Did you know that proteins are the building blocks of the body?! In fact, your body uses and assembles about 50k different proteins to: Form organs, nerves, muscles and flesh. Act as the managers and catalysts for biochemical processes (in the form of enzymes). Help fight infection and destroy foreign invaders (in the form of antibodies). Deliver oxygen around the body (in the form of hemoglobin). Regulate metabolism and ...
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Protein-Packed Banana Pancakes
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 ...
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, ...
Improve Your Morning Routine + 4 Smoothie Recipes
The alarm goes off and suddenly you find yourself in a frenzy looking for clothes, packing lunches, making breakfast, asking your kids to brush their teeth for the 400th time, hunting down shoes and discovering the homework that little Johnny didn’t tell you about. Sound familiar? I don’t know about you, but it’s been a bit more difficult to get into a morning breakfast routine after the winter break. I was even left in tears once ...
10 Tips for Eating Healthy on a Budget
Did you know that over two-thirds of Americans are obese or overweight and that number is climbing daily? Additionally, did you know it was estimated that 1.9 million people would have been diagnosed with cancer in 2022? Those statistics are heart breaking and definitely NO joke! There is also plenty of research directly pointing to environmental factors, such as diet and toxins, as the cause of obesity and disease, and the only way to ...
Healthy School Lunch: Kid Tested and Approved
Does this resonate with you...It's an early weekday morning, and you are running around like a banchee warrior with your head chopped off, half dressed, coffee in hand and forcing your kids to inhale their breakfast while you throw into your kid's lunch box some pre-packaged "food" that has an unpronounceable ingredient list? Then, do you lovingly smack their cute little rear-ends and promise them that "tomorrow, your lunch will be better ...
3 Ways to Improve Your Gut Biome
I’m excited to have my dear friend and health advocate, Shawna, sharing with you today! She is not only an avid researcher and queen in the kitchen, but if you ever open her refrigerator, you will find it full of gut healing foods! Shawna is also someone I have admired and learned from as a mom and a wife. We met about 12 years ago. However, our relationship really grew when I began to regularly visit their family farm, Kid Creek Pastures, ...