Category: Nutrition

Men’s Health Series Part 2!

Nutrition Highlights For Men Men need to be nourished too. While men are more resilient to under-eating and can get away with things like fasting more easily than women, chronic under-eating can impact men’s fertility as well. Similar to how under-eating impacts women, it can lead to sluggish thyroid function, low testosterone levels, leptin resistance, […]
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 How To Support Your Minerals

There are three main areas we want to focus on when starting the process of supporting your overall mineral status: Mineral Supportive Nutrition Mineral supportive nutrition is nutrition that takes into consideration eating enough, optimizing macronutrients for blood sugar, as well as prioritizing nutrient dense foods. What this looks like: If there were one mineral […]
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How To Build A Nourishing Smoothie

Smoothies can be a great way to nourish and hydrate yourself in the warmer months, especially when it’s so hot it can be hard to eat enough food for those who are spending a lot of time outside. Let’s break down how you can build your own nourishing smoothie. Please keep this information in context […]
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Controversial foods during pregnancy

In this podcast episode with Loren De La Cruz, one of the big topics we covered was controversial foods during pregnancy. These often include: -sushi/raw fish (parasites, listeria–can pass through placenta)-tuna (high in mercury)-deli meat (Toxoplasma, E. coli, Listeria, and Salmonella)-soft cheeses (Listeria)-rare meat (Toxoplasma, E. coli, Listeria, and Salmonella)-runny eggs (Salmonella–turns out the biggest […]
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Nutrition support for detoxification

It’s common to want to focus on specific herbs and supplements that will help support detox, but step 1 is always making sure your body has the basics. Detoxification is one of hundreds of functions your liver does. If you want it to detox properly, give it the nutritional support it needs. ⁣⁣ ⁣This includes:⁣⁣1️⃣Eating […]
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What does leptin resistance look like?

What Is Leptin? Leptin is a hormone that plays a crucial role in regulating energy balance and appetite in the body. It is produced by fat cells and released into the bloodstream. The primary function of leptin is to communicate with the brain, particularly the hypothalamus, to signal the amount of fat stored in the […]
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Wellness trends that contribute to burnout

Are wellness trends leaving you exhausted or stressed? @danamonsees_cns discusses on the Are you menstrual? podcast how neutral nutrition offers something different. The main principle behind neutral nutrition is that there is no food that is inherently good or bad, but foods do have different nutritional value. For example, an orange has more vitamin C […]
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Macros and your thyroid

Like all other hormone issues, there’s quite a bit of confusion when it comes to thyroid health and nutrition. Some people say that a low-carb diet is good for those with hypothyroid, while others say it’s going to exacerbate your symptoms. We’re in the latter camp: Protein, fat, and carbs are ALL important for thyroid […]
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Why WHEN you eat affects your thyroid

Did you know that it’s not just what you are eating but when you are eating that impacts thyroid health? This is in large part due to the connection between thyroid health and blood sugar balance. Keeping blood sugar levels balanced is critical for thyroid health, and the opposite is also true: Thyroid health is […]
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Food doesn’t fix everything

We place a lot of value on food, which is absolutely important for our health, but it can easily become stressful, obsessive, and cause more harm than good. One of the concepts I discussed in detail with @danamonsees_cns on this podcast episode of the AYM Podcast is neutral nutrition—something I believe can improve your relationship with food, […]
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