5 Tips for Safe Detoxing

A safe detox involves more than just a fast. Special nutrients are required to make the liver’s detox processes take place. Without them, we may feel the effects of a serious “healing crisis”: migraines, joint pain, irritable bowels, nausea, cramping, hostility, or deep depression. Although mild versions of some of these can be expected while [...]

Anti-Inflammatory Diet – What’s Right for You?

I have six nutrition books on the subject of the “anti-inflammatory diet”. And guess what? They all say something different. The key here is to find what works for YOU, not for the general population. If you’ve tried an anti-inflammatory diet but gained little improvement, there may be a good reason for it: You didn’t [...]

Dental Infections – Are YOU Getting the Right Treatment?

I decided to blog about my recent oral surgery and dental infections (and years of run-around involving them) because of the deep connection between dental health and the over-all health of the body.
I’m hoping that my story will encourage you to consider this connection. If an infection isn’t treated appropriately by a dentist trained in [...]

The Insulin and Cortisol Surge

Yesterday, my husband requested I buy a case of coconut juice to give us energy while working on our new house all weekend. Since I heard we were going to have record-high temperatures here in Colorado (and I know that coconut juice is high in electrolyte minerals that increase energy when hot, drained and sweating) [...]

The 7th Core Principle to Lasting Health: Building Your Health Allies

Are you the type who thinks you have to “go it alone” or scrape by with minimal attention when it comes to health and taking care of yourself? If so, you probably need to re-evaluate the 7th focal point in my 7 Core Principles to Lasting Health. The 7th point is Building Your Health Allies, [...]

Doing it YOUR Way: A Nutrition Program in Your Own Style

As I get ready to launch my Body by Body Metabolic Typing® Program, I’m reminded of a survey I sent out for my mindful eating students last fall. At first, I thought the survey was skewed: I couldn’t figure out why I had three even piles of data with no average reading. How could a [...]

Knowing When to Cycle Off Foods, Supplements and Exercise

One of the things we just love to do is come up with a plan of what, when and how we’re going to eat and exercise, and then get high on the hope that we’ll actually to stick with it for the rest of our lives. When the inevitable day of reckoning [...]

No More Diet Roulette: The 1-2-3’s to Creating YOUR Perfect Diet

Can you honestly say that the foods you eat are exactly what you want to be eating? That they make you feel good and give you enough energy… to the point where you can put your fork down and say, “that was GOOOOOOD!”, and at the same time feel completely nourished at least four hours [...]

10 Tips for Traveling Healthy with Food Restrictions

One of the biggest pain points for those who adhere to restricted diets — whether due to food allergies, health concerns, ethical responsibilities or simply to make better food choices — is the limitations in dining out. Worse yet, it can make traveling a nightmare. Eating out is tough, so what do you do when [...]

Begin the Transition – 5 (Imperative) Ways to Reset the Body for Season Change

It’s late February, and now’s the time to start planning your transition from winter to spring. While we’re merely anticipating longer days and warmer weather outside, the glandular system is already fast at work making subtle metabolic shifts to prepare the body inside. And the more we can do right now to help it, the [...]

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