Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Here’s why… Maintains Healthy Weight: The foods you eat to “break-your-fast” determine the type of fuel your body takes in and the kind of nutrients it will be more sensitive to. Therefore, if you “break-your-fast” with fat, it will be much easier for your cells to utilize and effectively burn fat. Supports Good Energy Levels: The foods you eat in the morning lay the foundation for ...
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3 Tips to Safely Detox in All Stages of Life
Many of you have asked if it's safe to detox when pregnant, while nursing, during chemotherapy, when taking other medication, when battling chronic disease and on and on. So, I asked my sweet friend and expert, Nicci Culver, to share how you can safely detox...no matter your stage of life or what health challenge you walking through. Nicci is a nurse, a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and an expert in helping people detox through nutrition, ...
Should You Take Your Allergies Seriously?
My dear friend and mentor, Pamala, isn’t new around here. In fact, she's shared on my blog a couple of times, and ever since she brought essential oils into our hospital room the very day that my son was diagnosed with cancer, she's locked arms with us in our journey to help heal our son. One of the valuable lessons I learned from her early in Kicker's diagnosis was the importance of eliminating any food allergies so that his body could ...
What Makes Yarrow|Pom Essential Oil So Powerful?
Yarrow|Pom is one of doTERRA’s newly released essential oils, and it has some incredibly powerful benefits, including: Supports the immune system Regulates inflammation in the body Supports healthy hormones, skin and cardiovascular health So, for last 3 months, I’ve been taking 3 drops in a veggie capsule every morning, as well as, applying it topically to my skin with my moisturizer every evening. Here’s what I’ve noticed: ...
The #1 Simple and Daily Choice That Can Change Your Life
Do you ever feel completely overwhelmed with all of the "health" recommendations out there? Maybe you start a diet, a detox plan or a workout routine and quickly realize there are 100 other suggestions out there…and after trying to start them all, you realize they aren’t sustainable. Then, because it’s either too challenging, too unrealistic, too unenjoyable or not conducive to your body, it makes you feel like a failure because you ...
My Kid’s Supplement Protocol
When my son, Kicker, was diagnosed with cancer at 3 years old, we immediately locked arms with our team of holistic practitioners, and they put him on a therapeutic protocol complete with supplements and essential oils that benefited his specific needs. In addition to his regular chemotherapy, he probably took 30 supplements a day (in the form of capsules, as well as, liquid) during his 3.5-year treatment, and we didn’t lighten up on this ...
3 Easy Steps to Canning for Health and Wellness
Let me introduce you to my new friend, Jenny. She is a gem! If you had even 5 minutes with her in person, your stomach would hurt from laughing so hard. She recently introduced a “new to me” concept called, canning. I remember helping my Grandma can in the late summer months to preserve the harvest from her garden. To this day, October is my favorite time of year, especially because my parents harvest all of the apples from their trees to ...