by Christina | Oct 23, 2018 | Member Exclusives, Wellness
Chronic stress is perhaps the most serious health epidemic to date. In modern society, we encounter more daily stressors than we ever have before, and a state of chronic stress has become the new “baseline” for most people thanks to our “sped-up” world. We answer emails, texts, and phone calls all day long, we stare at screens that emit circadian-rhythm-disrupting blue light, we write to-do lists that are three pages long, we feel intense pressure from school, work, friends, and family to always do “more,” we act as caretakers for others but not ourselves, and we put sleep on the backburner. “Work hard, play hard” is the widespread mentality nowadays, and busyness is glorified. In addition to emotional stressors, physical stressors are all around us – inflammatory foods, NSAIDs, toxic environmental chemicals, and hormone disruptors in products we use every day. Undereating, overtraining, gut imbalances, and other internal infections are just a few other stressors on the body that I see commonly with clients.
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by Christina | Oct 23, 2018 | Member Exclusives, Wellness
When most people in the health space think of enzymes, they think of digestion. I’m a huge fan of digestive enzymes, but enzymes have benefits far beyond digestion. Proteolytic enzymes help the body break down all proteins into their amino acid components. The pancreas naturally makes proteolytic enzymes to help us digest food, but they can also be found in supplements and in a number of foods from the earth like papaya and pineapple.
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by Christina | Oct 23, 2018 | Member Exclusives, Wellness
Let me begin by saying there is no “right” or “wrong” time to eat your carbohydrates. Everyone has a different carbohydrate tolerance, and we should always honor what our bodies are telling us. However, modern ways of living and eating have lead to widespread insulin resistance, and many people find that they are more sensitive to carbohydrate intake than they might have previously thought. For those individuals, it can help to be strategic about carbohydrate timing to support proper hunger signals, balanced energy, stable blood sugar, and reduced cravings. This also applies to people who have very specific goals, like fat loss or muscle building. For someone who eat carbohydrates with most meals and feels great, or has no other health issues or specific body composition goals, then these suggestions might be totally irrelevant. When discussing carbohydrates in this article, I’m referring to fruits and starches, not non-starchy vegetables.
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by Christina | Oct 23, 2018 | Member Exclusives, Wellness
The vagus nerve is one of my favorite topics to discuss, because understanding the vagus nerve allows us to better understand the intricacies of how everything in the body is intertwined.
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