How To Get The Most Value From Your Herbal Apothecary Supplements
You put yourself at the top of your list to take the best care of “you” as possible. Attempting to serve others from an empty cup is pointless, and you know it.
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How You Get Candida and What To Do About It
What happens when microscopic yeast start running the show? If you don’t get some candy in you NOW, someone might get hurt. So you go for the strong stuff (caramel, ice cream, cupcakes), blaming yourself for caving. Again. But it’s not your faulty willpower keeping you in these saccharine shackles. It’s Candida…and it’s at the root of…
My Favorite Fermented Food Online Resources, Articles & Podcasts
Check out the list I’ve compiled to find a combination of NPR articles (check out what the Buddhist nuns in Korea have to say about fermented foods!), a Radiolab podcast on gut health, and the Microbiome Medicine Summit which includes dozens of leading health experts sharing about all aspects of healing with fermented foods.
A small ritual to get your digestion up and stress down. Advice from 2 herbalists
Fact: When you are less stressed out, you digest better. We may be used to tuning out stress, but living in constant fight-or-flight survival mode is a killer for the gut microbiome. (Microbiome = the living ecosystem comprised of your body’s bacteria—the one that plays an integral part in keeping you healthy. Or not.) Today…
The 30 second spice blend that I’m obsessing over
Q: What makes a healthy habit stick? A: When it’s friggin’ delicious! Spices are a simple way to step up your cleansing and gut rebuilding efforts, but most people are missing out on this culinary (and healthy) delight. They help you enjoy the food (eat your veggies!) and many are supportive of digestion. Translation: less…
JJ Virgin coaches me on my sugar addiction!
Confession time, people. I’ve been a lifelong sugar addict. Recently I went on a 40 day no-sugar, no-alcohol diet to reset my body and re-train my taste buds. This extended “self-discovery session”—as I so lovingly call it—brought up questions about everything. Like whether coconut sugar is a good thing. Or if Paleo was helpful or…
How to build your personal power and energy levels to have anything you want in life.
Me skiing at Deer Valley Ski Resort in Utah last week! Have you ever noticed my tagline ‘Thriving Body + Unstoppable Life”? Something I’ve learned on this journey of healing is that there is always better. You can always feel better than you feel right now. There are still new discoveries and technologies awaiting us…
Activation Products with Ian Clark
Some of us are willing to try many things to get that body and to live longer and have a better time while we’re here. We eat certain foods, avoid others, take supplements…And it can be mixed results for many of us. Here’s why—there’s an important distinction that I want to make about building the…
Why Hypoglycemia Makes Cleansing Hard (and what to do about it)
I used to obsessively crave food until I learned how to cleanse when I was in my early twenties. I didn’t start out perfect. I practiced and practiced, getting better all the time. Getting better meant that instead of craving and binging I now can be comfortable with what I’m eating without intense cravings. I…
How-To Restore Intestinal Health With Probiotic Rich Foods
Source: thetuckerbunch.typepad.com via Ruth on Pinterest Every single health concern you have is a message. And it is your job to learn how to interpret that message so you can resolve that health concern. Let me give you a few examples of health concerns and resolutions for them. Weight: Either your body is toxic and…
Summer Unplugged
This week I went on a camping trip in the woods with some amazing people. There were 5 adults and 8 teenage boys. We jumped off rocks into ice-cold water, walked through the lush rainforest under trees dripped with lichen, and laughed when we discovered that the raccoons had eaten our chicken. The best part…
Rebuilding: A New Approach to Vitality
The systems of the body that require healing are the digestive system, the liver, and the immune system. Rebuilding these three systems can be crucial for people who experience mild symptoms, such as inability to lose excess weight, undigested food in stool, gas, diarrhea, and bloating or more extreme symptoms such as food allergies, digestive…