All too often Fibromyalgia and digestive disorders go hand in hand. In fact, it’s one of the most common complaints and can have huge effects on your overall health, mood and weight! Typical symptoms can range from simple constipation to more serious disorders like IBS and Crohn’s. Good bacteria, which are Read more…
Every day I am thrilled to read the testimonials of people putting their auto-immune diseases in remission thanks to The Metabolism Plan. The reason why so many auto-immune disease sufferers find their symptoms go into remission is that this protocol addresses so many of the factors that researchers believe are at the root Read more…
Too often we blame ourselves when we are depressed, not knowing that’s a natural physiological response to something you do every day. Depression is a sign from your body saying “Please change what you are doing! Once you understand the reasons for depression you can start to take charge of Read more…
Here is a picture of what your cortisol levels should look like through the day. You have a natural peak that gets you up in the morning revved and ready to meet your day. You can see that it starts to really slow down by the time we hit 5 pm. This Read more…
Bill has lost 19 lbs in 30 days (yay you!), noticed that when he eats a reactive food, he starts to have a runny nose! That’s a histamine response and how the body responds when you eat a reactive food. We may not notice a runny nose, but we Read more…
We have always been taught that calories mattered. That if you exercised you would lose weight, and if you exercise more you would lose more weight. But in fact, neither “fact” is true. It’s all about your metabolism and what foods work for your chemistry. When you exercise too Read more…
Did you know that when you exercise too intensely for YOUR body you will GAIN weight and SLOW your metabolism? Yes, it’s true! So it’s time to chat about how this occurs so it doesn’t happen to YOU. When you exercise too intensely for your body, you raise cortisol levels Read more…
“Since I was about 15 years old, nothing has annoyed me more than being told that if I just exercised more and ate a little less I would lose weight and have more energy. (That’s what I like to call No-Sh**-Sherlock Advice — obvious, but completely unhelpful.) I was Read more…
Chronic fatigue is linked to leaky gut syndrome according to a study published this month in the journal Microbiome, with Cornell University researchers. Leaky gut syndrome can be healed by identifying and removing inflammatory foods. If additional help is needed, then going on a protocol of gut healing supplements and Read more…