The pantry can be an intimidating place to overhaul when you’re looking to make some dietary changes. So we thought we’d help you with some tips on how to get started. To best support you in your pantry needs, we will be addressing how best to organize your pantry and some of our favorite pantry ...
Having a long successful career is the goal. It affords us financial security, better pay, benefits, and not to mention mental stability and less financial insecurity. It even gives us a boost in our morale. When we talk about longevity, we don’t usually hear about the day-to-day habits that help us maintain our health so ...
Counting calories is a hot topic and we wanted to spend some time talking about it. In our diet culture there is a popular weight loss equation. It states that the fewer calories you eat + the more calories you burn, will equal weight loss. But why is this such a common belief? Where does it come ...
Sleep doesn’t always come easy to everyone. Given our fast-paced environments, sleep has become increasingly harder to come by. As a response to this, we wanted to share our tips for better sleep and better sleep hygiene. What is sleep hygiene: The Sleep Foundation defines sleep hygiene as having a bedroom environment and daily routines ...
A Health Coach plays a substantial supporting role in medicine today. With the Health Coaching field growing, more and more medical doctors and naturopathic doctors are adding Health Coaches to their practices. But why? I’m sure you’re wondering, “how can a Health Coach benefit me?” And why do they play such a vital role in the ...
Have you ever tried to clean up your diet, and all you could think about was that dessert you couldn’t eat or that bread you can’t have for breakfast anymore? Or that pasta dish you love so much that’s now “off-limits” for the time being? It isn’t uncommon to think of the foods we can’t ...
Now that more people are getting vaccinated and the restrictions are being lifted on social gatherings and travel, it’s time to figure out how to lose the weight we all gained during the last year. The phrase COVID-19 lbs of weight gain has been thrown around. I have even learned a new phrase Kummerspeck (German): ...
In our last blog, we talked about stress and the cortisol/blood sugar connection. To piggyback off this topic, we can’t talk about stress without talking about the adrenal glands. The adrenals play a vital role in managing and processing stressful situations, controlling our metabolism, immune system, blood pressure, and many other functions. Below, we will ...
As the Covid-19 Vaccine has become available to everyone over 16 years old I have recently received a high volume of questions regarding my views on the vaccine. I thought I would address them here so that you can have my opinion which is based on the most recent scientific research and information. I personally ...
Let’s talk about stress! It is a hot topic in health these days, as is stress management. But what does stress have to do with cortisol and blood sugar? One would argue, everything! But first, let’s define what types of stressors there are and go from there. There are two types of stressors: Life-threatening and ...