Bacteria! Germs! Dirt! Oh, my! When I was growing up, we scrubbed our skin with anti-bacterial soap, took antibiotics like nobody’s business, and feared touching public door handles (thanks to my [...]
Oh that lovely time of the month when you want to crawl up in bed and snuggle your heating pad. Menstruation can be uncomfortable enough with cramps, cravings, and headaches to deal with. To add [...]
Hormones do a delicate dance and having too much or too little can cause symptoms. In last month’s blog post, we discussed estrogen and what happens when you have a little too much of it. But [...]
I used to resist learning about hormones. Too complicated – don’t wanna go there. Now, it’s all I read about, research, and chat about with my lady friends (and sometimes my guy, though I am sure [...]
Ah, that time of the month. For some women, their period is an annoyance – a dreadful time filled with pain and discomfort. And yet for others, it’s a celebratory time – a physical sign of [...]
Whether you have been diagnosed with a thyroid condition or your test results appear in range but you are still showing signs and symptoms, diet and lifestyle are huge players in thyroid health [...]
Visions of sugar plums dancing in your head? Some of us have a severe sweet tooth that leaves us obsessing over sugary delights, sends us spiraling out of control and then causes feelings of [...]
Yes, sugar is yummy. It provides a short-term rush of energy, good feelings, and even an emotional fix at times (oh, hello post-breakup Ben & Jerry’s). But long-term, sugar is not our bestie. [...]
It seems that this month is all about #2. If you read my last post, you learned about natural remedies for constipation. Whether or not you have constipation, diarrhea, or both, the goal is to [...]
In my part I of this detox series, I talked about how toxins can enter the body and accumulate over time. As we saw from various studies, the result of this exposure and accumulation poses some [...]
