A blog dedicated to optimizing your life through nutrition, circadian rhythm, fitness, health tips, recipes, and research from the latest studies on nutrition and wellness.  No nutrition topic left behind here.

Reasons You Aren't Losing Fat

Diet and exercise not cutting it? Here’s what you might be missing…. What’s in your hand, your pocket, on your bedside table while you sleep, an essentially everywhere you are? The little rectangle we all carry around. More…

30 Day Total Body Reset

Ready to hit the reset button on your body? Ready to lose the weight?Gain more energy than every before?Improve digestion and gut health?Enhance your sleep?Jumstart your metabolism!? Sign up for the 30 Day Total Body Reset where you…

Final Week to Sign up!

Do you love SUP as much as I do? I would love to show you my love for SUP and I invite you to come get certified to teach what you love along with me! This Saturday, May 30th is my on the water PaddleFit Core Certification. Sign up by clicking…

Prevention, Protection, and Staying Calm - COVID-19

Staying healthy at home is on the mind's of all of us currently, but we also need each other and we need answers, to learn how to prevent, protect, and keep ourselves calm during this pandemic. That's what this one hour video class is designed…

My Thoughts on The Current Public Health Concern...

“A machine that runs on a wide variety of fuels, emits on recyclable or biodegradable materials, accepts a wide range of informational inputs, performs amazing feats of data processing, and produces a wide variety of output functions may…

Puffiness & Weight Gain

You may have heard that conditions like diabetes and heart disease are on the rise, but what you may not have heard is that it’s really not about how much sugar one is consuming, but rather how much PUFA one…

Fat-free Dressing and Your Immune System

What foods are you sensitive to? Gluten? Dairy? What about eggs?  Any food allergies to even some of your favorite foods like nuts and nut butters?  Why do food allergies seem to be more prevalent than ever? For some, it’s all about the…

Fats. Should You Eat Them?

I don’t remember much of my childhood and I’m only 37.  I really attribute this to a childhood diet low in fat, and high in refined carbohydrates that my fat-fearing mother so ignorantly clung to. However, a few memories do stand out, and…

What Can I Expect During A Nutrition Therapy Consult?

What Is Nutrition Therapy Consulting?   Nutrition can be complicated.  The vast majority of nutrition dogma out there can be confusing.  “Should I eat low fat, or low glycemic? Is ketosis safe? What about fasting?  Should I eat the…

Dr. Pottenger’s Cats, Epigenetics, and Optimal Health

*Thanks for reading! This is a special blog post of an essay that was part of the current Nutrition Therapy Practitioner training I am undergoing. I will be posting all my essays as time allows.  This particular essay was on the 1930's study…

Latest Research on Electronic Devices & Our Children's Health

"Green time" vs. "Screen time" The pacifier.  No, not the one with a soft rubber nipple that sticks out of baby’s mouth.  The pacifier I’m talking about today is the new type…. called your smartphone or your tablet.  The “electronic”…

 3 Hot Hydration Tips to Survive This Heat!

With temps rising, we all know the importance of staying hydrated…but maybe you are finding yourself still fatigued, still experiencing muscle cramps, and still quite parched even with all the water you are tossing back. Chances are…

Should You "Bio-Hack" Yourself?

Hacking Your Body??? The term "bio-hacking" has become a staple among Health-seekers.  I can't say that I'm sold on the whole "hacking" terminology. If you want my opinion (and you must or you wouldn't be reading my newsletter) Hacking indicates,…

Crickets anyone?

One of my favorite finds at Paleo FX this year was just literally just a hop, skip, and a jump away from quite possibly the world's most perfect protein! AKETTA Cricket Protein "chips" - these were DELICIOUS! EVEN MY TODDLER WANTED MORE! So…

Think "Outside the Box" and Get Fit...

“Outside the Box” Personal Training and Nutrition Coaching What is it? Personal training, NOT DONE IN A GYM. Your personalized session will be done outdoors. Fresh air and sunshine, as well as physical movement in a functional way will…