meal spacing

Practitioner Corner: Tackling Leptin Resistance Strategies

Practitioner Corner: Tackling Leptin Resistance Strategies

This is part two of a two-part series on how the health of the gut microbiome influences the hormones ghrelin and leptin. Part 1 talked about how these hormones can impact your clients in regards to their appetite control, weight, and long-term health. Part two will...

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Recipe: Cucumber, Tomato, and Avocado Salad

Recipe: Cucumber, Tomato, and Avocado Salad

I made a salad yesterday that I have been making throughout the summer.  Besides being quick and easy, it's also refreshing and energizing. This salad is perfect at the end of the day when you want a little something, but you don't want to load yourself down.  The...

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I ate a candy bar today!

I ate a candy bar today!

My blood sugar shot up to 155! Healthy fasting blood sugar is around 80. Diabetes is diagnosed when fasting blood sugar goes to 120 or above and is 140 or above after eating. My blood sugar shot up to diabetic range! And it stayed that way for several hours... It was...

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Practitioner Corner: Meal Spacing and Intermittent Fasting

Practitioner Corner: Meal Spacing and Intermittent Fasting

As we discussed last week, a lot of misinformation abounds about the ideal spacing of meals.  The ultimate solution, in my opinion, is suggesting things that are consistent with the biochemistry and then testing with each individual. I have worked with hundreds of...

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