7 Ways to Kick Your Headache or Migraine
Do you struggle with the occasional headache or chronic migraine? Do you find yourself reaching for a pain killer more often than not just to get through the day? I’ve been there.
I know a thing or two about headaches and migraines. I have been dealing with them since I was little girl and it’s something I have always been prone to but luckily after much research and success I have found ways to knock them out fast! Save this post for later to refer to when the pain hits!
So why are you getting headaches? Well this can range from …
Hormone and Gut-Friendly Exercises
I know, I know “But Laura, I love HIIT + running”
Do you actually love these types of workouts or are you in the constant mind fuck of whether or not you are doing enough to earn your food and think intense exercise is the only way?
I’ve been there. I used to be a HIIT + running machine. If I didn’t get in an intense enough workout I was a failure, the guilt would kick + I would instantly be questioning every single thing I put in my mouth for the day.
If only I knew the damage I was causing …
Why Am I So Hungry The Week Before My Period?
Do you find yourself ravenous a few days before your period? Or maybe even a whole 2 weeks before your period?
Well I am here to tell you this is totally normal and a GOOD thing!
Here’s the deal. After ovulation, progesterone is the dominant hormone. Progesterone makes your temps rise and warms you up, stimulates the thyroid and increases your metabolism. Your body is actually burning more fuel from ovulation to menstruation.
When this happens your need for nutrients and minerals goes up. In most cases, you will find your body needing at least 300 calories more a day. This is …
Are All Those Vegetables Causing More Harm Than Good?
You begin eating healthier so you start incorporating tons of raw salads + vegetables into your diet, loading up on them at meals and making it a point to always get them in.
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You probably think eating these things comes with no consequences. Well, every single food you put in your mouth has a consequence, yes, even vegetables. In particular, cruciferous vegetables! Things like collard greens, broccoli, kale, cauliflower, arugula, brussel sprouts, + cabbage.
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Hear me out. I’ve talked about how important the health of our thyroid is on numerous occasions since it runs the show when it comes to our …
Four Ways Your Digestion is Preventing You From Balancing Your Hormones
I know. How can someone be a hormone + gut nutritionist. Aren’t they two different things? Nope, girlfriend they are intimately connected in so many ways! In my practice I always address the foundations first which include gut and mineral balance before moving into hormones. This is an integral piece to healing and one that is often missed.
Time and time again I have seen clients that get a hormone panel from their doc and are put on some supplements or hormone replacement therapy and either never get better or only feel better for a little while before shit hits …
The Three Most Common Birth Control Methods
You know the all too familiar story.
You walk into your gyno. Maybe you just went in for a yearly check up, maybe you are dealing with some hormonal symptoms, maybe you have PMS, PCOS or endometriosis Whatever it may be they probably asked if you wanted to go on birth control + gave you your options.
Problems is, a lot of us go on birth control + never actually understand what the heck it is doing to our bodies or how it even works in the first place to prevent pregnancy.
This is a BIG problem in our society. We have …
Why Do I Wake Up Multiple Times Throughout the Night?
One minute you are sound asleep and then the next you are wide awake staring at the clock 1am, 2am, 4am Maybe you had to pee, maybe your heart is racing, maybe you are experiencing anxiety or racing thoughts, maybe you are sweating, or maybe this is just your norm with out any real reason for it. Does this sound like you?
Altho it may be common to wake up throughout the night it certainly is not normal.
A sign of a good functioning metabolism is 7-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep a night. Unfortunately you can not catch up on sleep.
Sleep …
Why Skipping Meals is Wrecking Your Hormones
You wake up, get in a workout, drink your coffee, forget to eat breakfast or just aren’t hungry.
You rush off to work maybe have a small snack or protein bar to hold you over. You maybe drink another cup of coffee and get so busy you forget to eat lunch. By the time dinner rolls around you are starving and craving all the things which leads into a spiral of overeating and poor food choices but you’re proud of yourself for making it the whole day without eating because now you can eat whatever you want with no consequences …
How Do I Overcome a Weight Loss Plateau?
First let’s set this straight. YOU DON’T NEED TO WORK OUT HARDER AND RESTRICT MORE to get over a weight loss slump.
So you head into this weight loss journey and I am guessing you probably eliminated food groups, started counting macros, restricting foods (possibly sugar and carbs), working out more consistently, possible harder than you ever have. Whatever it may be you probably made some pretty drastic changes in your life to lose the weight in the first place.
So now it is time to re-evaluate. As we know you will always see changes in your body when you implement …
Superfoods for Hormone Balance
Girlfriend put down the fancy, EXPENSIVE, “superfood” powders and start eating real food to balance your hormones!
Here are some of my favorite superfoods that help to break down, metabolize and eliminate excess estrogen because girl we have all got a little extra estrogen due to stress and this toxic world we live in. Some symptoms of estrogen dominance include mood swings, irritability, PMS before your period, anxiety, weight loss resistance, migraines and headaches, acne, infertility, sleep probs, insulin resistance, and the list goes on.
Ditch the supplements and powders and start incorporating these powerhouse foods into your diet!
⫸ Mushrooms! Yup, …
Starving Yourself is NOT the Answer
Are you using fasting to avoid your symptoms?
Let me ask. Why are you fasting? Or why have you thought about trying it?
In reality, fasting is just another diet and I hate to break it to ya but just like every other diet you have tried out there it doesn’t work and it certainly does not work long-term.
Here’s why. Your body can only handle stress for a certain amount of time before it burns the F out and unlike men who tend to be more resilient to stress we have a cycle every month and a reproductive system that is …
No Girl, You Don’t Need More Iron
“But Laura, I’m anemic!”
Here’s the deal, before 1972 doctors would test heme iron because that is where 70% of iron is found. But somehow we got a little lost along the way and started testing ferritin iron levels which is the storage form found inside the cell where it should be. It’s not the iron we are actually using.
Did you know we have an iron recycling system? Yup, our bodies are pretty rad. We basically re-use iron over and over again. In this iron recycling system, iron changes from the dangerous form ferrous to the safe form ferric. The …