The Essence of Functional Medicine
Because I am a nurse, I know a lot of people in the medical community and as they learn my story and I get healthier, I’ve often been asked what functional medicine is. This image below sums up completely what a patient’s experience with functional...
10 Days, 10 Ways to Lower Carbs, Day 6
T2T Restaurant Carb Hacks. It’s not as hard as you think to go low carb at a restaurant. Here are some of my favorite tricks to stay low carb and still enjoy yourself: I want to say something first. If you eat out once a...
10 Days, 10 Ways to Lower Carbs, Day 5
Today is a very important one. I’m not posting these in order, and maybe this should be considered #1. EAT MORE FIBER. Sounds simple, but here’s a trick that can help you get healthier, thinner, and lower your cancer risk. A win/win! The Role of...
Fasting 101
Okay, there’s been a lot in the media lately about fasting. Here’s my take on it based on research and what I learned at Food As Medicine. There are amazing immune and cardiac benefits to fasting, in addition to weight loss. But, you must do...
A calorie is not just a calorie…
Scientific research concludes there are real health benefits to low Glycemic Index/Load (GI/GL) diets. After reviewing all the latest research on glycemic index, glycemic load and glycemic response, an international committee of leading nutrition scientists have released a Scientific Consensus Statement that concludes that carbohydrate...
Bites #2: The most common deficiency is…
What is the most common nutritional deficiency in the US Population? Many would say Vitamin D and they’d be right…. almost. But, the answer is MAGNESIUM. For a variety of reasons, we lack a diet rich in magnesium. We take other minerals, meds or substances...
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