Health Benefits

Turkey (Any Meat) Bone Broth Benefits and Recipe Bone Broth is really just a fancy name for what has been made for thousands of years, meat stock or broth.  Our ancestors used every part of the animal, and  learned that the slow simmering of the non-edible parts, such as the bones, marrow, skin, feet, tendons [...]

Top Five Fall Vegetables for the Garden and the Table! This time of year, most people are cleaning up their gardens, getting ready for fall weather, and the winter.  School has started, and many are not thinking “gardening” anymore.  But did you know this is a great time to think ahead and plan for a [...]

Sunburn Prevention Independence Day is paramount with summer.  When I think of the 4th of July, I think of fireworks, picnic food, fireflies, and sunburn. Since we are in the dog days of summer, I thought is would be appropriate to talk briefly about how you can prevent sunburn, giving you a different perspective…a “food” [...]

Raising Testosterone Naturally Both men and women need testosterone, but we mainly hear about testosterone as it relates to men.  Testosterone is crucial for male health, and it plays important roles other than sexual health, which is what most people think of, when they hear the word testosterone.  Testosterone is indeed the sex hormone that [...]

Sugar Cravings and Candida Sugar Cravings can be caused by many things, as you have noticed, if you have been reading my Sugar Cravings series in my past few newsletters.  As mentioned before, sugar cravings are not necessarily a sign of your lack of self-control.  If you are having strong sugar cravings, this is your [...]

Sugar Cravings and Sex Hormones Okay, I know…we have been talking about sugar cravings and hormones these past few weeks.  Thyroid and adrenals produce hormones in our body, and if there is a dysfunction with either of those, we could have sugar cravings, and, therefore, difficulty losing weight. An imbalance in one, can affect another, [...]

Sugar Cravings and the Adrenal Along with other jobs, the adrenals regulate blood sugar.  So if the adrenals are out of balance, sugar cravings explode causing weight gain. Adrenal fatigue is a term used by health professionals meaning that symptoms of fatigue and weight gain (see below) are caused by emotional, mental and physical stress.  The [...]

Sugar Cravings and the Thyroid There is much to say about the thyroid, but for the purposes of today’s article, I will touch only on thyroid and it’s effect on sugar cravings. There are several types of thyroid disorders, but all fall into basically one of two categories, hypothyroidism, and hyperthyroidism. First, here is a [...]

Hormone Imbalances- How They Affect Sugar Cravings More people have hormone imbalances than are diagnosed.   Americans are walking around tired, overweight, fatigued,  depressed, and have infertility, insomnia, low libido, mood swings, irritability, extreme PMS,  skin issues, acne, thinning hair and digestive issues, just to name a few.  Most go untreated for hormone issues, because [...]

Blood Sugar Imbalance- 2nd Cause of Sugar Cravings The second leading cause of sugar cravings, besides nutritional deficiencies, is blood sugar imbalance.  I am sure you recall that light headed feeling you get when you have gone too long without a meal or snack; headache, weak and shaky, or just plain irritable.  When you have [...]