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8 Ways Insulin Resistance Impacts Your Mood: The Hidden Link holistic healing holistic health holistic nutrition insulin mood Aug 05, 2024

Mood and mental health disorders are at an all-time high. I wrote a research paper on this during graduate school in 2021 and can already say that the data in that paper is outdated and the statistics are now worse. 

 

But “mental health” is a relatively recent crisis. ...

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What Our Kids Are Drinking energy drinks holistic nutrition kids health May 17, 2024

Last week I had the pleasure of speaking with 5 freshmen health classes at our local high school. They were just starting their nutrition unit, and I was invited to come answer practical and real life questions. 



This is not my first time, and there are always themes that seem to permeate...

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Integrative Nutritionist vs. Registered Dietician: Who Do You Pick? holistic health holistic nutrition integrative nutrition registered dietician root cause Aug 19, 2023

And which one is going to get to the root of your illness? 

 

So you know you need help with your diet. You know you feel crummy. And you know you could feel better. 

 

Where do you turn?

 

On the one hand, you have your doctor, but really, he or she isn't well-versed in...

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Hope for Autism autism family nutrition holistic healing holistic health holistic nutrition kids nutrition May 04, 2023

Hope for Autism

 

It’s not catchy, but it's meaningful.

 

If you read my last blog, your head might be spinning.

 

Autism rates have exploded from 1 in 10,000 in 1970s to 1 in 36 today. The rates are even higher if you isolate boys from girls.

 

Something is affecting...

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“Just Eat Your Peas!” family meals family nutrition family nutritionist holistic nutrition kids picky eaters Sep 28, 2022

Green Peas.

They seem so innocuous, don’t they?

Who knew that something so small and seemingly simple could cause so much mealtime drama?

And that’s what it is, isn’t it? Drama.

Maybe peas is the issue of choice in your home.

Broccoli?

Cucumber?

Maybe it isn’t even...

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Where Do You Start family nutrition health holistic health holistic nutrition Aug 23, 2022

Are you feeling overwhelmed?

 

Me too.

 

As someone who spends hours each week looking at the research, pouring over protocols, and digging into supplements, I can wholeheartedly tell you, shifting your health is not easy.

 

Being healthy USED to mean eating 3 square meals a day...

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Unlearning health journey healthy living holistic health holistic nutrition unlearning whole foods Jan 03, 2022

We spend most of our youth in school. Nearly all of it in fact. Learning all the things deemed important: math, writing, spelling, reading.

 

Very few schools teach us how to listen to our bodies, trust our intuition, and feed ourselves well, let alone how to grocery shop and...

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