by Jennifer Reid | Jan 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
A new investigation reveals the sugar industry successfully blamed fat for heart disease using skewed science, when sugar is the main culprit. This corporate deceit triggered more than 50 years of a nutritional “low-fat” policy that helped make Americans the fattest...
by Jennifer Reid | Dec 22, 2017 | Functional medicine
We’re learning what a vital role good gut bacteria play in immune health, brain health, mood, and, of course, gut health. We also know that the best way to beef up your good gut bacteria is through eating lots of different kinds of vegetables and fruits every day. But...
by Jennifer Reid | Dec 15, 2017 | Hypothyroidism
If you want to ensure success in managing Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism with the autoimmune paleo (AIP) diet, studies show keeping a food diary can help with your success sticking to the diet. We know this from weight loss studies, in which those who kept a food...
by Jennifer Reid | Dec 15, 2017 | Functional medicine
We’ve long been pitched canola’s health benefits. After all, Whole Foods uses it in all their prepared foods and many vegetarian and vegan products proudly promote it as a feature ingredient. But when scientists, who had shown the brain benefits of olive oil in mice,...
by Jennifer Reid | Dec 8, 2017 | Functional medicine
Ours is a tricky culture in which to raise a child. We idolize thinness, shame the fat, yet live in a society that constantly begs — if not harasses — us to over indulge in sugary, fattening foods. Also, thanks to busy working parents, many kids are left to their own...
