What do digestive problems and the vagus nerve have to do with each other? Do you have digestive complaints? Do you feel like food just goes right through you? Do you feel like your meal sits like a rock in your stomach? Are gas and bloating a regular part of your life? Are you also running a […]
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Is Phytic Acid Bad For You?
If you have been around the paleo community or keto community for the last 20 years, you have probably been schooled on the horror of consuming phytic acid-rich foods. What is phytic acid anyways? Phytic acid is essentially the storage form of phosphorus in the plant. Phytic acid is found in abundance in grains, seeds, […]
How To Get Rid Of Stress Belly Fat | 3 Keys To Burning Belly Fat
How do we get rid of stress belly fat? I think we all know by now that crackers, chips, cookies, even the so-called “healthy” variety, aren’t going to do us any favors in the belly fat department. Nor is sitting at a desk all day with little to no exercise. If you need some extra […]
What Are Superfoods?
Superfoods claim to have superpowers like turning back our biological clock, giving us glowing skin and overcoming and preventing cancer, not to mention energy and vitality. The only problem with this standard super food idea, is that most super foods are super foods based off of a new marketing scheme. Their superiority is narrowly focused […]
Dairy: A1 vs A2 Milk
A1 vs A2 milk. What’s the difference? Americans consume 655 pounds on average of dairy per year. That is a lot of dairy. So what kind of milk should we be consuming? One of the first things we need to do is to determine whether or not the dairy we are consuming is from A1 or […]
Setting Food Boundaries For Kids
The reason we as parents need to set food boundaries for kids is to train them to be conscious eaters. We want them to understand that there is a difference between the food that sustains us (i.e breakfast, lunch and dinner) and snacks or desserts. Desserts are for celebration. My mother-in-law was recently in town and […]
Eating Together as a Family
Did you know that eating together as a family is validated by scientific research and greatly increases the capacity of your child and even yourself to thrive in all aspects of life? This is the opposite of the average American who eats one in every five meals in their car or the one in four Americans that eats at […]
Why Fatty Liver is Dangerous
You will likely not know you have fatty liver unless you have had blood tests or imaging done, this is why fatty liver disease is dangerous. I know this because I see patients all of the time with fatty liver disease who don’t take it seriously when I recommend they kick the soda pop, refined flours, […]
Food Hierarchy
A food hierarchy is a great way to reduce the time and energy it takes trying to figure out what to eat to maintain healthy body composition. Eating according to our established food hierarchy is a daily habit that will help us build a winning health routine. The first category of food in my food […]
Eat 2 or 3 meals per day instead of snacking
Is it possible to eat 2 or 3 meals per day without snacking? Yes! First, let’s look at why we snack. Boredom, distracted eating, indulgence, food insecurity, socializing, hunger. Consider that $14 billion is spent yearly by the food and beverage industry trying to convince you to eat more food. And these billions are not […]
