A new perspective on the dieting Today, the current obesity rate in the US is over 42% as opposed to the recommended 18-24% ratio advised by health officials. On the other hand the human brain stands at a whopping sixty percent! Your brain feeds on and relies on...
The world is saturated with sickness and disease. From autoimmune disease to mental health to type two diabetes, thyroid conditions, infertility and now, long Covid. Where do we even start as health professionals let alone health coaches with a limited scope of...
Seven Ways Alcohol Harms Your Gut HWCA COACH FEATURE: Andrea Nicholson, MS, BCHN® Most people know that alcohol can have negative consequences on their health, but many don't realize how harmful it can be to their gut. From causing inflammation and...
"Intuitive Eating" is a recently popular term used to empower individuals against "diet culture" and its perceived limitations of "good" and "bad." Intuitive Eating (IE) is sited as "an evidence-based health approach created in 1995 by two dietitians, Elyse...
It’s easy to judge the person on the street, seemingly strung out, wasted from a likely combination of mental health and personal choices or the parent of the child throwing a massive tantrum in the middle of a crowded market but truth be told, the brain-gut-behavior...
Buddha Belly Life Blog: Why I broke my cleanse with a cake pop Health isn’t about perfection nor is it about a quick “fix” or result. Health is a lifelong journey to cultivate resilience of body, mind and spirit. Fueling the body with nutrition should be a top...
SIBO stands for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth which is the presence of excessive or non-typical bacteria in the small intestines. Typically, in a healthy individual, the gut bacteria mainly stay in the lower intestines but for individuals with SIBO, these...
The back-and-forth banter amongst health experts, regarding diet and eating strategy is enough to overwhelm any individual seeking to make lifestyle changes. We have “good” foods and “bad” foods and some “good” foods are “bad” for some people. Certain diet experts...
Is it too late to turn around our own extinction? As a world and a human species, we rely on nature to survive and especially to thrive. It is safe to say that the further we step away from what is natural, the further we step into our own destruction as a human race....
Killing too many "Germs" What did we do? "Germ" is a term that implies "BAD SCARY INFECTIOUS DEATHLY>>>> when in reality it is merely a general term with a negative connotation. This unfortunate misunderstanding has caused us to bring into...