MORE BLOG POSTS — Food Sensitivities

The Top Six Sleep Saboteurs You fall asleep just fine…only to snap awake at 2 or 3 AM for no obvious reason. Your eyes open. Your brain suddenly decides it’s the perfect time to review your to-do list, replay conversations from earlier in the day, or contemplate the meaning of life while the clock ticks by. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Night waking becomes extremely common for women over 40. Many assume it’s simply part of getting older—but in most cases, it’s a signal something deeper is going on inside your body. Several biological shifts occur in women after 40, and...

So, you’ve swapped the chips for kale, traded wine for kombucha, and you’ve actually started carving out some time for daily exercise. And yet… your scale refuses to budge. Or worse, it goes up just to spite you. Sound familiar? If you're a woman over 40 trying to lose weight, you're not alone. Nearly 60% of us are in the same boat—paddling hard, eating "clean," and still wondering if our metabolism has ghosted us. We blame the usual suspects: Age, hormones, stress, thyroid--but there’s another major player that most women never consider and many practitioners never even consider: Food sensitivities. And no, we’re not...

Five Hidden Factors Sabotaging Your Weight Loss

Candida overgrowth can be a major reason why you may be gaining weight and/or can’t lose weight. There are several mechanisms behind this. One is that since Candida needs sugar to grow, it can cause intense cravings for sweet foods and drinks. Also, lactose contained in milk and cheese is a sugar, so you are more likely to crave dairy products as well. Unfortunately, the more you crave these foods, the more you eat them, the more the Candida flourishes.