Reduce Stress with Adaptogens
In this article I explore our adrenal glands, an often forgotten part of our body that regulates stress hormones, body weight and fatigue, and how best to care for them with therapeutic supplements and lifestyle changes. Here it is the beginning of January, time to make our New Year’s resolutions. [...]
Three Reasons You Can’t Lose Weight
When people find out I am a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, they often ask me why they cannot seem to lose weight. They are doing all the right things, they think, but the weight is not coming off! When I start asking questions, it often becomes clear that diet and [...]
Losing Weight
It’s not just cut and dried. You would think if you ate less and exercised more, you could take off those few (or maybe not so few) extra pounds. It’s the law of thermodynamics. You eat a calorie, you burn a calorie, and your weight stays the same. You [...]
The Link between Hormones and Weight: a Rat Study
In the 1970’s, scientists decided to do research on the interaction between hormones, appetite, and weight. Using rats for their study, they surgically removed the ovaries from female rats to see what would result. The result was that the rats became ravenously hungry and ate until they became obese. [...]