Life in a Chemical Soup

Life in a Chemical Soup

The world is toxic.

The CDC estimates that the average American contains 116 synthetic compounds in his or her body. These include such crazy sounding things as dioxin (from burning plastic), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (from auto exhaust), and organochloride pesticides (from the foods we eat). There are about 75,000 different chemicals produced in the United States each year and chemicals that were banned decades ago still persist in the soil, air and water. (more…)

Food is Information

Food is Information

I was having an interesting discussion the other day with a client. We were discussing her diet and she was telling me how she had basically been living out of restaurants and vending machines (or their big brothers, also known as convenience stores or kiosks at the airport) for the past 2-3 years because she was always on the go. She was also lamenting about how her health had deteriorated immensely over that same time period. She wasn’t getting the connection until I came up with the following thought. (more…)

Celebrate Life

Celebrate Life

We work with a lot of people that are trying to improve their health in some way. Sometimes when we are attempting to change our lives to become healthier we become very boring and negative people, usually because we focus on all the things we can’t have (gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free, etc.). We restrict every aspect of our lives and we sneer at those around us who don’t hold themselves to our new “standard” of health. (more…)

Sex Hormone Imbalances and Perimenopause

Sex Hormone Imbalances and Perimenopause

Perimenopause is the time period preceding the cessation of normal menstrual periods; this typically occurs sometime between 35 and 50 years of age. It is often thought that hormone levels decline uniformly during this time and that the symptoms associated with perimenopause and menopause are due solely to a decrease in sex hormones. Unfortunately, this is not the case. (more…)

A New You with Optimal Body Balance- Only a Few Days Left to Save!

A New You with Optimal Body Balance- Only a Few Days Left to Save!

For five more days, the Optimal Body Balance Online Program is being offered at the dramatically reduced rate of only $99 (regularly $299 – that’s $200 off!). The Optimal Body Balance Online Program is a 10 week program that contains everything you need to determine and address the exact reasons that you have struggled with weight loss so that you can finally achieve and maintain the body and weight you desire. This program can bring about near miraculous insight and change for those struggling with weight loss; it is as much an education as a self-help product and it works. (more…)