Do I Need Supplements?

Supplements

I get a lot of emails with questions about supplements and which ones should be taken for different conditions. I’m not a doctor and don’t even play one on the internet, so I certainly can’t give any medical advice related to specific conditions and supplements, but I do highly encourage you to do your own [...]

How to Improve Sleep Naturally

how to improve sleep naturally

Recently, I posted about balancing stress hormones and the dramatic impact this can have on overall health. Today, I’m elaborating on one of the most important and most-often missed aspects of reducing stress. I’ve written before about the importance of sleep, and I’m sure you’ve read it many other places as well. Yet, statistically, most [...]

The Importance of Balancing Stress Hormones

balancing hormones

I write a lot about the importance of nutrition and exercise for overall health, weight loss, and prevention of disease and certainly, the importance of these things can’t be overstated, but there are couple other important factors that we sometimes miss. I occasionally have clients who despite a close-to-perfect diet and a regular exercise regime [...]

Supplements for Children

supplements for a bad diet

We’ve talked before about the best supplements to take in general, and which ones are good specifically during pregnancy or nursing. Another time when nutrition is incredibly important and sometimes difficult to accomplish is during childhood. I can’t emphasize enough how important a healthy diet is for growing children, but some nutritional gaps can still occur because [...]

Supplements for Pregnancy and Nursing

Supplements for Pregnancy and Nursing

I often get emails with questions about what supplements are most important to take during pregnancy and nursing, and which ones should be avoided. Of course, these times of a woman’s life are times when she should be even more vigilant about getting enough nutrients to nourish her little one, but there are also some [...]

Should I Take Supplements?

supplements for a bad diet

This is another question I get relatively often from readers. Should I take any supplements? If so, which ones? With the literal sea of choices out there, there are certainly a lot of options! I’ve known people who will read information about a particular supplement and start taking it… and they do this a few [...]

Why I’ve Been Drinking Green Jello [Well, Almost]

spirulina smoothie

I’ve seen several articles lately about the health benefits of gelatin (though I can’t remember where, or I’d link to them). I’ve been taking pure gelatin for quite some time and it is a part of my daily health regimen. According to Nourishing Traditions and much of the information I’ve read from the Weston A. Price foundation, [...]