Water. I have a scale that measures your body’s internal water percentage. When I check my clients for hydration, ideally between 50-60% of your total body mass, I noticed that people who need to lose weight are always dehydrated. In a book that I highly recommend, French Women Don’t Get Fat, by Mireille Giuliano, the author states that French women…
It’s natural to crave sweet foods. Thousands of years ago, when foraging for food, humans would come across a berry bush and eat as many as they could for survival. We live in a very different time now. Now, most Americans are eating way too much sugar. (Source: Healthline) We are surrounded by sugar: donuts and…
“Ph” is a scale of 0 to 14 with acid being at “0” and alkaline at “14”. The most acidic substance on earth is Hydrochloric Acid, with a Ph of 0. Hydrochloric acid is inside your body and helps you digest all the foods. Battery acid is a “1.” Lemon juice is very acidic as well,…
For years, the go-to medical treatment for pain was RICE – Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation. Only now people are starting to come around the to idea that ice for pain (especially of the chronic variety) does NOT work. Sure, it may feel good temporarily. But for the long run, if it works so well,…
In TCM, (Traditional Chinese Medicine) we have the concept of “Evil Qi,” which sounds cooler than it is. What they mean by “Evil Qi” or frequently also referred to as “Evil Wind” includes things people 2000 years ago couldn’t see or possibly understand like pathogens and environmental factors like mold or viruses that cause illness. …
In the 1930s, Francis Pottenger, MD, conducted a 10-year study in which nearly a thousand cats were fed the same basic diet of milk, meat and a small dose of cod liver oil. “The healthiest cats were the ones who received raw meat and raw milk. This was the only group to produce generation after…
The plaque that can build up in your blood vessels is made out of cholesterol. It can detach from the vessel wall, causing a blockage which is the beginning of a heart attack or stroke. But if cholesterol is the main cause of heart disease, we’d have it licked by now, right? Cholesterol-lowering drugs, called…
Do we really even need vitamins? I used to think “not.” But the fact that many of us don’t eat the kinds of food our ancestors ate (organ meats, fermented foods, saturated fats), the soil is depleted of nutrients, and the level of processing our food goes through, I think now that vitamins are indispensable. The big change for…
When I was in college and struggling to turn my health around, I read a nutrition book that suggested eating seaweed. So, being the “A-student” I am, I bought some nori sheets (sushi wraps), wakame, and crumbed dulse. The first meal I had with a significant amount of seaweed, I noticed an instant feeling of relaxation. …
Why does salt have such a bad rap? The word “salary” is derived from salt. “Salt of the earth” is what Jesus called his buds. Salt is used in many religious purification rituals. The words “salad,” “sauce,” and “sausage” are all rooted in the word “salt,” their inherent deliciousness depending on it. The early American pioneers used…