Let’s be honest: Unless we’ve been diagnosed with some condition, we don’t really give any thought to our inner organs, and we know surprisingly little about where they are, what they do, and why and how we should take good care of them. Why not change this in 2017, and get a tad bit more […]
What do YOU think of when you hear the term ‘free radicals‘? Personally, I had images of high school bullies, political fanatics or soccer hooligans pop up at the thought of a free radical – until I studied the concept during my nutrition training. In short, radicals are highly reactive chemicals that can damage your […]
You’ve probably heard your (or someone else’s) grandma say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Well, she was on to something… A prolonged state of fasting is stressful for your system, and can disrupt your metabolism, affect your blood chemistry and dampen your cognitive (brain) power. If you’re trying to control […]
For much of my life, I was ‘critically anemic’, a.k.a. severely deficient in iron. Back then, I thought this was something I was dealt in life, like some people were ‘dealt’ with high blood pressure or diabetes. For a while, I took daily walnut-size capsules of ferrous sulfate (at least that’s what they felt like), […]