SUGAR! It's everywhere and we just cannot seem to live without it. I admit, I too was addicted to refined sugar. In fact, it took me a whole year to kick the addiction. I wrestled daily with having my 1/3 - 1/2 conventional chocolate bar a day. I justified my addiction to chocolate with the idea … [Read more...] about Sugar Isn’t Really Sugar Anymore: Why Your Body is Craving Real Food, not Sugar! + A Healthy Sweetener Guide
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Top 5 Ways to Balance Hormones Naturally
Everything we do affects our hormones, which in turn, effects everything we do. It seems at some point or another we are faced with a hormone imbalance in our lifetime, especially women, but men are not untouched either. Funny enough, sometimes hormonal conditions such as acne, don't actually … [Read more...] about Top 5 Ways to Balance Hormones Naturally
Vitamin D is Not just a Vitamin! Signs of deficiency, testing and how to supplement
What is Vitamin D? Vitamin is D is actually considered to be a hormone that the body makes by the action of sunlight on the skin. How cool is that? However, with the decrease in the amount of time we spends outdoors, due to our office-style jobs, there has been a dramatic rise in the number of … [Read more...] about Vitamin D is Not just a Vitamin! Signs of deficiency, testing and how to supplement
What is Inflammation? + Top Anti-inflammatory Foods (a.k.a foods that fight disease)
What is Inflammation? Inflammation is the body's immune system response to damaged cells, injury, pathogens or irritants (stimulus) and is a sign that the body is trying to heal itself. Additionally, having too much inflammation (over a long period of time) in the body is responsible for most … [Read more...] about What is Inflammation? + Top Anti-inflammatory Foods (a.k.a foods that fight disease)