I have been in vacation mode this week. This time off was desperately needed for my nervous system. The stress of going thru the normal cycle of a great loss had built up again…

Allopathic medicine has the treatment of issues with acid backwards. They often make little of diet and a lot about taking a proton pump inhibitor or antacids…

Does it feel like you’re overwhelmed with contradictory “evidence” of how to take care of your health? As a nutritionist, I find it infuriating how many places influencers…

Medicine has been designed to “treat disease” not prevent and heal. The truth is we have a great deal of influence on what happens in our bodies…

When I was a little girl my mother’s grandmother was experiencing rapid decline with early onset Alzheimer’s. The symptoms frightened me…

Here is the bad news for the thyroid:

An estimated 20 million Americans have some form of thyroid disease…

Doesn’t everyone love a good shortcut? We all benefit from the experience of a seasoned traveler before going on a new adventure. The same is true for health journeys.

Have you ever thought about time? The kind of reflection I’m thinking about is looking back after a busy season, and noticing weeks of little habits that disappeared as life got “lifey.”

When I first began to change my food, I had started with a trainer who pushed me to change everything at once for a weight loss goal.

We often shame ourselves over cravings.

The truth is, this is your body’s way of caring for you when you neglect it. When the body is missing certain nutrients or energy, …

I like routines. They keep me off of the emotional tilt-a-whirl.

Recovering from an eating disorder, I use some personal fences around eating. Most of these were gradually normalized with healthy behaviors…

I think fiber should be celebrated the way that we celebrate about weight loss, cold plunging or meditation for health! Why do I feel so strongly about fiber?

For years, I managed my anxiety at gatherings with binging and purging thru parties and holidays. Being in recovery, I have clear boundaries around food, soda and alcohol.

A little known fact about your bones, is that you can rebuild them like a house—within reason, and if you don’t wait too long.

Here we go again! Leaving out the politics of whether or not falling back and springing forward is “good for society,” this one little hour wreaks havoc on your health. You aren’t imagining feeling lousy!

It’s that time of year again! Light is ending earlier, and the temperature drops. During the day around this time of year, I often have to have a change of clothes with me…

I wanted to talk a little bit about having a multifaceted health team. It frustrates me how our “health care” system is set up in silos. What we really need is a team of experts that share the load of a healing journey.

When we want chocolate badly, is that a real need or a craving for some inner need for happy chemicals in the brain, a hug, vitamins, protein or water? Why do we have these cravings?