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Have goals for the New Year? Achieve them with systems thinking

As I am writing this, the New Year 2024 is just beginning. Of course, this puts us in mind of resolutions, new goals for the new year, and how to reinvent ourselves so as not to make the same mistakes as last year. A fresh start. Let’s look at goals and resolutions to see howContinueContinue reading “Have goals for the New Year? Achieve them with systems thinking”

Could hidden stress be causing your IBS?

As women, we are world champions in the stress department. We are in charge of everyone else, plus our house, our jobs, the 500 things we’ve volunteered for, and it’s themed dress-up week at school! A stressed-out state is the default mode for us. Many women (including me!) don’t even realize we are stressed untilContinueContinue reading “Could hidden stress be causing your IBS?”

5 Hacks to reduce stress and increase your health-span

Who isn’t stressed these days? We are overscheduled, overworked, and overstimulated, we lack time in nature, we lack connection with people around us, and we are so used to being this way that we call this stressed-out state normal. According to the Whitehall II study (1), which followed the lifestyle and mortality of a largeContinueContinue reading “5 Hacks to reduce stress and increase your health-span”

What is “Dirty Keto”?

So you’ve decided to commit to a Low Carbohydrate, High Fat (LCHF) or keto-type diet. Good for you! Soon you will be enjoying less brain fog, more energy, less inflammation, better immunity, decreased depression and anxiety, decreased pain, and many more benefits hard to believe in a culture struggling to survive on the Standard AmericanContinueContinue reading “What is “Dirty Keto”?”

Vacation Blog: Dr. Fung explains fasting for weight loss

I believe in walking my talk. One of the things I talk quite a bit about is self-care and the need to take time out for yourself for the good of everyone around you. In honor of that, I am not working all this week during my vacation. That means no original blog. I doContinueContinue reading “Vacation Blog: Dr. Fung explains fasting for weight loss”