How Diet & Lifestyle Changes Can Help You Balance Hormones
Nutrition is a key to managing midlife hormonal shifts. Hormonal changes occur throughout our lives. But we most often notice declines in our...
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21 Factors that Affect Your Blood Glucose
Your blood sugar numbers are great, right? Most people that answer “Yes”, may base this on a fasting glucose test performed as part of a yearly checkup. Unfortunately, this test is far from comprehensive and doesn’t show you a full picture of how you’re managing glucose on a daily basis. …
7 Strategies to Break Your Bad Nutrition Habits
We eat the way we do for a myriad of underlying reasons, and many of these factors weren’t necessarily in our control when our behavior development around food started. Some human eating behaviors even come from our remote ancestors and instinctual survival needs! With habits being so deeply rooted, they …
Does Sugar Weaken Your Immune System?
The bottom line: Yes, sugar intake weakens the immune response and impacts your overall health through a complex interplay of hormonal, metabolic, and immunologic processes.
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Are Cheat Meals a Good Idea?
When I think of cheat meals, my first thought is of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. He is known to share his weekly cheat meals on social media, often consisting of massive stacks of pancakes, an entire XXL pizza to himself, or a pyramid of mouth-watering brownies. His weekly nutrition regimen …
7 Strategies to Break Your Bad Nutrition Habits
We eat the way we do for a myriad of underlying reasons, and many of these factors weren’t necessarily in our control when our behavior development around food started. Some human eating behaviors even come from our remote ancestors and instinctual survival needs! With habits being so deeply rooted, they …
Does Sugar Weaken Your Immune System?
The bottom line: Yes, sugar intake weakens the immune response and impacts your overall health through a complex interplay of hormonal, metabolic, and immunologic processes.
Ask the MD: Do Calories Really Matter?
Calories are the foundation of nutrition. They are units of energy we consume and burn off all day, every day. They are listed at the top of every nutrition label, and they are the notorious defining variable of several diets. But how important are calories to your success?
How Bad is Sugar, Really?
Too much sugar in our diets can be one of the biggest threats to modern health. Yet, in the year of 2020 when stress, anxiety and isolation is high, it’s fair to guess the average intake of 156 pounds of sugar a year, will be higher. Being educated on the …
5 Unconventional Tips for a Healthy Metabolism
This article isn’t about magic pills or 7 day detoxes. We’re going to focus on action items that will improve multiple aspects of your health. Some of these tips may be new to you and as the title suggests - you will probably consider them unconventional.
What Happens to Your Body During a Month of Clean Eating?
Ready to make a habit out of healthy eating? Just one month of consuming whole, unprocessed foods benefits your health in a number of ways. Although following a clean diet can be difficult at first, the rewards will be worth it. Prepare for your clean eating journey with this guide.
Biohacking Blood Sugar: CGM for the Non-Diabetic
Are Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) the tech device of the future? In short, yes, and perhaps it is only a matter of time before glucose tracking becomes as widely available as activity trackers. A CGM is a beneficial tool to collect data to personalize a diet, lifestyle and quality of …
Sleep: The Ultimate Performance Enhancer
The days of wearing the “I only need 4 hours of sleep” like a productivity badge of honor needs to be over. Burning the candle at both ends only leads to poor health, bad decision making and burnout. Seven to eight hours of sleep seems to be the minimum per …
Carb Cycling for Women
Carb cycling is an excellent strategy for women who want to optimize their body composition while maintaining their exercise performance. However, the typical approach of alternating almost daily doesn’t match with female hormone cycling. The ideal approach for women is to plan for 2-week cycles of high and low carb …
