If you asked me for one – just one – nutrition recommendation that would benefit most people, I’d tell you to eat more fiber. Fiber isn’t sexy or new, but it’s the closest we’ve come to a holy grail of health. What is fiber? Fiber is a carbohydrate found in many foods. Because it can’t…
Sodium and health is a really controversial topic lately. The government tells us we shouldn’t be eating more than 2300mg a day. The keto people tell us that we should be supplementing our diets with more salt. Influencers are selling electrolyte supplements with huge amounts of sodium in them. So, who’s right? Like anything related…
Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated their guidelines regarding the use of non-sugar, or non-nutritive, sweeteners (NSS). I know a lot of people have questions about these guidelines, especially because the media has gone wild with them. What are the WHO guidelines for NNS? The WHO panel of experts reviewed 238 scientific studies examining…
This Fast Like a Girl review provides my professional opinion about the book Fast Like a Girl. Fast Like a Girl is written by Mindy Pelz, a chiropractor and “nutrition and functional health expert.” This book focuses on fasting, the act of not eating for extended periods of time in order to achieve… the healing…
The wellness industry has an obsession with youth. So naturally, collagen has become and continues to be a huge trend for anti-aging and overall health. There has been some new research on collagen in the years since I wrote my first review on collagen supplements, so I’m bringing it to you here, along with my…
I have noticed a lot of opinions being shared online about how foods can affect your skin, with the most common one being how removing certain foods from your diet can help with acne. From my searches on social platforms stemming from requests I get about food and skin, acne is the most popular topic….