“Hey, you! Let’s quit sugar.” – Your Skin Do you hear that? It’s your skin asking you to lay off those sweets! (And haven’t you heard? You’re sweet enough already, my friend.) Because elevated and erratic blood sugar levels do not bode well for the skin. While the connection between nutrition and skin health is
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Is Your Gut Safe From Glyphosate?
In recent years, you’d have to been living under a rock to miss the growing controversy surrounding glyphosate, the active ingredient in herbicides like Roundup, and it’s ever expanding presence in our food supply. Over the past two to three decades, usage of glyphosate has been steadily increasing, now surpassing 18.9 billion pounds applied
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The Physical Body
How Candida Overgrowth or Hidden Parasites Could Be Affecting Your Family’s Health
Candida overgrowth and parasite issues are a common problem many families unknowingly face. Many health challenges are connected to gut issues, like leaky gut, candida overgrowth and parasites. Mood and behavior challenges can be affected by candida and/or parasites. Here is an interview I gave as part of the Nourished Living Healthy Child Summit, that
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The Physical Body
When Is The Best Time of Day to Take Your Probiotic?
While taking your probiotic any time of day will be of benefit, it turns out there might be an optimal time to take this beneficial bacteria supplement. Can you guess when it is? Many people think that first thing in the morning is a good time to take their probiotic, and if it’s at least
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Treating Fevers Naturally- An Interview with A Naturally Minded RN Mom
Our readers know that our main goal here at Real Food Whole Health is to empower parents to take charge of their family’s health and feel confident about how to address health concerns naturally. Learning to eat healthy and take care of ourselves when we are primarily free of sickness is a lot easier than
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Are You Skipping This Important Part of the GAPS Protocol?
Hey you… Yeah, YOU! Are you on GAPS? Doing gut healing? Detoxing? Dealing with liver issues? Headaches/migraines? Constipation or sluggish digestion? Then you need to read this! Today we’re guest posting over on GNOWFGLINS about an important, but sometimes taboo, topic. Hop over to the post to check it out!
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Are You Practicing Proper Potty Posture?
Did you know that sitting on a standard toilet is not the best position for effective elimination? It’s true! Historically, most cultures around the world actually favor a squatting position, rather than a sitting position, when going to the bathroom. And, just as ancient, traditional wisdom proves absolutely correct in regards to nutrition, it turns
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A Commonly Missed Cause for Bedwetting- Is The Current Treatment Correct?
As nutritional therapists, we talk to our clients about all sorts of things…and we talk about poop a lot! It’s not the most socially acceptable topic to chat about, but it’s important that we discuss what comes out of our bodies because our poop can be a very helpful sign about our health status. But,
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The Physical Body
Essential Elements Series: Element Two- The Physical Body- Part 3 of 3
This article is the third in a series of posts exploring the Essential Six Elements of Whole Health, the core of our health philosophy and the foundation for our work with our nutritional therapy clients. This article is divided into three parts. Read Part One and Part Two. Learn more about the Essential Elements and