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Fitness Skills: Lunge
Lunges primarily work 3 muscle groups: the quadriceps, the gluteal muscles and the hamstrings. While these are the main muscles working, there are many other benefits of this challenging move. First, having the right form is key in this move as it is extremely easy to...
Reducing Dietary Exposure to Harmful Chemicals
Living in America in this day and age, it is impossible to avoid all harmful chemicals. Of the 85,000 chemicals that are registered under the U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act, most have had little to no health and safety testing. Obesity, metabolic syndrome,...
Exercise and Adrenal Health
Exercise and Adrenal Health In a time where we live such stressful lives, it is difficult to find the balance we need to stay active, but also relaxed and in touch with our bodies. Most people either don't do enough or do to much when it comes to exercise. Exercise...
Meditation for Adrenal Support
Meditation for Adrenal Support Meditation improves state of mind, physical well-being, quality of life and self-awareness. For patients with adrenal fatigue, meditation can support stress management for normalization of cortisol levels. Remaining present and observant...
Childhood Trauma and Adrenal Health
Childhood Trauma and Adrenal Health This month as we focus on adrenal health, we wanted to touch on childhood trauma and how it can affect our overall health. Childhood trauma is an epidemic that affects people from all backgrounds. In 1996, Kaiser Permanent- CDC...
Practicing Gratitude for Cortisol Balance
Practicing Gratitude for Cortisol Balance Gratitude has gotten a lot of attention in recent years for relieving stress, but is that all that gratitude does to benefit our lives? In fact, gratitude has been proven to have social, physical, and psychological benefits as...
Top Five Tips for Better Sleep
Top Five Tips for Better Sleep Good sleep is a vital contributor to adrenal health. The following are some tips to help improve your sleep and your adrenal health. Five tips for better sleep: Avoid alcohol within 3 hours before going to bed. It is better to have a...
Exercise & Hormones
Written by Eliza Shoup, Group Fitness Instructor Have you ever wondered what sort of hormone health you were improving while staring at the time on the elliptical, 22 minutes, 30 minutes...40 minutes, let's call it good. The truth is, not much is coming from the...
Yoga for Adrenal Fatigue
Yoga for Adrenal Fatigue If you have been diagnosed with Adrenal Fatigue, you have probably had a doctor or another practitioner recommend yoga. With so many different types of yoga and different studios around town, you may be confused about what type of yoga is best...
It’s time for your colonoscopy… now what?
It’s time for your colonoscopy… now what? What is a colonoscopy? A colonoscopy is a test that allows your doctor to look at the inner lining of your rectum and colon. Your doctor will use a thin, flexible tube called a colonoscope to look at the colon. What is my...
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Hormone balance can be tricky, particularly in your 40s and beyond- let me help! On my YouTube channel I have covered many functional medicine topics over the years and have more recently focused on perimenopause and menopause because I know firsthand this is a rollercoaster of a time for women and it's just not talked about enough in doctors offices- leaving women confused, frustrated, and searching for answers. Well, I'm here to help! And feel free to browse around as I have lots of videos on gut health, SIBO, immune health, metabolic health and more!
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