Why Seed Oils Are Undermining Your Health (and What to Use Instead) If you’re committed to living a vibrant, high-energy, and resilient life, it’s time to take a closer look at one of the most common — and most harmful — ingredients in the modern diet: seed oils. As a Holistic Health Coach certified through
I couldn’t decide which anti-inflammatory article from draxe.com I liked better, so I decided to post both. This one gives a little more detail in breaking down how certain individual foods can inflame or soothe the body. Enjoy. Here’s a link to the other article. Best Anti-Inflammatory Foods and How to Follow This
It’s 2025. If you’ve been tuned into functional or alternative medicine for the last few years, inflammation has been proven to be the common denominator behind all of our chronic diseases. This includes the big killers like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and also reaching into Alzheimers and autoimmune issues. If our present day inflammatory lifestyle
Historically, salt has had a pretty bad reputation. I should clarify “historically” though. The vilification started in the 20th century when we started noticing health issues related to salt such as elevated blood pressure and water retention. However, these issues are related to refined sea salt, which became prevalent in the 20th century. Refined salt
Here’s an extensive list of some of my favorite healthy foods and ingredients. Please note that some of these items are the least-worst options. For example, I never recommend cookies. But if you are going to indulge, Siete is a cleaner brand. They’re gluten free and no seed oils. Shake Ingredients: Kion Whey Protein
For some strange reason, fat still has a bad name. While it’s villification in the 80’s had some merit, it really boiled down to a handful of fats and meats that were correlated to chronic disease. These detrimental fats are mainly from processed meats, and the meat and dairy from sick animals from commercial farms.
It’s virtually impossible to eat a healthy meal outside of your home. Even farm-to-table and organic restaurants often use seed oils for frying, sautéing, and baking. Microwaves are as rampant as low grade salt and sugar. But in addition to the nutritional deficiencies, toxins, pesticides, and GMO’s that effect us from the foods themselves, what
One of my biggest challenges with clients is addiction. Especially when the client can’t see it. Addiction comes in many forms. Most of us are familiar with traditional addictions like drug abuse, alcoholism, and gambling. But modern addictions seem to be minimized in the public eye for some reason. These modern addictions include social media,
Histamine, and histamine intolerance remain one of the medical industry’s least understood topics. That’s one reason why we don’t hear about it in the mainstream. But it’s a topic worth uncovering if you’re dealing with allergic, or “histamine-like” reactions. This article from draxe.com details everything you need to know about histamine, including a list of
At this point, most of us know about the importance of probiotics. It’s a $60 billion a year global business. That says a lot. However, supplementation has its pitfalls. Many brands use low quality ingredients, and your microbiome requires a diverse array of probiotics. Not just the one’s represented on the label. So, how do