IV. The purpose is to correct intracellular nutrient deficiencies. There are multiple numbers of different IV protocols put together to specifically target different nutritional and health deficiencies .The IV method is used because the same…
Read MoreUltra-Luscious Smoothies
To increase a smoothie’s creaminess, blend in an of these: avocado, bananas, coconut, squash or root vegetables; plain yogurt, mango, nut, rice or seed milk; rolled grains, seeds soaked in water for an hour or nut soaked for two hours. If adding in cacao nibs for a chocolate flavor and to ensure the cacao nibs…
Read MoreProcessed Foods Aren’t Foods, So Don’t Eat Them!
Food is one of the most important forms of medicine we have–it can truly heal your life. By nourishing yourself with fresh, vital, real foods, you give your body tools for self-repair, bring your life satisfaction, keep natural rhythms in balance, inflammation down, blood sugar normal, hormones balanced, and look and feel younger. Eating well…
Read MoreWhere Did All the Iodine Go?
What has happened to our iodine in the last half century? In the 1960’s, iodine was added to our bread dough. This was a good thing, since one slice of bread gave you your recommended daily allowance. Unfortunately, twenty years later, the National Institute of Health came to believe we were getting too much iodine.…
Read MoreNo-Pasta Mediterranean Zucchini Salad
Zucchini noodles stand in for wheat noodles in this gluten and grain free take on a pasta salad that’s packed to the brim with chickpeas, olives and feta. Salad: (2) zucchini, trimmed 1/2 small red onion, sliced (1) 14oz. BPA-Free can quartered artichoke hearts, drained (1) cup BPA-Free canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed 1/2 cup…
Read MoreEAT this, NOT that. Yogurt.
TIP: Eat plain yogurt + fresh fruit on top, not flavored yogurt. WHY? Flavored yogurt has sugar added to it… some flavored yogurts actually have more sugar than the equivalent portion of ice cream! (And no, that’s not an insinuation to eat ice cream instead…) Eating plain yogurt keeps sugar content lower, and by adding…
Read MoreIs a Food Sensitivity Preventing You from Losing Weight?
Is a food sensitivity preventing you from losing weight? Tori is a 56-year old female who has been a Regenerative Medicine Center patient for several years. Tori’s diet at that time was one that nearly everyone would agree was healthy: plenty of organic vegetables, organic fruit, wild-caught salmon, and organic meat, eggs and poultry. Tori…
Read MoreEAT this, NOT that. Fruit.
TIP: Eat fresh fruit, not dried fruit. WHY? All fruit contains naturally occurring sugars, but that sugar becomes concentrated in dried fruit when all of the water content is removed. Because dried fruit is so compact, it’s very easy to over-consume it. You may snack on a fresh apricot, but would you snack on 6…
Read MoreDawn’s Story; Part 8, “Results- Part 2”
Results – part 2. Full disclosure – I am writing this on April Fool’s Day, but this is all true J. Today is day 80 of my journey to better health and I thought instead of the more general results I shared with you last time, I would get a little more specific. First, I…
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