Winter is here which brings the holidays, snow days, hot cocoa and unfortunately colds and the flu. Luckily nutrient-dense foods can strengthen your immune system to fight off those viruses and keep you and your family healthy and happy all season. Here are my top 3 favorite winter immune boosting foods: Winter squashes, such as […]
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It doesn’t happen often, but yes, I get sick too. We all do. This time it was the perfect storm of causative factors. I went to New Orleans with my family to celebrate my sister’s 21st birthday. (I wasn’t joking when I said I have four siblings 20+ years younger than me.) We had a
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What does your Gut Health have to do with the Flu? A lot! About 70% of your immune system resides in your digestive tract (or “gut”). The purpose of the digestive tract is to filter out nutrients and foreign invaders from all of the things we swallow. Whether we like it or not bacteria and
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A couple of weeks ago my 19 year old brother came to visit me. I have four siblings that are around 20 years younger than me so it’s always fun to teach them a thing or two about life. “Learn from my mistakes, kids.” My brother is a rock climber so he was ecstatic to
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Happy Autumn Equinox! Fall or autumn is a transitional season where nature provides many metaphors for our own life. Today, September 23 is the autumn equinox also known as Mabon. The equinox is an astrological term marking the approximate day where daytime and nighttime is the same length. Mabon is a Pagan and Wiccan tradition
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Transitions: How to be mindful and avoid falling on your face Are you ready for the seasonal transition into fall? Today in yoga class the beautiful instructor said something that stuck with me: “be mindful in your transitions”. Yoga is such a great metaphor for life. In yoga and during life, transitions can be bumpy
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Got Vitamin D? How and why to get it safely from the sun. We’ve been told that the sun is evil; that it will burn our skin and give us cancer. Yes, those things can be true, however the sun is also beneficial and purposeful for all living things, including us. It naturally helps our
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Nutritious Summer Hydration I love summer, like most people, but boy do I dislike the heat. I can easily feel withered and depleted when the temperature reaches above 90 degrees. It’s important to stay hydrated, especially in Colorado where there is little humidity. When you are properly hydrated, your body’s internal cooling system works more
Got tummy troubles? So many of us experience digestion disturbances every day that we think it’s normal. But your gut should be a smooth running assembly line: food in, nutrients extracted, and wastes out, repeat three times a day. However many things can go wrong with this process resulting in gas, bloat, pain, constipation, diarrhea,
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