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How To Roast A Pumpkin

How To Roast A Pumpkin

Are you getting ready for Thanksgiving? Or if you’re like me, you might STILL have some leftover Halloween pumpkins hanging around. Roasting a pumpkin can seem overwhelming at first, but it is incredibly easy!   Tada! Freshly roasted pumpkin is so versatile in a variety […]

Food Allergy, Sensitivity, and Intolerance

Food Allergy, Sensitivity, and Intolerance

There are three main types of adverse food reactions in people: Food Allergies, Food Sensitivities, and Food Intolerances. These reactions can be categorized into two different categories: Immune-Mediated or Non-Immune Mediated. Immune-Mediated Food Allergies are what people most commonly think about when it comes to […]

Mindful Eating

Mindful Eating

Functional nutrition incorporates restoring our health through food and supplements, but sometimes we need to work on rebuilding our relationship with food first.

In this fast-paced world, we live in food often takes a back burner to time and distraction. We eat while watching TV or while we are in a hurry and don’t get to pause and actually enjoy the food. Whether you’re eating a taco, brownie, or a carrot, you deserve to sit down and enjoy it!

It’s essential to be in the present while eating, not thinking about the past or the future. This means that the next time you get ready for a meal or a snack, that big pile of laundry taunting you in your bedroom, the work email that pops up on your computer or checking out the social media on your smartphone is just going to have to wait – your too busy eating!


Elimination Diets

Elimination Diets

Elimination diets have been used in healthcare to help determine whether or not specific foods or chemicals may be related to your chronic health symptoms. Research has shown that food sensitives can often be the root cause or can be the “fuel to the fire” […]