Water is the most important nutrient body and it makes up 50-60% of our total body mass. For the average adult that equates to between 10-13 gallons of water that we need to consume per day. Most of the fluid in all of our cells and body fluids is made up of water, including our blood. Even though water is …
Nutritional Therapy Foundations: Minerals
Minerals are minuscule in size but are a huge contributor to the health and processes of the body. They compose about 4% of our body and we do not produce them so we must obtain them through the food that we eat. Minerals are actually what remain as ash when plant or animal tissues are burned; they come from the …
Nutritional Therapy Foundations: Fatty Acids
If you have been following along The Foundations so far you have already started to learn how they work together. Fatty acids is no different, because if digestion isn’t working properly we can’t utilize all these great fats that we need to be eating. If you haven’t already be sure to go back and learn all about digestion, blood sugar …
Nutritional Therapy Foundations: Blood Sugar
The next step in our Foundations journey is Blood Sugar! Be sure to check out the first two: diet and digestion if you missed it! On a very basic level blood sugar is the lens through which we view the world. The imbalance of our blood sugar can effect everything from energy, mood, hormone balance, brain health and even the …
Nutritional Therapy Foundations: DIGESTION
In case you missed the first post in this series check it out here for a brief introduction into what The Foundations are as well as what our idea of a properly prepared, nutrient-dense diet includes. The next and arguably most important foundation is DIGESTION. Digestion is the first foundation because we depend on our ability to digest and use …
Nutritional Therapy Foundations
As a Nutritional Therapy student with the NTA I have spent the last nine months learning a foundational approach to functional, holistic nutrition. This has been through a large amount of curriculum with the focus in what we call The Foundations. The Foundations are made up of five specific areas where we focus on correcting imbalances within the body to achieve …
Why I Switched to Safer Makeup & Skincare
In our world we are constantly bombarded by toxins that effect every living cell in our bodies. Detoxing isn’t usually something that we think about our bodies doing aside from the crazy strict protocols you hear about like a lemon, cayenne and maple syrup detox, fast, or juice cleanse. Our bodies are actually detoxing all the time, whether you notice …
Back in Action
Hello blog family! Did you miss me? I sure missed you! I have been MIA for the past few months since I started school to become a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner… it has been basically a second job keeping me extremely busy! But I am back now and ready to start sharing the incredible journey that this has become and all of …
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
It truly feels and looks like the dead of winter here in Colorado, it’s been frigid cold with occasional snow. We all know that the best way to warm up in the winter is SOUP! Butternut squash is the best winter squash. It can be made into a wide variety of dishes that you can eat it all winter long …
My Favorite Healthy Resources
We’re already three weeks into January and I hope everyone is succeeding in their New Year goals whatever they may be! Personally I’m on day 21 of Whole30 and feeling great! I’ll be writing more later after Whole30 is over about how it went. In today’s post I wanted to talk about my favorite resources for success in living a healthy lifestyle… …
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