This painful inflammatory skin condition can result from:   FOOD SENSITIVITIES: Most common being wheat and dairy. Soy, chocolate, citrus, eggs and peanuts also common culprits. NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES: Zinc: beef, pumpkin & sesame seeds, lentils, chickpeas Selenium: tuna, shrimp, poultry, cod, salmon Vitamin A: sweet potatoes, carrots, spinach, kale, collards& other greens EFAs: fish oil, […]

Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body. It is a primary building block of skin, hair, nails, bones, tendons, joints, and cartilage. In fact, it comprises about 90% of organic bone mass, and up to 70% of our skin is made up of collagen. It also supports our internal organs. It is, essentially, […]

CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations) or commercially raised animal operations, contain antibiotics, hormones and other industrial chemicals that can disrupt the normal ways in which your hormones work in your body. Such substances are called endocrine-disruptors. The endocrine system includes the adrenal glands, thyroid, sex organs (ovaries and testes), pituitary gland, pancreas and thymus. Together […]

As much as 75% of the population suffers from food sensitivities and most don’t even know it. Signs can be bloating, gassiness, a constantly runny or moist nose, poor concentration or memory, and inability to lose weight. For many, these are “common” symptoms and not associated with food intolerances, but left unaddressed, can put you […]

Zinc is in every cell of our bodies, it’s a component in 300+ enzyme reactions – more than any other mineral, it aids in the absorption of vitamin A, is necessary for hormones (thymus, insulin, growth & sex hormones – especially the male reproductive system). It’s stored mostly in muscle (65%), and is thus a […]

Make Your Food Work for You. Science tells us that the presence of vitamin C can help your body absorb iron from the foods we eat by up to three times as much! Iron enhances oxygen transport to all tissues of our bodies that depend on a constant supply, and is necessary to support proper […]

Virtually anything and everything we are exposed to must go through the liver for processing, metabolizing, detoxing, or eliminating. Thus, the liver can become bogged down with prolonged increased workload, and lead to poor performance of its many important functions in the body. Signs of slow liver function include: acne, oily skin on the nose […]

I love squash for several reasons: they are high fiber and packed with nutrients they’re a great source of complex carbohydrates, especially important for people who are sensitive to grains they have both anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties the above two qualities make them important in areas of cancer prevention and cancer treatment the above two […]

The “development of cognitive enhancers from plants possessing antioxidants has gained much attention due to the role of oxidative stress-­induced cognitive impairment”. New study shows that the antioxidant properties in ginger improve cognitive function. http://ow.ly/EvQk300yo9M We know that free radicals cause damage to cells. We know that antioxidants mitigate free radicals.   So simply put, […]

What is a free radical? Essentially it is a highly reactive, uncharged molecule having an unpaired valence electron (it pains me greatly to say this, given how much I loathed chemistry in nutrition school and swore it was the most needless information that I would never call upon to use!) Keep reading, it gets clearer […]