Metabolic health refers to the efficient functioning of the biochemical processes within the body. These processes involve the conversion of food and nutrients into energy that the body can use for various functions, such as breathing, circulation, and cellular...
obesity
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...
Playtime – Living Life to the Fullest
Obesity, stress, depression and lack of physical health are at an all-time high in our society. These are symptoms of the root cause of decreased physical activity, play and pleasure in life. Dr. Ritamarie talks often about nutrition, exercise, sleep, supplements,...
The Controversy About Agave “Nectar”: High Fructose Corn Syrup Equivalent or Healthy Natural Sweetener
I am reprinting 2 articles in their entirety, one, in this post, an anti-agave article from Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts, the quarterly magazine of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Spring 2009, and the other in a subsequent post. in defense...