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The Effects of Stress on the Body and Four Simple Ways to Cope

February 2021 – What are the effects of stress on the body? Let me paint a picture, it is 5 AM and your alarm is blaring. You rush to help the kids get ready for school, hit the gym to train for the triathlon you are doing in a few months, or go over your notes for the important presentation that is happening today at work. There’s barely time to take a shower and get out the door, much less eat breakfast. Traffic is crazy! Your phone is ringing! And it is only 8 AM!

Whew! Just reading about this typical daily scenario gets the heart racing. But it begs the question:

Environmental Factors That are Affecting Your Health, and how to Change Things a Little Bit at a Time

January 2021 – The environmental factors you and your family may be exposed to, I suggest you begin with baby steps to remove them. Our world is filled with toxins and changing things out all at once is not financially possible for most.

Do You Have Autoimmune Disease? Leaky Gut Is The Cause

December 2020 – When you do not have enough hydrochloric acid (stomach acid) and pepsin (also made in the stomach) production, macronutrients (especially protein) are left partially digested or undigested. This may set the body up for food reactions, but also allows harmful microbes to survive and reproduce throughout the digestive tract.

Your Thyroid Hormones Need Specific Nutrients to Function at Their Best!

November 2020 – The Thyroid
1. The thyroid gland is one of the primary players in regulation of your metabolism. When the thyroid hormones are off, the metabolism is off (HypOthyroid = slowed metabolism. HypERthyroid = elevated metabolism).
2. Two thyroid hormones do most of the work: T4 (inactive) and T3 (active). There are others though, T1 (brain function), T2 (metabolism), Calcitonin (works to put calcium where it belongs).
3. T3 affects virtually every organ of the body by acting as modulator of cell functions.

Your Gut Contains 70-80% of Your Immune System!

October 2020 – I am going to get a bit scientific with you this month about the immune system, many of us have autoimmune disease. With 70-80% of our immune system being in our gut, it is important that we repair our guts to not develop more autoimmune diseases and to help any we may already have.

Stomach Acid and Why You Need It!

September 2020 – Something a bit different this month! I am giving to you information on stomach acid and it’s benefits as well as a mini book review on the book “Why Stomach Acid is Good for You” by Jonathan V. Wright M.D. This book is not expensive new at $14.99 ($8.49 for the Kindle version) but you can buy it used from $1.93 – $8.95 on Amazon!