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May 17, 2019

What is Inflammation? How is it Related to Chronic Illness and How to Reduce Inflammation

Inflammation, its become quite a common term. You may even call it the latest “buzz word.” You may have also heard your doctor use this term. Maybe you’ve been told that you have inflammation in a certain body part, or you’ve been diagnosed with an inflammatory disease. But what does that even mean? […]

April 17, 2019

3 Ways to Get Your Partner to Eat Healthier, Without Nagging and Going Crazy

When you are trying to reach your health goals, having a partner can either help or hinder you. Whether your partner is your spouse, your best friend, or a family member, it’s quite common to start a new health plan with someone else. It just makes it more fun to have someone to […]

March 16, 2019

Vegan Vs. Ketogenic Diet: Which Side Are You On? Can You Be Both?

Of all the current diet plans out there, probably the two most popular would have to be a ketogenic diet and a vegan diet. A vegan diet means that you do not eat any food coming from animals. This means abstaining from meat, dairy, eggs and even honey. A ketogenic diet, on the […]

September 4, 2018

A Nutritionist’s Back-to-School Shopping List

What’s on your back to school shopping list? New clothes? Pencils? Binders? Backpack? An iPhone? We tend to get sucked into the back-to-school hype and it can be easy to overdo it with the shopping. In reality though, our children probably don’t need most of the new clothes and school supplies we buy […]