6 Ways to Manage Your Autoimmune Pain
If you suffer from an autoimmune disorder, you probably also struggle with chronic pain. The two often go hand in hand. While you are busy getting treatment from your doctor, you might also want to try these methods for managing your pain. 1. Changing Your Diet...
7 Ways to Stop Sleep Apnea
Just thinking about it makes me kind of gasp for air. Sleep Apnea is more common in men and can be mild to severe. The two main types of sleep apnea include: Obstructive: when the throat muscles relax and Central Sleep Apnea is when the brain doesn’t send the right...
Are You in An Unhealthy Profession?
Things that factor into poor health in a profession include hazards, mental and physical health, stress, long hours, and depressing work environments. It has been found that companies who invest in the wellbeing of their employees have healthier and happier workers....
15 Steps to Better Digestion
Digestive health can be easily changed with simple lifestyle adjustments. Do you have constipation, gas, bloating, diarrhea or heartburn? If you answered yes to any of the above mentioned troubles there are simple ways to start changing how you are feeling. Simple...
6 Foods that Help to Suppress Your Appetite and Help You to Lose Weight
“Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments." – Bethenny Frankel Losing weight is a constant goal that many people face and it is often at the top of New Year’s resolutions lists. It requires eating less calories than we normally need. But...
5 Ways to Heal Leaky Gut
There are certain foods that really give your body the nutrients it needs to start to repair and regenerate any issue with leaky gut. And the number one food that can help leaky gut is bone broth, either beef or chick bones will work. Proline is an amino acid that...
What You Should Know About Leaky Gut Syndrome
Leaky gut syndrome is a condition also referred to as increased intestinal permeability where the “net” in your digestive tract gets damaged which allows proteins (like gluten), bad bacteria, and undigested particles to pass into your blood stream. These particles...
Why I Support WESST
Proteins
Proteins are made up of amino acids. Think of amino acids as the building blocks. There are 20 different amino acids that join together to make all types of protein. Some of these amino acids can’t be made by our bodies, so these are known as essential amino acids....
Good Carbs and Bad Carbs
DO CARBOHYDRATES REALLY MAKE US FAT? Some carbs do, but good carbs don’t. Most trendy diets claim that all carbohydrates are bad guys, yet of the three macronutrients that provide calories in our diet (carbs, protein, and fat), carbohydrates are the body’s primary...