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Thoughts and suggestions on how you can increase your wellness, infinitely...Top Tips for Fasting Healthily
Intermittent fasting works best if you tailor it to your lifestyle, but there are a few rules you should follow. Here are my most important tips to accelerate your fasting for maximum fat loss, increased vitality, and longevity! 1. Be Smart During Your Eating...
You Should Fast 3 Hours Before Bed
Health Coaching Corner- by Golden Road Medicine Health Coach Rhonda Lee, FMCA It is very IMPORTANT to fast at least 3 hours before bed. One of the simplest, yet for many, most difficult lifestyle habits in the Ketoflex 12/3 diet, is the “3”, which represents not...
Sugar-Free Chocolate Keto Ice Cream Recipe
Hello friends! I wanted to share my FAVORITE summer recipe. It's a dairy-free sugar-free (and guilt-free!) ice cream recipe for the whole family to enjoy! YUP. You read that right. No Sugar. This ice cream recipe calls for monk fruit sweetener or pure stevia powder...
Top Intermittent Fasting Benefits
If you're new to Intermittent fasting you might be wondering, what are the benefits of Intermittent Fasting? Before we discuss the benefits of Intermittent Fasting (IF), we should first define what it is! Intermittent fasting is not so much a diet, but a pattern of...
Keto Diet Guide: Go into Ketosis HEALTHILY
Wondering what all the hype is around the Keto diet? In this post, I'll be explaining everything you need to know about going keto. Far from a fad diet, the Keto diet has been used since the 1920s when it was created to mimic the fasting state and heal epilepsy. When...
The KetoFlex 12/3 Diet for the Bredesen Protocol
The Ketoflex 12/3 diet is a specific plan I use for all of my patients on the Bredesen Protocol. It is a very specific diet for optimal brain health and is cornerstone to the 6-month ReCode Program used to fight Alzheimer's disease. When you look at all of the...
11 Signs You Need a Detox
Cleanses and detoxes have become more and more popular in mainstream conversation - Everything from colonics to juice cleanses to supplements to bone broth have been touted to rid you of nasty toxins and to bring your body back into balance. In this guide, I'll list...
How to Detox your Body: 16 Ways to Detox Every Day
In this article, I explain How to Detox Your Body and I also share many ways to avoid toxins in the first place!! I incorporate these tips and health hacks into my life for my family and home every single day. I also teach these principles to my patients in my...
What is Detoxing And What’s The Deal With Cleanses?
What Is Detoxing and why should YOU care?! Well, first, let's define detoxing. Detoxification is the process by which your body neutralizes, transforms, and excretes unwanted toxins, acquired via food, water, and environmental pollutants. Your body has...
Benefits of Organic Food – When & Why To Buy
Organic foods are becoming more and more popular these days as people are increasingly becoming more health-conscious. After all, what could be safer and more natural than organic foods? Researchers say that organic foods are…
The Role Hormones Play In Migraines
Migraine affects more than 37 million men and women in the US. As a result of these patterns, researchers have speculated that migraines might be linked to hormonal activity in women. Periods Most migraine sufferers are women, and many female migraine...
6 Fermentation Myths Busted
Fermented foods can help to improve your health and wellness. But there’s a lot of misinformation about these probiotic foods. Learn the truth behind some of the myths and misconceptions…
What Stress Does To Your Immune System
Stress is the body and mind's response to event or situation that challenges us. It provides the body with a burst of energy in the form of adrenaline, the "fight or flight" response that helps us survive. This survival mechanism hails back to the times of hunting for...
The Critical Link Between Zinc Deficiency and Cognitive Decline!
Zinc is a very important mineral necessary for every single human to stay healthy!! Zinc is found in cells throughout the body and helps the immune system to fight off invading bacteria and viruses. The body also needs zinc to make proteins and DNA. During pregnancy,...
What is the Difference Between Alzheimer’s and Dementia?
“Dementia” somehow sounds less frightening to many people, and even experts in the field have now started using the two words interchangeably. But they aren’t interchangeable. Alzheimer’s Disease is a diagnosis, and dementia is a symptom.
Aging Gracefully: How Hormone Imbalance Affects Our Health, Sleep & Mood
At some point, we all have to cope with grey hair and wrinkles, however we choose to do so. The natural aging process in itself can be beautiful, but some of the hormone-related symptoms of aging can become much more problematic as one moves through the later years...
Paleo vs Keto: Similarities, Differences + Which Is Best For You
The Paleo diet and the Ketogenic diet have both gained extreme popularity in recent years for their acclaimed ability to promote weight loss, fat reduction, improved metabolism, and numerous other benefits. While there are a lot of overlapping similarities...
Obtain Emotional Stability That Supports Positive Thinking Through Mindful Meditation
Mindfulness meditation is a simple form of meditation based on the Buddhist Vipassana meditation method. This form of meditation may also be referred to as Insight Meditation, to see things as they really are. During the meditation, the meditator sits in...
Menopause and Bioidentical Hormones
Summary: Ever since the World Health Organization (WHO) released it's findings regarding traditional hormone replacement therapy (HRT), women have been looking for alternatives. Suzanne Somer's book, The Sexy Years, introduced many of us to the term...
How To Create The Best Digestive Health For Your Baby
Naturally, you want to give your baby every feasible chance of the best possible life and health. Ideally, you should resolve your own health issues - including gut health - before getting pregnant. This gives your baby many advantages, some of which last a lifetime. ...
Essential Oils And Gut Health
We typically think of using essential oils for their fragrance, but plant essences have been used as medicine for thousands of years. In this article, we are going to discuss essential oils and gut health, specifically. I'll discuss how they can be used to improve...