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Dangers of a High Fat Diet
Contrary to popular belief and fake news, there are many dangers of a high-fat diet, which I have outlined below. For background info, I think it's important to understand that our bodies run on...
Improve Your Health in 3 Simple Easy Free Ways
I was recently reminded about a patient I worked with about 18 years ago. It was the first time I saw this scenario happen, so it sticks in my mind. She had migraines and I was helping her...
How Toxins Affect Your Health
Toxins are ONE of FOUR CAUSES of chronic disease. There certainly is no shortage of toxins out there, and if you keep reading, you can see that toxins damage DNA, your nervous system, your endocrine...
How to Heal Food Sensitivities
Food allergies and food sensitivities are NOT the same. I clarified that topic, and you can read the difference between food allergies and food sensitivities here. I also explained why I no longer...
Food Sensitivity Testing
Should I get a food sensitivity test? I get asked that question a lot!!! What is a food sensitivity? An example of a food sensitivity is when you eat a food and get a reaction, which could be...
Why Diet Plays a Role in Immune Health
Diet plays a role in immune health because certain foods KILL pathogens. And, certain foods FEED pathogens, which are a major root cause of disease and unwellnsss. We do not want to feed the players...
Have You Heard About “Lab Grown Meat”?
Lab grown meats are here so what should you know about them? As your nutritionist, I do think you should avoid them, and I'm going to show you how to source your own local beef. There are two...
How Rebounding Can Improve Lymphatic Health
There are numerous health reasons you should be rebounding every day. Rebounding has a plethora of health benefits -- including lymphatic health and detoxification -- which we are focusing on...
10 Secrets And The Powerful Truth About Keto Diets
10 Secrets and the Powerful Truth About Keto & High Fat Diets Despite the media trends, a ketogenic diet is not something new. In the 1970s, Dr. Atkins popularized the low-carbohydrate ketogenic...
Corona Virus – Solutions So You Stay Safe!
2020 - The year of the Corona Virus! Aloha! Johny and I are safe and sound back from our trip to Hawaii. We had a good time seeing his side of the family and we enjoying the sun, the vitamin D it...
What is The Healthiest Diet Plan?
A whole foods, nutrient-rich, plant-based diet is the healthiest diet. Confused? I get it. For the vast majority of people, what to eat has become a VERY confusing topic. We are bombarded with...
2017 Life Update – Why I Was AWOL!
I'm here with the scoop about why I was AWOL in my nutrition business... How it all started... As you may know, I was told by my doctor that I had chronic neurological Lyme and Epstein Barr Virus in...
Methylation Do’s and Don’ts
What is methylation? The first time I heard the term methylation was in 2013. Dr. Jeff Bland and Dr. Bridget Briggs introduced it in an educational course I purchased. The information they...
6 (Unusual) Strategies To Stop A Flu In It’s Tracks!
With international travel and how connected we are these days, getting the flu is an all-year possibility. We're **all** exposed 24/7. Whether you get sick or not depends on the health of your...
Healing Vertigo, Tinnitus, and Neurological Damage
My goal in life as an integrative & functional nutritionist is to identify and treat root causes. Although I'm mostly going to be talking about vertigo today, the same root causes and...
Moving From Illness to Wellness – Yellowstone Valley Women’s Magazine 8-2017
I was recently interviewed for a story on Functional Medicine. Only 2 of us - Dr Roy Hall and myself - practice here in Billings, MT - Montana's largest city! This is the article they published....
How stress steals your youth and 7 easy, proven solutions
Today we are talking about stress solutions. I’ve written before about the harmful effects of stress and a stress solution. Here's an article I did about using your phone and a little device to...
Top Ten Travel Tips!
Travel Tips - Top 10! Traveling used to be this fun adventure. It still can be, if you are going somewhere fun. But there are some down sides too. Airport (radiation) scanners Radiation exposure...
Top 20 Reasons to Eat More Fruit!
Top 20 Reasons to Eat More Fruit! Today let's talk about the top 20 reasons to eat more fruit. Want to expedite your healing? Eat more fruit! Want to reverse or halt the aging process? Eat more...
Smoothies VS Juicing? 6 Reasons….
"Should I be juicing or blending smoothies?" I get asked this question a lot. Want better health? The answer is: BOTH. Smoothie Benefits Smoothies are essential because we DO need fiber to support...
