#stress #nutrition September will be a return to being focused on nutrition. But lets not rush the end of the month. How does stress effect nutrition? Do you have a "go to" snack all ready for when the day starts to get too stressful? Stress and nutrition can become vicious cycle. When we are stressed, we are drawn to quick "feel good" foods that … [Read more...]

#stress #nutrition Vitamin D has been proven to enhance our immunity and immune response. Most in the mid to Northern part of the USA cannot get enough Vitamin D from the sun or foods. Additionally, stress lowers our Vit B levels. Immunity is enhanced with appropriate serum blood level of Vitamin D and lower stress. "Our research gives evidence … [Read more...]

#sleep #nutrition We start June combining sleep and nutrition. This is a new study published in Neuroscience News basically looking at the effects of "junk food" on sleep. It shouldn't be a surprise that junk food negatively effects our sleep. What's new is the findings about what part of our sleep is most effected. “Essentially, the unhealthy diet … [Read more...]

#nutrition A short piece of last night's talk on the Glycemic Index (GI). This video and others can be found on my youtube channel or the website. … [Read more...]

#nutrition You might think, what's the big deal about saving 100 calories. The CDC estimates that if every person ate 100 less calories per day for 3 years, we could stop 57 million new cases of potentially life ending cardiac disease and diabetes. 100 calories per day. We can do this! https://ift.tt/CIDQ5Ww … [Read more...]