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All you Need is Love... and Water! A Guide to Hydration, Electrolytes, and Getting the Good Stuff In

Acute Dehydration is easy to see and prevent. Chronic dehydration is more subtle, more common, and can absolutely shut you down. Find out how to stay hydrated, how to get enough in (even if you hate water!) and how electrolytes can supercharge your efforts.

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Metabolic Flexibility: Two Tools for Robust a Robust Metabolism 3/5 in the series

Metabolism rules your very life and how you live it. So anything you can do to reinforce its efficiency will pay dividends in health benefits and longevity. Read about two such tools: intermittent fasting and the ketogenic diet and how to harnass their power to optimize your own metabolic health.

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Taming the Blood Sugar Rollercoaster: 2/5 in the Mastering Metabolism Series

If you’re at the mercy of blood sugar spikes and dips, you’re riding the roller coaster. Your energy is up and then suddenly crashes. Your sleep is troubled. Your appetite is all over the place. Time to get off the ride! Evening our your blood sugar is the secret to getting your metabolic health—and your quality of health—back on track.

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Metabolic Health Series: Mastering your Metabolism

Kick off a 5 part series on Mastering your Metabolism. Why? Because knowledge is power and if you know your metabolism and how to optimize it, you have power to overcome illness, achieve balance, have more energy, slim down, sleep better and feel like your very best self. Metabolism is life! The more you know, the better quality of life you can build.

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Preparing and Recovering from Surgery: suggestions for self care and supplementation

Your doctor isn’t the only one responsible for your healing after surgery; you have more power than you think! This is the experience of one nutrition therapist undergoing surgery (a hysterectomy) and the steps she took before and after to help speed recovery and minimize complications. See if something here could help you with your own surgical journey and reach out with questions or for additional support!

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The Ethical Carnivore

Can you love animals and still eat them? Is meat eating good for the planet or a harmful drain on resources? Can you eat meat in an ethical, sustainable way? Let’s tackle some hard questions and look at the ethics of eating meat in this, the final post in a 5 part series on the Carnivore Diet.

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Nearly "Cookless" Eats to Beat the Heat

If you can’t stand the heat…get out of the kitchen. That’s what they say, right? Well, during this heat wave late July-early August…getting out of the kitchen is exactly what I want to do. The thought of heating up the oven makes me wilt. So I thought it was time for a recipe roundup!

Here is a collection of cool summer recipes that are healthy, easy, and served cold. You can even batch cook them and eat leftovers for a while!

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Thanksgiving with Special Diets: Help

Do you have a sense of dread or a little anxiety gnawing at your soul when you think of Thanksgiving? The formula is supposed to be simple: Food, Family, Fun. But when Food is complicated, the Fun can be elusive and even Family events can feel awkward. Let’s chat about how to prepare, survive, and even love Thanksgiving again! How to support your own health goals or (sometime even harder) how to support those you care for. (Ever had to tell your kid they are the only one who can't have pie?)

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