Posts Tagged ‘Danielle VenHuizen’
Five Overlooked Ways to Help Improve a Sluggish Gut
Do you feel like you always have slow digestion? Maybe you commonly complain of indigestion, burping, stomach pain, reflux, nausea, constipation, or just a sense that food is “stuck” in your system. If so, believe me, this is not uncommon. I talk to clients frequently who complain of many of the above. Whether it’s from…
Read MoreHealthy Lunch Ideas for Kids
*This post contains Amazon affiliate links It dawned on me this week that I am in a serious funk finding healthy lunch ideas for my kids. They have dutifully carted off with the same, sad ham sandwich in their lunch bag for at least the last two months. There have been few complaints, but this…
Read MoreFood Sensitivity Testing: Friends Don’t Let Friends Do IgG Tests
Are you like me? Did some well-meaning practitioner at some point recommend IgG testing as a means to find out if you have food sensitivities? Maybe you had nagging digestive issues, body aches, fatigue, or unexplained migraines. A blood test, they said, could help us see what foods your body doesn’t work well with. Not…
Read MoreDoes Dairy Cause Inflammation?
“Oh, I can’t eat that. I’m avoiding dairy.” Have you heard that phrase before? Likely you have, and it either produces a strong desire to roll your eyes real hard … or it peaks your curiosity. I mean, if Jane from accounting stopped eating dairy, maybe you should too? The Ongoing Dairy Controversy Poor dairy…
Read MoreL is for Leafy Greens
“Eat more leafy greens!” Do you hear that all the time? Or is it just me? Seems like a saying that just won’t go away. I know we are always commanded by health gurus to eat this or eat that, but with leafy greens, I think there is a reason this mandate has stuck around.…
Read More10 Super Foods to Eat this Spring
Warmer weather is gradually arriving (at least to us in Seattle!) and many of you, like myself, are likely starting to shift your eating. Heavy stews and fortifying soups are on their way out in place of lighter fare with seasonal produce. Personally, I always find this time of year that I’ve forgotten many of…
Read MoreWhy is behavior change towards healthy diet and lifestyle so hard?
I’ve been pondering this question ever since reading an article that public health officials in the UK want to start labeling foods with “activity equivalents.”1 While only a proposal at this stage, these depictions would let consumers know approximately the time and types of activity required to burn off the calories in the product being…
Read MoreThree Messages for National Nutrition Month
Happy National Nutrition Month! Yes, that time of the year is here again. Naturally it seems appropriate to write on the topic, so earlier this week I sat down and thought about what “National Nutrition Month” means to me. There are many nutrition themes that will be discussed this month, but I narrowed it down…
Read MoreFDA To Start Testing for Glyphosate in Food Products
This week the FDA announced it will start testing certain foods for residues of the world’s most widely used weed killer, glyphosate.1 It appears the FDA is finally bowing to pressure from the public regarding safety concerns. Private groups, citing suspected risks to human health, have gone ahead and done their own testing in recent…
Read MoreEat Your Way to Heart Health
It’s February, and that means it’s American Heart month! Despite all the talk about heart health, I think we honestly forget what a big deal Heart Disease is in this country. It is the number one cause of death in the United States. Numero Uno. That is not something to take lightly. Certainly we’ve taken…
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