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Apple Cake: Gluten Free Apple Cinnamon Muffins

Even though fresh apple season has long faded, I’ve found myself working on this gluten free apple cinnamon muffin recipe for the last month. Despite finicky apple quality this late in the season I still find myself buying and eating them anyways. Maybe it’s my way of coping with that winter lull where fruit is…

Healthy Orange Chicken Recipe

I ate a lot of Chinese food growing up, and orange chicken was always one of my favorites, along with most everyone else. Traditional orange chicken takeout is fried in questionable oils and sauced up with unmentionable additives that are definitely not doing your health any favors. It’s cool if you’re eating takeout once in…

WARNING: 5 Supplements Not To Take Without Testing

Supplements make everyone feel better about their diet and nutrition, but here’s four situations where supplements can do more harm than good. So before you take calcium, vitamin D3, iron, vitamin A or folic acid, read this: 1) Before you take Vitamin D… While research has suggested that taking Vitamin D3 can have a positive impact…

18 Signs of Iron Overload (and what tests you’ll want to take)

While you’ve probably heard of anemia or low iron levels, talk about hereditary hemochromatosis or milder forms of iron overload is not nearly as common. Hereditary hemochromatosis is a disease in which your genes allow your body to absorb more iron from your food than normal. The typical healthy person absorbs approximately 10% of the…

5 Lab Levels to Check ASAP If You Have Fatigue (hint: it’s not a thyroid test)

Fatigue makes life pretty miserable. Routine tasks become overwhelming, stuff you used to enjoy begins to feel like way too much work, and you may get down on yourself for feeling lazy, even though you can’t help it. At one point, I recall my own fatigue making everyday tasks feel like moving mountains. It can…

What 774 women taught me about what really goes wrong during weight loss

Every day I get to talk with women from around the world via phone, email, and applications submitted to work together. I love the qualitative research I get to do by speaking with these women on a daily basis. The candid stories of my readers and clients have taught me a lot over the years….

Homemade Plum Butter

I’m not sure how I lived without plum butter for the first 30 years of my life, but now I’m confident I don’t want to live without it. Some eggs and a piece of toast smothered with butter and plum butter is my quick breakfast solution for a tired morning. This recipe is also great…

Gluten Free Berry Crisp

A fresh berry crisp is one of my favorite things (right up there with these buttery scones). It’s something I realized I hadn’t had the luxury of eating in almost the decade I’ve chosen to eat gluten free. It’s often tough to find a berry crisp that’s gluten free and won’t irritate a sensitive gut,…

What Vitamin D Supplements Do To Your Mineral Levels (hint: it’s not good)

For those of you taking vitamin D supplements: Knowledge is power so I want to share a little something with you. This hair analysis graph is of someone who has a history of taking vitamin D3 supplements. For me, it’s pretty obvious without even knowing this due to the high calcium, low potassium, and low…

The Trouble with Being a Health Nut

About 12 years ago, I found myself drowning in nutritional debt. I was drowning so badly that I could barely digest anything, I had no energy, my hair was thinning and, at 20 years old, my metabolism was spiraling downward faster than I’d like to remember. I couldn’t even go to a yoga class without experiencing what…

What Hair Analysis Testing Reveals: 10 Things Your Hair Can Tell You

When I first tried hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA) over three years ago, I have to admit I was a huge skeptic. While I’m no stranger to losing hair from coloring, breakage, and hair loss in my early twenties due to poor nutrition, purposely cutting off a piece of my hair at the root to send…

My 10 Must-Have Whole Food Supplements To Have On Hand

While I don’t particularly like supplements, especially synthetic supplements for various reasons I’ve discussed previously here, there are a few whole food supplements that deserve special attention. My largest frustration with supplements is that they really shouldn’t be used unless you already have a solid nutrition foundation, and you have a good reason to supplement –…