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How can your stress help you?
We have all heard that prolonged continuous stress can be a huge problem for health. It is also important to look at the opposite side of stress and ask what benefits come from your stress? Some of the best things that happen in our lives are accompanied by very high...
What is burnout?
What is burnout? We hear a lot about burnout these days. What does that mean really? Burnout has been described by the national library of medicine as “a state of physical or mental exhaustion caused by professional life.” But does burnout mean that you hate your job...
A Review Of Leaky Gut
In the gut there is an epithelial lining (epithelial means a layer of cells that line the surface of your body, organs, skin or blood vessels) that is combined with a mucosal layer on the inside of the gut. This gut lining covers the villi (small finger-like...
How do you cut your avocado?
I have watched so many people cut themselves pitting an avocado. I have seen chefs and cooking masters of all kinds with different ideas on how to get a pit out of a half of an avocado. One day someone showed me to quarter it, and pull the quarters off the pit, with...
How do you know if your body might need a detox?
Feeling fatigued, achy, bloated? Maybe our toxic world is getting the best of you. We all have toxins in our body, unfortunately. Pollution in the air, metals in our water, pesticides in our food, xenoestrogens in our food and product packages…the thought of this...
How do you perceive your stress?
More and more you hear people talking about their stress. One-upping each other, talking about who had a more difficult day or situation. We see stress in the news every day. Every day we get the messages that everyone is stressed, and that is normal or even admirable...
House plants to help with health
There is not much argument about the idea that plants benefit our lives in many ways. There are numerous health benefits to having plants close by. Our mental health, and physical health both benefit from plants in our environment. When mental health is improved,...
Understanding Cortisol
In a culture where stressful lifestyles and habits are often praised, it is easy to justify a night of bad sleep, or letting stressful thoughts consume us. We forget to breathe, or tend to our mental health. But why is it such a big deal if we ignore these things?...
Diet and Thyroid
Here are some diet considerations if you are struggling with a low functioning thyroid. Hypothyroidism seems to be becoming more common in our society. You may discover on a routine blood test that your TSH is elevated, maybe you have been diagnosed with Hashimotos...
What is Hormesis?
There has been a buzz around dietary restriction, intermittent fasting, and use of heat and cold therapies in the nutrition world. Have you been listening to people go crazy over using cryotherapy, cold showers, and steam rooms to help when they are training for big...
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