by admin | Dec 13, 2012 | Eating Naturally, Natural weight loss, Naturopathic health, Nutrition
Did you know that Twinkies and addictive drugs both impact the brain in the same ways? You may think what you eat only affects your digestive system and your waistline, but you’re wrong. What you eat can also significantly impact your brain. We are wired to seek out...
by admin | Dec 11, 2012 | Childhood Obesity, Eating Naturally, Natural weight loss, Nutrition
Everyone seems to be sad to see Hostess products go, even nutritionists. Am I the only one who is happy about it? Instead of being sad to see Twinkies go, I am sad (and disgusted) that people are mourning the death of an extremely processed fake food. A fake processed...
by admin | Dec 7, 2012 | Natural Remedies, Naturopathic health
Winter can be a time where we tend to let ourselves go a little bit by avoiding the snow, ice, and freezing temperatures by staying inside, keeping warm, and throwing back a few drinks. It can also be very easy to be less active with fewer outdoor activities,...
by admin | Dec 6, 2012 | Natural Remedies, Natural weight loss, Naturopathic health, Nutrition, Women's Health
Losing weight is tough. Being a woman often times makes things even more challenging. The UCLA Center for Human Nutrition has been studying the differences in weight loss between men and women. They have found three factors that cause increased difficulty when women...
by admin | Dec 4, 2012 | Adrenal/Stress, Natural Remedies, Naturopathic health, Stress Management
Ironically enough, many people consume a diet that puts a considerable amount of stress on their bodies, in essence creating a chronic stress response. Dieting itself can put a strain on the adrenal glands because it leads to low blood sugar. Americans love to diet;...
by admin | Nov 29, 2012 | Adrenal/Stress, Natural Remedies, Naturopathic health, Stress Management
As we have seen, chronic stress is very common in our society and the ill effects attributed to adrenal fatigue are literally killing us. It seems we are constantly bombarded with stress–everywhere we turn it seems there is something else we have to deal with–things...
by admin | Nov 27, 2012 | Adrenal/Stress, Natural Remedies, Stress Management
Stress can have very wide-reaching effects in the body. This is because all the body’s systems are dependent on one another for proper functioning. A change in one hormone, such as cortisol, has an effect on many of the body’s other hormones. The following chart...
by admin | Nov 20, 2012 | Adrenal/Stress, Natural Remedies, Naturopathic health, Stress Management
The adrenal glands are the link between chronic stress and the devastating effects of long-term cortisol elevation, including fatigue, anxiety, insomnia, hormone imbalance and weight gain. The adrenal glands are located above the kidneys and help regulate blood...
by admin | Nov 15, 2012 | Adrenal/Stress, Natural Remedies, Naturopathic health, Stress Management
Our last post showed the broad impact that too much stress has on our modern-day lives. When confronted with stress, our bodies go into “fight or flight” mode to prepare us for battle (to “fight”) or to remove us from the situation (to take “flight”). When the body...
by admin | Nov 13, 2012 | Adrenal/Stress, Natural Remedies, Naturopathic health, Stress Management
Most of us feel stressed out at least some of the time and many of us feel stressed out most of the time. We often wear stress as a badge of honor, but too much stress can lead to very detrimental results; just look at these statistics: Stress contributes to 50% of...
