Digestion’s one of those bodily functions we tend to take for granted… until it’s not working properly. Imagine your digestive tract’s like a creek. When it’s flowing freely, the fresh clear water’s keeps everything within and around it healthy. When the flow’s obstructed, the water [...]
In the years I saw clients as a nutritionist, I saw several common deficiencies. I was interesting to see their both surprising symptoms and their impact quality of life, career performance and everything in between. I loved getting to see the tremendous improvements all aspect of clients’ [...]
Eat Well – its not as hard as you think is my first cookbook I have written and published and i’m hoping to follow with another cookbook soon. I thought I would share a little about who I am and why I wanted to publish this cookbook. Im married, work full time and also teach Zumba and Konga [...]
I recently discovered that chronically low calcium intake had been negatively impacting my yoga practice and overall pain levels for months. One thing lead to the next and I started figuring out ways to regularly incorporate calcium rich foods into my meals and snacks without consuming a ton of [...]
Two of the many important lessons you learn along the way in your yoga journey are that everything is connected and nothing happens by chance. These lessons were brought full circle for me in the last couple months. To back things up, I’ve practiced yoga for 18 years now. I began at the age [...]
When temperatures are blazing we start looking for any possible way to cool down. Peppermint iced tea provides a double chilling effect. Not only is it cool in temperature, but our bodies translate peppermint to feel cold. Thus when you pair peppermint and ice you’ve got a tea that will [...]
Even the crispest, coolest salad can get real boring, real quick, regardless of how hot it is outside. Roasted vegetables have a distinct flavor that can switch things up and help keep you on your healthy eating path instead of getting sick of the same salad every day. Plus cooked vegetables [...]
The term wellness refers to the active pursuit of a healthy life. That can be a big, lofty and ambiguous endeavor if you don’t know exactly what a healthy life is to you and why you want to go on a path towards wellness in the first place. Getting beyond all of that can be the first and [...]
” Last week I received the most exciting news!!! Wellwood Health is now officially working with the Food Matters Team, to help spread the message on quality and lifesaving [...]