RESTART Breakfast and Snack Ideas
During the RESTART Program, the questions I get asked most often is, “What do you eat for breakfast?” and “What can I snack on?” For people who have never cut sugar out of their diet it can be HARD to come up with tasty meals that have no sugar. You start to realize that sugar is in EVERYTHING. Here are some low to no sugar breakfast ideas.
My “Lightning Bolt”: Diet & Type 1 Diabetes
I have type 1 diabetes. After reading Dr. Bernstein’s book, my perspective completely shifted. I realized that I had agency in my diabetes management. These simple changes have made a profound impact on my mental health and well-being.
Natural Beauty Products That Work
This is the last post in our Radiant Skin series. We thought it would be fun for our last blog post to share with you what beauty products we actually use in our daily life. No matter your skin type, you will be interested to see, I think, that there are a multitude of healthy options these days.
7 Ways Sugar Hides in Our Food
The sugar consumption of the average American is 22 teaspoons of sugar a day (1 tsp = 4 grams) and the total for the year is 130 pounds! This many not seem like a lot since we are used to seeing sugar everywhere. We are inundated with sugar! Never before in the history of man have we had an emergency need to lower our blood sugar. The results are devastating.
Is Your Skincare Routine Harming You?
Today is part 2 of our 3-part series on safer beauty. This week Casey Poe, an esthetician in Colorado and fellow NTP, instructs us on what to avoid when choosing skincare and beauty products. I love how her message of progress, not perfection, fits right in with our FCW mission.
Hidden Ingredients: MSG
As our society’s pace of life has picked up, we have more and more frequently turned to manufactured food to make ends meet. The problem is that real food is not cheap and fake food tastes bad. Not a great combo if you are a food manufacturer. So, our food giants have to find ways to make less than palatable food taste great and cost less. Enter MSG.
Becoming a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner
Have you ever considered getting an education in the nutritional field but don’t know where to start? The choices can be overwhelming. Most accredited programs are rigorous in coursework, yet they follow the Standard American Diet and government MyPlate philosophies, which have shown themselves to be quite lacking if you consider the health outcomes of most of American society. Counting calories and macros is not my idea of nutrition!
Six Steps to Naturally Radiant Skin
Nadia truly breaks down all the complex factors that go into our skin’s health, and gives simple, actionable steps to get you closer to clear, glowing skin. The foundational principles: addressing your diet, hydration, blood sugar regulation, and fatty acid balance, are essential to overall health as well as glowing skin.
Everyday Detox (Detox Part II)
Detoxification is a complicated and mostly automatic process that our body undergoes in an effort to keep us as healthy as possible in our toxic world. If you want to be healthy for the long haul, slow + steady detoxification is the way to go. This is my strategy for what I like to call everyday detox.
Why “Detoxes” Don’t Work (Detox Part I)
Detoxification is an extremely popular topic in the health space today. Everyone wants to detox! From green powders and protein shakes to supplements and green juices, it seems every company touts that their product will help your body “detox”. This is especially prevalent after the holiday season! But what is a toxin? And what does detox actually mean?
Recipe: Chia Pudding
Chia seeds are high in quality protein, fiber, antioxidants and minerals. Up to 75% of the fats found in chia are omega-3, a nutrient must, especially for athletes. Fast and easy + nutrient dense + strength + SO yummy = breakfast from heaven.
Introducing Carly Stagg, FNTP
Hi everyone! My name is Carly Stagg and I am SO thrilled to be here and teaming up with Kristen for this blog project. I am a third-year nursing student (set to graduate with my BSN in 2019) and certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. My passion lies in merging functional and alternative medicine.
Success Stories: Julia Rodriguez
“I noticed the Ketogenic diet was a very common weight loss tool and the food looked like something I could definitely get used to. I basically went to my kitchen and threw away everything that wasn’t on the diet, filled it with the food I was supposed to eat and simply took it one day at a time.”
Setting the intention to be intentional
The Dirty Dozen
Eating fresh produce is one of the best ways to get nutrients in your diet and support optimum health, but did you know many of our foods are often sprayed with toxic pesticides and finished with preservatives to maintain freshness during shipping? Not to worry, you can still achieve a healthier lifestyle without breaking the budget by adopting what is known as the Dirty Dozen and the Clean 15.
Guide: How to Source Food Well
Did you know that how your food is grown greatly impacts its nutrient content? Just because a food is labeled organic in the store does not mean it is your healthiest option. We often spend a pretty penny on our organic food, but these organic foods don’t always give us more nutrients.
Texas Raw Milk Moving Forward!
After briefly stalling in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, the raw milk bill, SB 95, passed through Committee yesterday by a vote of 8-1! The next step is a vote before the full Senate. We won the first round–and now we need to keep it moving.
Locavore: Hackberry Gardens
Hackberry Gardens, named after the abundance of hackberry trees on the land, is an unassuming 15-acre family-owned farm located near Thrall, Texas, a remote suburb on the outskirts of Austin.
But Healthy food is too expensive!
It is interesting to me when I hear people complain about how healthy eating is just too expensive… The idea that healthy food is expensive is a lie. It cannot be your excuse. What is expensive is a $6 Frappuccino habit leading to drugs, surgery and depleted energy and vitality. Don’t be a slave to your taste buds.
10 Ways to Gently Detox in the New Year
I personally do not think that the new year is a time to incorporate major detoxes and crash diets, setting yourself up for failure. But, it certainly is a great time to start fresh and incorporate some new healthy habits that will stick. Here are my top 10 ways to incorporate more healthy mindful eating and detox into your new year for better health…