If you’ve been trying to conceive but haven’t been successful, it can be pretty devastating. There are a number of factors that contribute to infertility issues and difficulty conceiving. One reason c...
8 Most Essential Minerals for Women and How they Help
There is often a lot of jargon thrown around when it comes to nutrition. You hear words like ‘minerals’ but no one ever talks about what they are or why they are important. In this article we are goin...
If you’ve never had gallstones or worried about getting your gallbladder removed, you may not understand just how important it is. Not only do we need our gallbladder to properly digest and…
Iron deficiency is not as simple as low iron or ferritin levels. We all have an Iron Recycling System (RES) that helps our bodies produce 24 mg of iron every 24 hours.…
Boron is a trace mineral that is involved in maintaining bone health, balancing the ratio between calcium and magnesium, and impacts our vitamin D status, sex hormones like estrogen and testosterone, has…
What does copper have to do with iron? A lot. Iron and copper are the only two metals that regulate oxygen. Iron carries oxygen, and copper activates that oxygen and turns it…
Copper isn’t just important for iron use in the body. I have talked about how copper is the key to preventing and improving iron deficiency. This is because copper plays a huge…
There were so many things that I thought I needed postpartum that weren’t necessary. There were also a lot of ideas put in my head that made me feel like I had…
I didn’t really know what to expect after having Eliana. I knew that taking care of her was going to be challenging and amazing all at once but until you’re in it,…
I’ve been asked a lot about how to get more copper. These are my favorite high copper foods: + Beef liver—also has vitamin A, which is important for using copper in the…
