A recent study published in the journal Physiology & Behavior (March 2016) evaluated 122 adults 1 week before taking a vacation, 1 week after, and 6 weeks after returning from vacation. The study revealed that physical activity and body weight BOTH increased while on vacation and stress levels decreased. The interesting finding of the study was that the …
You may have seen the buzz about fermented foods these days. . . beverages like kombucha, kvass, and lacto-fermented vegetables like raw sauerkraut and pickles are going beyond health food stores and hitting traditional grocery store shelves. People around the globe have been fermenting foods for thousands of years. In fact, it was one of …
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It\’s Health Coach Week (January 11th to 17th), so I wanted to share some tidbits with you on what makes the health coach approach to health and healing different. The main role of health coaches is to bridge the gap between doctors and patients. Doctors rarely have the time, resources, or training to help patients build …
The days are getting longer. The sun is shining through the clouds (more often). The mud is slowly drying up. It\’s getting warmer outside. We have a natural inclination to clean and tidy and purge our surroundings of things we no longer need and want to let go. Spring is a natural time of transition …
Let\’s talk about juicing. As a certified health coach and integrative RDN, I\’ve had a lot of questions over the years on this topic from readers, clients, and recently Williams-Sonoma asked me to weigh in on the topic. For years, I had some resistance to juicing. Why? When you juice, \’everybody knows\’ that you lose …
Last week, I was hired to set up a table and answer nutrition questions at a health fair for a large corporation in Pennsylvania. My display was titled Supermarket Savvy. . . since health starts where you buy your food and supermarkets are tricky to navigate for healthy items. It was a ton of fun …
