Boost Your Stress Resilience with these Special Herbs (Adaptogens)

Most of my midlife female clients are challenged with high cortisol levels. It’s a side effect of living in the modern-turned-on-all-the-time world. With the stress of work and relationships, cell phones always ringing and dinging, family pressures, and the constancy of the internet and social media, we never get a break. You may be experiencing …

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Healing Your Adrenal Glands – The “Emergency Gland”

Pity the poor little Adrenal Glands (aka the “Emergency Gland”). Look what they have to deal with: The most common hormone imbalance that I see in my practice is cortisol. This is because your adrenals are constantly trying to respond to stress and perceived threats by secreting cortisol and other substances to help you cope. …

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Cranberries

Thanksgiving is here and many of us will be incorporating cranberries into our traditional holiday meals. This nutritious berry rates very high in ORAC value which is an attempt to quantify the “total antioxidant capacity” of foods. It’s this antioxidant activity that naturally combats inflammation. Since Inflammation has been linked to just about every chronic …

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Fats control cravings

The wonderful thing about fat, is that it has a high satiety value. This means it helps to control cravings and manage your waistline because you feel fuller for longer.  When you eat fat, cholecystokinin (CCK) and the gut hormone YY Peptide (PYY)are released.  These two hormones control appetite and satiety. Appetite is decreased, hunger …

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Simple and easy ideas to reduce cravings by eating protein for breakfast.

According to a University of Missouri study, you can reduce cravings by eating protein for breakfast.  The study published in Nutrition Journal, showed that brain scans of high-protein breakfast eaters showed reduced activity in areas of the brain associated with cravings. Participants in the study either skipped breakfast, ate a normal breakfast (13 grams of …

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Foods to Manage Stress and Overcome Weight Loss Resistance

If you are struggling to lose weight, eat foods that manage stress to overcome weight loss resistance. To move the needle on the scale, understand that the old calories-in/calories-out model doesn’t tell the whole truth.   Several other things can affect fat loss. It’s no longer just about dieting and calories. It’s about the quality of …

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