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How Happy Are Your Hormones?

May

14

How Happy Are Your Hormones?

As part of my SHINE webinar series, I talk about the intimate connection between your everyday hormones (insulin, thyroid and adrenal) and your “fun” hormones (estrogen, testosterone and progesterone). We discussed how too much stress uses up the building blocks of your sex hormones in order to make cortisol, and your sex hormones suffer.  So [...]

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Empowering Communication for Energy and Vitality

Nov

9

Empowering Communication for Energy and Vitality

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Food Cravings hit everyone…and when Dr. Ritamarie travels, the first thing she dives into at home is arugula…find out how to make a delicicious arugula dish

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Gluten Free Recipe:  A Warm and Cleansing Meal for Cool Autumn Days

Oct

29

Gluten Free Recipe: A Warm and Cleansing Meal for Cool Autumn Days

Food Cravings hit everyone…and when Dr. Ritamarie travels, the first thing she dives into at home is arugula…find out how to make a delicicious arugula dish

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A Tasty Way to Support and Cleanse Your Liver:  Liver Lover’s Gomashio

Oct

24

A Tasty Way to Support and Cleanse Your Liver: Liver Lover’s Gomashio

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Food Cravings hit everyone…and when Dr. Ritamarie travels, the first thing she dives into at home is arugula…find out how to make a delicicious arugula dish

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Cleansing and Detoxification: Spring Cleansing Strategies

Apr

20

Cleansing and Detoxification: Spring Cleansing Strategies

Discover my favorite top 5 detox foods and learn how a spring detox can clear away the weary of winter and slim your waistline!

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5 Cutting Edge Strategies to Balance Your Blood Sugar So You Can Melt Your Midline, Sharpen Your Focus, and Recharge Your Energy!

Feb

17

5 Cutting Edge Strategies to Balance Your Blood Sugar So You Can Melt Your Midline, Sharpen Your Focus, and Recharge Your Energy!

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Do you find yourself wishing you could hit the snooze button instead of jumping out of bed feeling refreshed each morning? Do you crave sugar, caffeine, or a NAP around 3 – 4 pm? Have you been carrying around excess fat around your middle that won’t budge in spite of starving yourself and slaving away [...]

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Gratitude Weekend: Celebrate Your Health with Raw Food Recipes and Health Enhancing Resources

Nov

26

Gratitude Weekend: Celebrate Your Health with Raw Food Recipes and Health Enhancing Resources

Traditionally the day after Thanksgiving has been called “Black Friday”. Although I understand the meaning, as it’s a day when businesses traditionally go “in the black” because of the flood of consumer buying activity, still I’m not fond of the name and I prefer to name our post-Thanksgiving Day sale something more in line with [...]

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Raw Food Recipe: Hot Mama Green Drink

Sep

22

Raw Food Recipe: Hot Mama Green Drink

The lemon and spices completely neutralize the bitterness of the arugula and other greens. The result is a delicious, high energy pick me up drink to enjoy anytime, except perhaps at bedtime!

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Making Friends with Hunger: How to Nourish (Not Just Fill) Your Body

Aug

5

Making Friends with Hunger: How to Nourish (Not Just Fill) Your Body

If you’d like to reduce belly fat, clear brain fog, and stabilize your blood sugar but you think healthy eating equates to hunger, then fear not! We have your solution!

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Juicing for Energy: How a Juice Cleanse Feeds Every Cell in Your Body

Jul

25

Juicing for Energy: How a Juice Cleanse Feeds Every Cell in Your Body

If your morning involves desperate hands clutched around a coffee cup seeking the jump start you need, maybe it’s time for a juice cleanse. Feed your cells, not your addiction!

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Fruit as Friend, Fruit as Foe: Simple Strategies to Find Out if You Should Fill or Forget the Fruit Bowl

Jul

18

Fruit as Friend, Fruit as Foe: Simple Strategies to Find Out if You Should Fill or Forget the Fruit Bowl

Have fruit issues? If you want to heal your sensitivies, address problems with abdominal fat, and improve your overall energy there is a solution.

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Flatten Your Belly with Simple and effective summer cleansing smoothie strategies

Jun

15

Flatten Your Belly with Simple and effective summer cleansing smoothie strategies

As I get ready for my quarterly Green Smoothie Cleanse, I’ve been pondering the concept of time. Somehow it seems there is never quite enough time to complete all I would like to do.One way I buy back some time is by doing cleanses.  That may seem like a strange comment. Let me explain Have [...]

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Lean Summer Body Strategies and Summer Cleansing Tips

May

13

Lean Summer Body Strategies and Summer Cleansing Tips

It’s that time of year when the weather outside beckons you to enjoy outdoor activities, like swimming, gardening, lawn sports, cycling,  nature walks and picnics.  It’s especially  important this time of year  to put the healthy habits in place that nourish your tired  adrenals  and give you abundant energy so you can enjoy your favorite [...]

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7 Strategies to Reduce Belly Fat and Brain Fog

Feb

25

7 Strategies to Reduce Belly Fat and Brain Fog

Brain fog and belly fat are complaints I hear often in my practice.  In fact, I think they are almost epidemic. In my experience, the most common cause of both is stress.  When you experience stressful situations, your adrenal glands take action to protect you and ready you to fight or get away.  After all, [...]

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Green Smoothie Cleanse Recipes – Low Glycemic

Jul

27

Green Smoothie Cleanse Recipes – Low Glycemic

Our Summer 2010 Green Smoothie Cleanse is officially over, and we’re transitioning into the Post Cleanse Week.  Chronic fatigue symptoms are abating, allergies are improving and the consensus is there is an overall increased sense of well-being the cleanse promotes.  This week is as important as the cleanse week itself.  This is wher new habits [...]

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