In order to have a healthier world where the higher ups support us, and provide for our needs in real ways, we're in this together. Getting kids healthier is a big priority. Helping families and individuals eat better needs to be a goal for ALL of us, so even if you don't have kids living in your home, read on so that you can make changes for yourself, AND you can find out how to support the health of those around you, particularly for the children.

So the first step is to get real and honest about the things that are real and true in your life. For example: if you hate cooking, can't stand being in the kitchen, a plan where you're mostly making everything from scratch may not be suited to you. If you are a busy go getter in the morning, starting with a nutrient dense smoothie might be a good option. Either way, you need to take a look at and identify what your life and you are really capable of or willing to accomodate. Then you can see which habits it would be in your best interest to change, if need be.

Whether you were dealing with body image and weight before our current situation, it's true, our current experience is NOT helping the efforts of weight loss and health unless there is POINTED effort to make a difference.

Here's the danger and why you need to take control of your weight image now:

Have you had issues with bowel habits? feel acid reflux, belly pains, don't digest food well, weight issues, hormonal issues, mood swings? You might notice that YOU might be one having a hard time engaging the Parasympathetic. If this happens, you can never get into that restful place where the body is now putting it's attention on digestion, or detoxification, or breathe.

Amanda Plevell, PhD has steered her Natural Health Business 15 years through ups and downs, including tumultuous personal and economic dips. It has taught her a lot about the gift of adaptation and the perception of victimization.

We must move the body into the Parasympathetic phase before eating and then stay there, being mindful during our meal so that the body is focused on the job at hand. When we do so, we can assimilate our nutrients better, produce balanced acidity to break foods down, energize the body, and not cause stress and inflammation in the gut. In short, everything works better. Taking time to prepare the body for food and digestion goes a long way towards your experience of health.

What if you had an understanding for why your body keeps playing a feedback loop of inflammation and illness? What if I told you your senses have a LOT to say about the potential health your body? What if "being mindful" isn't just something yogis talk about?

We humans, it seems, have anywhere from 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day. But according to some research, as many as 98% of them are exactly the same as we had the day before. Talk about creatures of habit! Even more significant, 80% of our thoughts are negative!

One important stress causing and anxiety inducing component is living off of "pat answer" decisions that create our life. Suddenly we find that we are not where we want to be and can't seem to find our way out...feeling a little (or a lot!) stuck even.

Al things immune health are what's dominating peoples' attentions these days. But if you're looking or what's OUTSIDE to come and help out INSIDE, you might be missing a very important quotient: how the body internally is doing, and how it will receive what you are putting in!

Everyone knows, probably by now, MANY people who suffer from autoimmune, IBD, food allergies, sensitivities, etc. This episode talks about my great passion Autoimmune Immunology.

There has never been a sick person with entirely healthy cells and there has never been a healthy person with entirely sick cells.

AAAGHGH! You’re taking away my cheese? I feel ya! But read on, I found some interesting info that will put it into perspective. If you research, not only will you find alternatives and recipes for dairy free living, but you’ll find some science behind the reasoning to avoid cheese.

The advent of fat as a loved macronutrient has had quite a journey in its ascent and can largely be attributed to the current craze in Keto dieting. It is also one of the largest controversies nutritionists, doctors and scientists are picking sides on when it comes to the new 2020 Nutrition Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Keep in mind these guidelines affect everything from public health standards to school lunch policy. It could even affect what insurance will cover when it comes to your healthcare.

It seems there is a wide variety of opinion out there when it comes to how we receive nutrients best. So what does the research show about cooking, food prep and which theory is best?

While many people love a good fried, beautifully browned burger or sizzlin' sausage, have you ever taken a look into what's happening that gives meat that nice brown glaze? Worse yet, have you ever wondered what that process is doing inside your body?

Retrain the Allergy Brain is a strategy based on a salutogenic model, one that studies what causes health, rather than disease. These strategies aim to understand and then down-regulate the stressed system responses.

With over 8,000 results on PubMed database, alone, and including studies of all kinds,[1] the Mediterranean Diet is no newcomer to all modalities of heatlhcare as a viable method for improved health status.

There are a number of reasons why people are increasingly choosing a vegan diet. In addition to moral considerations, health benefits like reduced risk in cardiovascular health and diabetes [7] and celebrities endorsing it, make it hard not to look into whether a vegan diet might be of benefit to you as well.