Okay, how zen are you? And no, this isn’t a contest. It will fluctuate day to day and moment to moment. It is widely known that stress (read un-zen) leads to a whole host of health problems, including over eating and cravings, anxiety, chronic illness, and lots more. Think of it as “chronic inflammation of […]
Archives for January 2017
Cravings! Oh Cravings!
Let’s talk about cravings…we all have them sometimes, I know I do. But let’s talk about what to do with them when they strike, and how to put them to bed. A craving is an intense hunger for a very particular food. Sometimes it is driven by the need to consume a particular nutrient, sometimes […]
Breathe UP Your Metabolism
Breathe baby, just BREATHE! It’s a simple, easy way to speed up your metabolism. It sounds like woo-woo but guess what? Once again it is ACTUALLY SCIENCE! YAS! You see, the level oxygen in your body is directly related to the speed of your metabolism. Oxygen molecules are required in the breakdown of food at […]