Dec 15, 2021 | Blood Sugar, Cravings, General Wellness, Nutrition
According to The National Diabetes Statistics Report led by the Centre for Disease Control in 2020, more than 1 in 10 Americans currently have diabetes. Perhaps even more shocking are the numbers for prediabetes, a serious high blood sugar condition which they...
Mar 11, 2020 | General Wellness, Nutrition, Uncategorized
Everywhere I go people are worried about the coronavirus. Restaurants are nearly empty, travel is cheap, events and vacations cancelled. People are worried and stressed. What precautions can you take to support you and your family? Herbals, nutrients and botanicals to...
Jul 30, 2019 | Detox, Digestion, Food, Nutrition
This image is from one of my favorite Oakland, California restaurants The Well. I go here often after a yoga class with my good friends. The food is made fresh and feels so nourishing. My other favorite on the menu is the Root coffee. Mung Beans and Rice Recipe A...
Mar 20, 2018 | Detox, Nutrition, Uncategorized
Photo by Kristy Kravchenko on Unsplash It’s Spring! A perfect time for cleaning out your internal house. Shedding the pounds that came along with eating winter’s comfort food. And getting ready for warmer weather and more revealing...
Jan 21, 2018 | Functional Lab Test, Nutrition, Uncategorized, Women's Health
Functional medicine knows that you are a unique individual, with unique genes, microbiome, and triggers that cause imbalances in the underlying body systems designed to keep you well. Gluten for example, may cause one person to have headaches, another person to have...
May 22, 2017 | Food, Nutrition
We are alive because of complex biological reactions that convert the food we eat into energy, restores tissues such as skin and muscle, and protects us via the immune system. This is called our metabolism and these reactions require essential nutrients (vitamins,...