Posts about Nutrition (3)

The Back to School season is here, and for many families, that means hungry kids coming in the door “starving” and ready for an afternoon snack!

Wanna hear something sweet? September is National Honey Month! Back in 1989, the National Honey Board officially began the observance of National Honey Month in order to promote awareness for beekeepers across the country. September was chosen as the month of celebration because it usually marks the end of annual honey collection when bees settle in to secure their hives for the winter.

"I feel exhausted all the time” is an all too common statement that we hear in health coaching appointments. Sometimes, complaints of chronic fatigue may be rooted in an illness or an unmanaged thyroid condition and require further discussion with your doctor to be ruled out. However, poor energy level and fatigue are often related to common lifestyle behaviors with simple solutions.

[As appeared on Star Tribune] Who doesn’t want a cold refreshing sweet treat on a hot summer afternoon? Here are some tips to keep those treats from destroying your health goals.

The freshly updated 2023 American Diabetes Association (ADA) Standards of Care guidelines include a new recommendation that all people be screened for diabetes at age 35. Why? Because pre-diabetes and the early stages of type 2 diabetes may not have any clear symptoms.

Spring has sprung! With April showers promising May flowers (and summer vegetables), now is the perfect time to plan and plant a garden with your family. The calendar tells us that April is National Garden Month and Earth Day falls on April 22nd. But there are other, more worthwhile reasons to get out in the garden together.

What if I told you there was one common denominator associated with more than 70 different chronic diseases?

“The prevalence of healthy lifestyles across the United States remains very low.”