My Lyme Recovery Protocol
I wrote in part 1 of this 2-part series about how I was diagnosed with Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) in March of 2015. And then despite working with a highly respected,...
My Story of Recovery from Chronic Fatigue, SIBO, Mold, Lyme…and Epstein Barr Virus
In part 1 of this 2-part blog, I'm going to bare all, and share my story about being diagnosed with Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) in the spring of 2015. And how my symptoms progressed...
Guest Post by Johny Konoske – Food and Faith
The World of Healing With Food. An insider's perspective.. First of all, thanks for being interested in what I have to say. After all, she's the expert in all of this, not me. But for 7+ years...
Common Diet Questions Answered
As I talk with my patients and clients via 1:1 Coaching Sessions and Nutrition Foundations Group Coaching and Support Calls, and encourage them to eat more fruits, veggies, and leafy greens.....I...
Say NO To Breast Cancer Biopsies!
October is "Breast Cancer Awareness" Month. We all that wearing pink has become a sign of support. But I'm not here to encourage you to wear pink . Nor contribute to the Komen Foundation. In...
9 Reasons You Should Ask for a Thermogram (Instead of a Mammogram)
Last week I wrote about Preventing Breast Cancer - Top 8 Best Practices to significantly reduce your risk of breast cancer. If you haven't checked it out, you need to. If you...
How to Prevent Breast Cancer – Top 8 Best Practices
We all know someone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Rather than wait for the stressful diagnosis, today I'm going to teach you what you can do to PREVENT breast cancer (or any cancer...
Postpartum Depression – What You Need to Know
It seems like it's an epidemic, and you hear about Postpartum Depression (PPD) more and more often these days. Recently, in my Facebook news feed, was a story of a young mother who recently took her...
What B. burgdorferi (Lyme disease) and the Zika Virus have in common
Science and virologists says that B Burgdorferi bacteria is responsible for Lyme disease. And, the Zika Virus has been in the news lately. What I'm going to share is that neither are the root cause,...
7 Reasons YOU Should Take Care of Your Liver!
4 things cause chronic disease: Diet Pathogens Toxins Stress That's it. Granted, each category is vast. But when you boil it all down, at the end of the day, there's nothing else we can blame it...
4 Ways BPA Is Wrecking Total Havoc In Your Body
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an organic compound used to make polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins, along with other applications. Polycarbonate plastic, which is clear and nearly shatter-proof, is used...
1 Way I Manage Stress
I first heard about the health benefits of HeartMath at an IFM (Institute For Functional Medicine) conference. Then I heard it again. And, even again at this last IFM GI module I just went to. Well...
7 Hacks I’ve Done to Reduce My Electrical Pollution Toxin Burden
Edited 10/4/18 so be sure to read through the whole post! It seems like half of my life I've been "working on my health". So this past 6 months is no different really. I've been gluten free for 20...
7 Ways To Ruin Your Digestive Tract
These are some common Gastrointestinal conditions: Food Intolerance's Celiac disease "Leaky gut" Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Colitis SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) Gastritis...
9 Habits Of Healthy People (Including Me!)
It’s no secret our diets have changed since the industrialization of food, 18 wheelers, and grocery stores with their shelf stable food. It is generally accepted that agricultural humans today have...
13 Ways to Eat Organic Without Going Broke
I fully realize the 'system' is wrong and unfair. Yes, it can seem more expensive to eat organic whole food & buy more produce...but seem is the key word. If you add the cost of cheap food +...
Guest Post: Natural Ways to Relieve Sunburn
Getting enough sunlight is an integral part of optimal health because it helps your body not only create vitamin D, but it enhances ALL of our vitamins, minerals, co-factors and anti-oxidants. It's...
Mark Hyman’s 10 Day Detox – My Experience
I just finished Dr Mark Hymans 10 day detox, and as I write this, I’m wearing a pair of jeans that didn’t fit a month ago and I’d been afraid to put them on since. I bet you know the feeling. So...
The Mother of All Anti-Oxidants – Meet Glutathione!
How would you like to seriously reduce the risk of chronic diseases like heart disease, cancer, so called "auto immune diseases" (Celiac, Hashimoto’s, Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Type...
6 Shocking Facts About GMO’s…and What To Do!
GMO stands for genetically modified organisms. These are plants and animals that have been genetically modified by scientists to produce favorable traits. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the...