Insulin resistance – When you see someone with a large waist in proportion to hips, think insulin resistance. While many people claim to understand insulin resistance, few understand how to truly assess and correct it. It starts with a blood glucose meter, as I...
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Practitioner Corner: 3 Most Commonly Overlooked Strategies for Helping Clients (Part 2 of 3)
Remember the tough cases we discussed last week? You remember, the ones where: They’ve gone gluten free – or so they say. Gave up coffee. They’re drinking green drinks almost every day. They exercise, meditate, and get outdoors, yet still they struggle with excess...
Practitioner Corner: 3 Most Commonly Overlooked Strategies for Helping Clients
Have you ever had a client comes to you, and after looking through their health history, it appears they are doing everything right – but they are just not getting the results you would expect? I get these all the time: They’ve gone gluten free – or so they say. They...
Practitioner Corner: The Power of Networking in Building Your Practice
I recently returned from attending a very successful conference with fellow health practitioners. Along with the valuable information that is always so positively received by attendees, participants also routinely give high ratings to the numerous networking...
Practitioner Corner: Summertime Doesn’t Mean Neglecting Your Practice! – Vacation tips for practitioners
Many of the practitioners that I work with find summertime a real struggle; the kids might be at home since school is out, or there may be family vacations, travel, and other distractions (I mean, you can’t really say “no” to that all-day neighborhood BBQ, right?)....
Prescriptions Don’t Find the Root Cause of Your Chronic Symptoms or Disease!
I truly believe we all need to change our mindset and behavior in order to fix today’s health care system. This system is seriously broken. Practitioners like me – and every medical professional AND PATIENT throughout the medical system - need to get out of the...
Oxalate Sensitivity: When Eating Good Food Makes You Feel Bad
As promised in my previous blog, “When Eating More Greens is Not a Good Idea”, today I’m providing more detail on the five specific – although rare - instances where greens may cause worsening symptoms in your client. Today I’ll begin with the topic of Oxalate...
Reset Your Hormones, Detox & Rev Up Your Energy! Part 5
How is that spring cleaning going? Feeling detoxed, more vibrant and energized? And your hormones are likely to be more in balance as well. Over the past several blogs I have introduced you to 4 of my 5 favorite natural cleansing foods...and I've given you recipes to...
Reset Your Hormones with Avocado – Detox & Rev Up Your Energy! Part 4
Did you enjoy trying burdock root in my Liver Lover’s Gomashio recipe from my previous blog post? It’s good isn’t it? And dare I say that it will get your bile flowing, which helps clean out all of those environmental toxins you are exposed to every day; improving...
Reset Your Hormones with Burdock Root, Detox & Rev Up Your Energy! Part 3
Are you feeling a new spring in your step yet? Along with renewed energy, maybe you are even noticing a bit less belly as you try on your warmer weather clothes? You should be if you are following my advice and incorporating my favorite natural cleansing foods into...