People become passionate about things that affect them. Pain, infections, a decrease in the quality of life, inability to work, symptoms that are debilitating, medical bills…all of those things drive people to find answers. I’ve met so many people desperate to find answers to their physical symptoms. Many are willing to go to any lengthContinue reading “The Whole Body-Dental Connection and My Passion to Get Answers”
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A Review of the Functional Dentistry Book: “AIM” by Dr. David Porter DDS,NMD,IBDM,FICOI,FAGD, FAAOSH,D’ASBA
My interest in holistic and biologic dentistry was born out of a desperation to answer my own health questions related to my teeth. I’ve generally found that I get very passionate about getting answers to things when they relate to my health or lack thereof. My particular teeth story started back in 1995 when IContinue reading “A Review of the Functional Dentistry Book: “AIM” by Dr. David Porter DDS,NMD,IBDM,FICOI,FAGD, FAAOSH,D’ASBA”
Supporting Your Kids Brain as they Head Back to School
As a busy mom of 10 that works, homeschooled and is STILL in the process of homeschooling, I know what it’s like to be busy. I, like so many of my readers, have found myself opting for the easiest foods that are going to elicit the least number of complaints from my tribe. Yes, foodsContinue reading “Supporting Your Kids Brain as they Head Back to School”
Get Ready for Summer Weight Loss and Fasting Plan (4/1)
Just because I teach about weight loss and nutrition doesn’t mean I’m a stranger to the gradual creep of weight during the long winter months. Nothing sets a person back like cold and gloomy weather, not to mention the barrage of candy and sugar laden holidays that we are forced to endure from Halloween throughContinue reading “Get Ready for Summer Weight Loss and Fasting Plan (4/1)”
Review of “Women, Food and Hormones” by Sara Gottfried, MD (3/17)
Chapter 4: The Keto Paradox The Keto Paradox is just another way of asking why does Keto work so well for men and not for women? This question is the main reason this book intrigued me because for so long no one was asking the question, let alone looking for an answer to it. WhichContinue reading “Review of “Women, Food and Hormones” by Sara Gottfried, MD (3/17)”
Review of “Women, Food, and Hormones” by Sara Gottfried (3/10)
Clearly life happened, because the end of my last entry was “see ya tomorrow” and that definitely didn’t happen. Here’s what’s been going on: So, I take care of my 90-year-old mom, and she is in amazingly good health for 90. She has only ever been on one medication, and it was for her bloodContinue reading “Review of “Women, Food, and Hormones” by Sara Gottfried (3/10)”
Review of “Women, Food, and Hormones” by Sara Gottfried, MD (3/5)
Chapter 3 I’m going to break chapter 3 up into a few days. Today I just want to talk about why Testosterone is important for Women. Or, more pointedly, why does Sara Gottfried, MD, think that testosterone is important for women. First off, she says that “if you are looking to get leaner and loseContinue reading “Review of “Women, Food, and Hormones” by Sara Gottfried, MD (3/5)”
Review of “Women, Food, and Hormones” by Sara Gottfried, MD
Chapter 2: How Growth Hormone Keeps You Lean If you’re like me, and I think a lot of women are, you would love to be told the one thing that could make weight loss easy, apply that one thing, and move on, never to look back. Who wouldn’t? When it comes to hormones, however, sometimesContinue reading “Review of “Women, Food, and Hormones” by Sara Gottfried, MD”
Review of “Women, Food, and Hormones” by Dr. Sara Gottfried, MD (3/3)
The Final Two Principles from Chapter One are 1. Because of their hormones, women react differently than men to keto and 2. Women can follow a ketogenic diet but they do better with a hormone balancing version such as the Gottfried Protocol. Because of their hormones, women react differently than men to keto. Three ofContinue reading “Review of “Women, Food, and Hormones” by Dr. Sara Gottfried, MD (3/3)”
Review of Women, Food and Hormones by Sara Gottfried, MD (3/2)
Point One: “Hormones Influence Weight” This was the first of the five principles that Sara Gottfried lays out in Chapter 1 of her book. Today, I want to talk about the first three principles. Tomorrow, I’ll cover the other two. In her book, Sara states that hormones are messengers and when these messengers are allContinue reading “Review of Women, Food and Hormones by Sara Gottfried, MD (3/2)”
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