Okay. I know, that’s silly. It’s nearly impossible to be protein deficient in the western world but you certainly might not be eating enough. Actually, I can guarantee most of us are not eating enough. Almost every client I see doesn’t realize they are not eating enough protein until they fill out a food journal … …

Are you a weekend warrior? Do you find yourself restricting all week long just so you can eat and drink ALL the things on the weekend? You wake up Monday morning feeling guilty so you restrict until Saturday rolls around and you just keep repeating this vicious cycle? Food is emotional and FOOD GUILT IS … …

Do you find yourself running to google or to the doctors every time your body feels a bit off or you’re experiencing some mysterious symptom? Always constantly worrying that your minor, chronic or uncomfortable symptom is a sign of something life-threatening. I’ve been there. When I was dealing with unexplained digestive issues years ago there … …

So you made all these big fitness goals and decided to start eating better so you assume you need to start drinking pre-workout and protein shakes in order to see results and feel good. This is the biggest misconception in the fitness world. You can certainly get fit and be healthy without using pre-workout and … …

FINE. I surrender. Sometimes intermittent fasting can help. Intermittent fasting is all the hype right now. I wrote a blog post a little bit ago during my hormone series called “Is Fasting Safe for Women.” When it comes to the women’s reproductive system, fasting can be detrimental but when it comes to digestion it may … …

Our bodies are made up of an ecosystem of bacteria in our guts and on our skin. There is beneficial bacteria and bad bacteria. We need a proper balance of both keep our bodies healthy. If our microbiome goes out of wack so do our bodies and we start to see an array of symptoms … …

Time and time again I have clients come to me with a lot of digestive distress, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, headaches, brain fog, fatigue, and other various symptoms. One of the most common questions I get is, “do you think I need to take a food sensitivity test?” and my answer is pretty much always no. … …

Let’s get DIRTY! . On one of my previous posts I mentioned a good way to keep our gut microbiome up to par and our immune systems healthy is to get dirty. As we know by now, our whole body has an ecosystem of good and bad bacteria, not just in our gut but also … …

Bone broth is a legit super food and probably one of the most nutrient dense foods you can consume. I believe bone broth single handedly healed my gut back in the day, no joke, this stuff is powerful! It has made such an impact on my health that I still drink it almost everyday! I … …

One trend I am seeing with almost all of my clients is this need to work out and work out HARD. I am talking 5-7 days a week of high intensity training, cardio and lifting weights. The longer the better. When a client tells me how much they are working out I always ask where … …

Fasting is all the hype lately, especially among people in the Keto and Paleo sphere. But is it good for everyone? The short answer. No. And here’s why. You guessed it! Hormones! Fasting is alternating between periods of eating and not eating. For example, the most popular method is the 16/8 where you don’t eat … …

We see the photos all the time, that perfectly curated moleskin notebook with a cup of coffee placed on a perfectly curated table in a beautiful all-white living room surrounded by green plants, typically with a caption all about how self-care is so important and how writing in a journal and meditating every day is … …