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Ear Seeds?

Interested in decreasing anxiety and curbing those pesky sugar and chip cravings? 

How about experiencing fewer migraines, lowering inflammation and deeper, more restful sleep?

If so… you need to explore the power of Auriculotherapy, or ear seeds.

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Lose the stubborn pounds.

I starting my first diet at the age of 12. When I went off to college, I was so worried about putting on the Freshman 15, I put on 20+ pounds instead.

I had no idea how food was connected to my mental health. I just cared about my jean size. It was not until something snapped inside of me, that my world shifted and I became empowered to feel good in my body and my mind.

Here are tips to losing weight and feeling great.

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Could cold therapy actually help manage depression?

If you have been curious about the trend of humans submerging their body into freezing water, keep reading. I admit it, I hate being cold, but this cult-like trend (cryotherapy included) suggests it has the power to increase your *baseline* dopamine, aka: the “feel-good” neurotransmitter in the brain linked to pleasure. In other words, it might just make you more satisfied, motivated and happier in your day to day. Cool, eh?

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Low Fat vs. Reduced Fat? Watch out for misleading labels.

Marketing tactics in the food industry can be tricky. It is easy to gravitate towards food labels that claim “low fat” or “reduced fat” because they seem like obvious choices.

We would like to assume Big Food has our back and that these foods are better for us.

Both “low fat” and “reduced fat” labels are red flags that actually do not mean the same thing. Not even close… and one is more dangerous than the other.

Far more concerning than the amount of fat in a packaged food, are the highly inflammatory ingredients used to replace fat in processed foods.

Here are 10 commonly misleading foods to watch out for.

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Dressing, a Dilemma.

Many of my clients get so hung up on the calories, fat, and protein in and on their bowl of leaves, they skip over some of the most useful pieces of information— the ingredients in the dressing on the salad.

Sure, calories matter to an extent but all calories are not created equally and some dressings can take a perfectly happy and healthy salad and make it inflammatory.

Here are some tips for choosing salad dressings wisely…