Category Archives: Functional Medicine
Five Foods to Enhance Your Sun Protection
What you eat determines how firm, radiant and ageless your skin is. It influences the body’s ability to make collagen and elastin, dictates how hydrated the skin cells are, and inhibits enzymes that cause wrinkles. Eat the wrong foods and … Continue reading →
How to Train for a Hot Body
Almost every woman I know wants a lean body with sculpted muscles. She doesn’t want to bulk up. She wants a feminine body with curves from nicely rounded muscles. Yet, when we ask how to achieve this, the exercise experts … Continue reading →
Seven Reasons For Taking A Probiotic Beyond Digestive Health
Over 100 trillion microbes (bacteria, fungi and viruses) populate our gastrointestinal (GI) tract, with 99% being beneficial to human health. These microbes regulate not only our digestive system but also our metabolism and immune system. Seven important, but less known, … Continue reading →
Is Gluten Free a Fad?
Is going gluten-free a fad? Is it just an expansion of the low-carb trend? The answer to both of those questions is no. Over the past fifteen years, there has been an extraordinary amount of research and clinical evidence on … Continue reading →
The Wisdom of Your Body
“There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy” Friedrich Nietzsche. Listen to it. When it’s out of balance, it’s speaking to you. Take care of it. Resolve it. Be compassionate.
Why Dairy Isn’t the Answer to Improved Bone Health
Bone health is much more than adding calcium into the diet. It’s an intricate combination of balancing hormones, managing stress, supplying optimal levels of bone nutrients, eating an alkaline diet, reducing inflammation and limiting environmental toxins. It’s a tall order … Continue reading →
Body Project Workshop – Starting Tuesday April 23rd 2013
The Body Project is a collaboration between Dana James, nutritionist and functional medicine expert, and Christine Young, senior life coach and director of the Body Program with The Handel Group. It is a 6-week cleanse program designed to clear out … Continue reading →
Are Hidden Food Sensitivities Making You Fat?
Weight loss is complex. It’s not just calories in, calories out. It’s the interaction of our hormones, immune system, neurotransmitters, environment, cultural beliefs, emotions, and genes. Food sensitivities trigger a hormonal, immune and neurotransmitter response, which can make you fat … Continue reading →
Are Your Food Beliefs Sabotaging Your Weight Loss?
Twice a year, my business partner and I run a workshop called the Body Project. She’s a life coach, and I’m a nutritionist. We address both the psychological and biochemical conditions that thwart weight loss. As part of this workshop, we … Continue reading →
Chlorophyll For Your Sins
Chlorophyll…chlorella…wheatgrass…barley grass… It’s getting confusing. If I believed everything I read about these “green” products, I’d be throwing back chlorophyll and wheatgrass shots, making barley grass concoctions and swallowing chlorella tablets every few hours. My blood would also be green… … Continue reading →