It’s about more than just the calories! While the body doesn’t store alcohol in the same way it stores nutrients like carbohydrates or fats, alcohol metabolism can impact the storage of other macronutrients.  Here’s how alcohol consumption can contribute to the storage of body fat: Caloric Intake: Alcohol is relatively high in calories (7 calories […]

Protein is present everywhere in the body: in muscles, bones, connective tissue, blood vessels, skin, hair, and even fingernails. It’s always being broken down as a result of normal physiological processes and therefore, must be consistently replaced in sufficient amounts. Protein also regulates hormone secretion, maintains the body’s water balance, transports nutrients in and out […]

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 […]