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Autoimmune Diets and AIP: How To Manage Your Expectations and Hesitations.
Autoimmune diets offer a natural method to help heal and manage autoimmune diseases instead of just taking a generally prescribed medical route.
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The Mamey and Red Reishi Mushroom Smoothie: An Immune Boosting Smoothie You’ll Want To Try.
It’s finally summer which means the season of the smoothie is beginning! Smoothies are a great way to make sure you’re getting your greens, nutrient boosts, and add in any morning proteins if you are an on the go gal (or guy). Green smoothies are the tried and tested smoothie of the wellness community but my favorite smoothie is one that boosts your immunity and calms your central nervous system in the process. The Mamey and Red Reishi Mushroom smoothie are one to add to the smoothie menu this summer. Mamey and Red Reishi Mushroom are Serious Immune Boosters. First things first, what the hell is Mamey? Oh it’s a…
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How to Celebrate the Small Wins During Your Autoimmune Healing.
With an autoimmune condition, it’s sometimes hard to look on the bright side, mostly because it feels as if your body is trying to kill you. The idea of healing through an autoimmune disease is synonymous with the physical manifestation. Even if you aren’t seeing physical or major internal improvements, you may still be going in the right direction. Make sure you are receptive to your progress so you can celebrate the small wins of your autoimmune healing because I promise you, they are there. How to Recognize the Small Wins of Your Big Autoimmune Condition. If you have alopecia like I do, hair growth is success. If you…
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Organic, Natural and More: Misleading Food Labels and What They Actually Mean.
Food companies are getting smarter with their packaging, adding millennial and women targeted customers to their lineup. With the rise of misleading food labels if it looks “green” and “healthy” chances are we are more likely to buy it. Greenwashing is as much as a psychological component as it is physical. Design is everything and lately, the design of the exterior is getting a lot more attention and effort than the design of the actual ingredients. How to Separate the Green From the $reen. Natural This does not mean what I think you think it means. (The Princess Bride reference here!) Natural just means it contains a natural source, not in…
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Following the AIP Diet for Vegetarians and Vegans- Is it Doable?
If you are starting to read or research about the AIP diet or AutoImmune Protocol you know it is a diet that is meant to bring down your inflammation. By eliminating food items such as dairy, gluten, sugar, soy, processed foods, nightshades, legumes, nuts and seeds, AIP rebuilds your gut, balances your hormones and gives you a nutrient dense diet to combat inflammation. If you are a vegetarian or vegan that pretty much cuts out half your food options. So the question then is: Is the AIP diet for vegetarians or vegans doable?
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Product Greenwashing- Are Your Beauty Products Really Green?
There is a lot of money to be made in wellness right now as it’s about to be a trillion dollar industry. So it’s no surprise that virtually every brand is trying to hop on the wellness money train by greenwashing their product design. If we rely on the colorful floral pretty packaging that is selling us “green, wellness, natural, organic or holistic” without understanding the ingredients it’s safe to say we’ve probably been greenwashed. Greenwashing is Designed to SELL Us Wellness. It’s becoming harder and harder to spot a green product from a $reen product on store shelves. Target, Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters, Walgreen and Rite Aids now all have…
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AIP Recipes-Purple Cabbage Rolls with Nomato Sauce.
There are plenty of delicious AIP recipes out there but Purple Cabbage Rolls with Nomato Sauce are next level. Not only are they beautiful but they are filled with tons of vegetables and nutrients.
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How to Follow the AIP Diet for Kids.
Following the AIP diet can be tough for anyone but the AIP Diet for kids definitely carries it's own challenges. This post was inspired by mothers contacting me asking how they can adjust it to their kids so let's see what we can figure out together. The purpose of this Auto-Immune Protocol is really to eliminate anything that could possibly cause inflammation but how do you do this when your child is a picky eater or is used to certain foods?
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The Greenest Green Green Smoothie of All the Land.
The green smoothie is the camouflage smoothie of the health and wellness community. No matter what you put in there, if it's green it won't blow your cover that you are really drinking the sugariest fruit loaded smoothie you could find. As a healthy warrior of the wellness community I'm on to you. While green smoothies are a great start to the morning or a great way to make sure you are "allegedly" getting your vegetables, most store-bought or even homemade smoothies tend to be lite on veggies heavy on fruit and sugar. The best green smoothie is not just green in color but green in its ingredients.
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The Not So Secrets of the Blue Zones and Why They Have the Highest Life Expectancy.
I wanna live forever! No I don’t actually but the Blue Zones are writing the book about living RIGHT. These “magical” zones are areas of the globe where people are living healthier happier longer lives and the rest of the world is asking why and how can I? Their secret is in the most obvious of reasons. What are the Blue Zones? In 2005 researcher, explorer and author Dan Buettner set out to find the areas of the world where people live the longest. After a few years traveling he was able to classify 5 regions who beat out the rest of the world in longevity. These regions are places…
