A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Waistline Quercetin. Ever heard of it? It was the number one most Googled nutrient in 2021… but why? As a supplement, claims of its benefits might seem too good to be true. Quercetin is a flavonoid, which means it’s found naturally in food…

A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline When you picture healthy foods, are smoothies one of the first things to pop into your mind? Ever choose a smoothie as a snack or meal replacement to get your fruits and veggies in? Fundamentally, smoothies can be great. It’s true…

A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Waistline How would you take your green coffee? Cream and sugar? Or maybe you just need a couple pumps of your favorite sweetener and you’re good. No matter what, you won’t be finding this on any of Starbucks’ menus. It was a buzzword…

A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Waistline This week’s topic is integrity! Integrity is about being a person of your word and your commitments. Often, we find ourselves keeping the commitments we make to others, and we don’t always do the same with our own needs. Not keeping the…

A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline Have you ever said, “I can’t fit my exercise in today” or “I can’t find time to go to the grocery store?” Or, related to anything, “If I only had __(fill in the blank)__.” If you found yourself nodding yes or…

A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Waistline Nocebo…no, not placebo, an inactive pill you take with positive effect. Nocebo is similar though! It’s an inactive substance that is perceived to cause harm, or a psychological event connected to a therapeutic context. The nocebo effect can happen when we have…

A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline This herb might be new to you but it’s certainly not new! First identified for medicinal use by scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the 1980s, Huperzine A appears to increase levels of a chemical called acetylcholine which is…

A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Your Waistline Ever try to tell yourself something like: “Don’t eat that?” “Don’t have that ice cream?” “Don’t sneak a cookie?” It’s way easier said than done, right? We can warn ourselves all we want, but before we know it, we’re…

A Bite-Size Read for Your Health and Waistline Have you seen the packages in your local grocery store? Or the pop-up ads offering their subscription service? Catalina Crunch is a food brand offering cereal, cookies, and other snack mixes branded as never boring, “no-guilt” treats, instead of those carby, sugary…