 Listen to Your Gut
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From food allergies to probiotics, gut health is big news and big money. If you have unresolved health challenges, understanding the concepts presented below are key to resolving those nagging issues once and for all. Your gut ecology is essential to your overall physical and emotional well being. It is the epicenter of your health.
Your gut consists of your primary digestive organs including the mouth, esophagus, stomach and intestinal tract. In support of those organs, the liver, gallbladder and pancreas also play keys roles. Your energy, your mood, and your immune system all take their cues from your gut. How healthy is yours?
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 Gut Know How - the must read!
Acid reflux, brain fog, skin conditions and irritable bowel syndrome all have their roots in the gut. Understanding the connection and how to resolve these challenges could transform your daily life and likely prevent a few meds in the future! Read MoreWant more? Check out this podcast with Sean Croxton
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 Should You be Avoiding Gluten?
The inability to properly digest the family of dense proteins known as gluten is typically labeled Celiac Disease. If you are tested for Celiac anti-bodies and tests come back negative, green light to keep eating it right? Not so fast, Celiac testing misses your entire latent immune system response and an entire group of antibodies. Learn More |
 Big Benefits from these Starchy Foods
Heal the Gut, Heal the Mind Gut healing foods are powerful health rangers as you rebuild from the inside out. Here is a strategy to support your brain, manage your weight and build some energy into your day. Read More |
 A Breakfast Cereal Caution
Processed foods are nutrient deficient requiring food, manufacturers to add back nutrients lost in processing. This practice is referred to as fortified and comes with two cautions from me.
1) the fortified version of nutrients are synthetic making their positive nutritional impact questionable at best. Fortified does not equate to the same physiological impact as real, whole, nutritious food.
2) over zealous manufacturers are adding some key nutrients at levels that could actually be dangerous to young developing minds and bodies. In nature, vitamins and minerals occur in combinations and amounts that nourish. When we try to mimic nature, we stand the chance of being wrong. Really wrong. Read More |
 Rethinking Breakfast
- simple, healthy, recipes
In my search to expand our breakfast repertoire, I found this site and a host of breakfast options I could add to my routine. If you are seeking to add some healthier options or just switch up your breakfast menu, check out these simple, super healthy, TASTY ideas! Recipes to Make it HappenBreakfast Blueberry Muffins (my personal favorite) |
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Fall Recipes
As the leaves change so should your tastes. We start thinking pumpkin and spices. Don't forget those local farmers markets make the transition with you offering fresh squash, apples and pears replacing our summer berries. Support your neighbors and embrace fall at one of your local farmers markets.
Soup is a comforting way to warm from the inside out. Here are a couple of my favorites. Our family is gluten free so my recommendations are as well. If you are not, you can replace the thickening agents like arrowroot with standard wheat flour.
Creamy Ham & Sweet Potato Soup
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A Simplified Approach to Healthier Eating
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Take a Nutritional Coach with you!
Just need some reliable information form a trusted source?
Download my guide, brief and to the point, full of easy to use charts.
 Section One offers guidance on where to make the
changes that really matter.
Section Two addresses some hidden hazards in our foods. Is organic really important? What is MSG and why should I care? What is gluten?
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