Balancing your lifestyle is so SUPER DUPER important!!! For me, by balance, I mean eating a balanced diet of healthy, nutritious foods and leaving some room for indulgence (I said some!! lol), exercising daily and sweating to release toxins and produce endorphins (Ok!! I will admit this is my challenging one!! I get into a routine and follow it religiously for months and then something happens where I break the routine, and BAM. Before I know it exercise is a thing of the past.. So This is My Challenge to get back and get motivated!!), getting enough sleep each night and feeling well rested, participating in healthy, meaningful relationships, feeding your soul (doing something JUST FOR YOU), and practising some form of meditation, spirituality, or belief that is supportive and healing. Living a balanced life helps coping with day to day life much easier. I believe that when we don't live balanced lives our bodies make sure we make up for it somehow..For Example getting sick. :-( Our bodies' need rest and eventually will tell us that in different ways that force us to shut down for a bit and take a much needed break. These are some lifestyle habits that I think are important:

SOMETHING JUST FOR YOU: Whether you read a good book, go for an after dinner walk, take a bath, or sit in a sauna before bed, it is good to find something you enjoy that is just for you everyday. This gives you a little break from everything else and gives you something to look forward to each day. What is something that you love to do that is just for you?

Bringing Awareness to Digestion For Optimal Health

We’ve all heard the Expression.. “You are what you Eat!”  You are also what you Absorb (or don’t absorb). This is absolutely true when it comes to your Digestion and the Digestive process. When your Digestion is processing symptom free, the better chances you have to properly absorbing all of those vital nutrients! Good digestion is as important as good food because our cells can’t use what our body can’t absorb.


Signs of Poor Digestion:
Constipation, Un-digested food in the stool, Bloating, Stomach aches, Heart Burn, Acne, Excessive Gas, Belching, Burping after meals, Feeling too full after eating, Tired after eating, Difficulty Losing Weight, Migraine Headaches, Constipation, Loose Bowel Movements, etc.

Poor digestion is one of the most common problems that I encounter as a Holistic Nutritionist! 
So, What’s going on?

1. Man Made/ Added Ingredients into Our Food Supply:

• Processed and unnatural foods (including genetically modified foods) 
  
• Foods containing chemicals  (pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, chlorine, etc.) 
  
• Foods containing chemicals, or that have undergone processes designed to preserve them (preservatives, oil, sugar and grain refining, hydrogenation, Nitrites, Nitrates) 
  
• Alcohol, Caffeine
  

2. Food Allergies/ Food Sensitivities

3. Lack of Movement/ Exercise on a daily basis