Healthy Living

Keeping your gut in check is important for overall health and wellness. The gut microbiome, also known as gut flora, controls the digestion of food, your immune system, central nervous system and other bodily processes. There’s a common saying that goes, “when your gut is happy, you’re happy.”

Start your morning off with a healthy bowl of warm quinoa cereal, some roasted nuts and fresh fruit of your choice.

This quick and easy-to-prepare smoothie is delicious and will give you the energizing boost you need to start your day. Packed with an array of ingredients like bananas, kale, dates, ginger spirulina powder, anandamide and other ingredients. This smoothie is highly nutritious and in one sitting you will receive vitamins, minerals, proteins, and enzymes. It's a fast and easy way to include vegetables in your diet.

This is a delicious "transformational" raw cacao-based tonic that will give you that boost of energy first thing in the morning that you are looking for!

What you eat does contribute to how you feel! Naturopathic medicine can help individuals prevent and manage stress in a day and age when stress is more prevalent than ever. Stress is a normal response to situational pressures or demands.

Fun, delicious recipe created with thinly sliced organic Crimini Mushrooms and Zebra Organics Black, Dried, PeruvianOlives. Fresh From the Zebra Organics Kitchen, in Palm Springs, California with Chef Gregorio. The flavors pair well and it's easy to make.

Vitamin B12 is one of the more popular vitamin supplements, and for good reason. The vitamin appears to have potential benefits for preventing dementia, improving mood, increasing energy and helping reduce pain. Dr. Scott Buesing, ND has a great deal of knoledge about, and has done a lot of research on, B12.

Of particular interest are Coconut Sugar and Stevia, Coconut sugar is a low glycemic index food, coming in at 35 points. And stevia comes in at 0 on the glycemic index. So if you are interested in transitioning away from white sugar consider Coconut sugar and/or stevia.

Summer is around the corner and the temperatures have been heating up across the country, so now is a great time to tell you about metabolic stimulators and how they can be used to safely help you achieve the weight that is perfect for you. Personally I am not into diet pills, fads, silver bullets and promises because they don't work in giving you the long range benefits you truly desire. So I will not waste my time and if you are looking for a quick fix don't continue reading. But, if you are truly interested in health read on because what I have to share with you will be educational, informative and entertaining.