Category: Diet & Nutrition

Metabolic Balance: Connect to Your True Good Health

Metabolic Balance: Connect to Your True Good Health

by Myra Nissen, CCH, RSHom(NA) Nationally Certified Homeopath Certified Metabolic Balance® Coach When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need. – Ancient Proverb

Meal Planning: How to Get Optimal Nourishment from Your Food!

Meal Planning: How to Get Optimal Nourishment from Your Food!

The famous Chinese doctor Sun Si-Miao (from Tang Dynasty 618-907 CE), said that “when a person is sick, the doctor should first regulate the patient’s diet and lifestyle”.    It is my experience that without appropriate changes in die

Digestive Health Part 2:  A Chinese Medicine Perspective

Digestive Health Part 2: A Chinese Medicine Perspective

In Digestive Health Part 1, I introduced the idea of Postnatal Qi, or the aspects of health you can influence through your response to stress, quality of your self-care, relationships and what you eat.  I also introduced how you can use dif

Sandra Keros

Eating Healthy and Coping with Food Allergies during the Holiday Season

Is it possible to eat healthy during the holidays? And what if you or loved ones suffer from food allergies?   Sandra Keros, HHC  AADP,  is a nutrition expert, cooking instructor and certified holistic health

Digestive Health: A Chinese Medicine Perspective

Digestive Health: A Chinese Medicine Perspective

In the Chinese Medicine tradition, there are two major sources of our constitution or the state of our body; Prenatal Qi and Postnatal Qi.  by Jamie Lieber CA Board Certified Acupuncturist  Prenatal Qi is equivalent to all that we inher

Improve Your Health: 5 Tips for Mindful Eating

Improve Your Health: 5 Tips for Mindful Eating

We live in a fast-paced, busy world where sitting down for a meal is often not our main priority.  So what ends up happening?  We eat in our cars, at our desks at work, or while rushing off to the next event.  Our bodies respond physically to

Healthy Living:  How Much Water do You Need?

Healthy Living: How Much Water do You Need?

You’ve heard all the advice: Drink eight glasses of water a day. Stay properly hydrated while exercising. Sports drinks aren’t just for professional athletes. Yet you’re still unsure whether you’re drinking the right amount for good health. How m

Organic vs Conventional Fruits and Vegetables:  What Should You Buy?

Organic vs Conventional Fruits and Vegetables: What Should You Buy?

Summer is here and produce is abundant!  It is especially important at this time of year to monitor where you’re buying your produce as many of the seasonal treats of summer can be laden with pesticides.   By Kristin Hoppe Certified Nutrit

Your Diet: Going Gluten-Free

Your Diet: Going Gluten-Free

What’s up with gluten? You might not have even heard of gluten until recently when foods without this grain protein started being promoted on store shelves.  Watch Out for Gluten People with celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder, suffer diffi

Are Food Sensitivities Slowing YOU Down?

Are Food Sensitivities Slowing YOU Down?

Are you chronically fatigued?  Are you feeling moody or depressed? Are you finding it difficult to lose weight?  Maybe it’s time to take a closer look at the foods you are eating! By Kristin Hoppe Certified Nutrition Consultant I grew up c

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