Once we hit our 40s, we might start noticing that the way we eat doesn’t feel quite the same, especially as we move into perimenopause. Suddenly, everyone’s talking about eating more protein, cutting back on carbs, taking this supplement, or avoiding that food. It can get confusing pretty quickly. So, what should we actually be…
Category: Healthy Eating and Habits
Focusing on recipes and tips for healthy eating, including nutritious meals, balanced diets, weight loss, and specialized diets like keto, paleo, or plant-based eating.
Ginger Isn’t for Everyone
Every so often, my feed fills up with reels claiming ginger is the answer to just about everything. Bloated? Drink ginger tea. Headache? Take a ginger shot. Feeling sluggish or coming down with something? Ginger, ginger, ginger. Apparently, we should all be adding ginger to our daily routine. Don’t get me wrong, ginger has its…
Do Kids Really Need Sports Drinks? A Baseball Mom’s Take
At baseball tournaments, kids don’t always need a sports drink. Most of the time they just need water, food, and enough rest. If you have spent any time at the diamond on a tournament weekend, you know the drill. It is never just one game. It is two, sometimes three back to back, sitting on…
May 29 Is World Digestive Health Day
Every year on May 29, the World Gastroenterology Organisation marks World Digestive Health Day, a global initiative that brings attention to digestive health and some of the symptoms that can easily get overlooked or brushed off. This year’s theme is “Chronic Diarrhea: Don’t Flush the Signs Away.” The message is pretty simple: pay attention to…
Maybe We Need to Pay More Attention to How We Actually Feel
Not rules. Not a plan. Just seven quiet observations for anyone who’s doing everything right, and still wondering why something feels off. I actually ate healthy the other day. Like, genuinely healthy (which I haven’t in a while, to be honest). Good breakfast, good lunch, didn’t even snack (usually sweets), and I felt pretty good…
When Drinking More Water Isn’t the Answer
TCM has a really good explanation for this, and it’s not “drink more water”. Here is something that confused me for the longest time. You can drink water all day, carrying your Stanley cup everywhere, hitting your two litres, doing everything right, and still feel completely parched. Your lips are chapped, your skin and eyes…
Top Reasons to See a Holistic Nutritionist
A lot of people think seeing a nutritionist means sitting across from someone who’s going to hand you a meal plan and being told to eat more vegetables and drink more water like you haven’t heard that a hundred times already. But holistic nutrition is different. It looks at the whole picture: how you’re sleeping,…
The Role of Nutrition in Children’s Mental Health
When we talk about kids and mental health, we usually talk about things like screen time, school stress, sleep, or therapy. But there’s another part that flies under the radar, nutrition. There’s also a growing amount of research looking at how what kids eat may affect things like mood, stress and how they handle everything…
Slow Down When You Eat
No, seriously. Your body will thank you. I want you to think about the last time you actually sat down for a meal. I don’t mean grabbing something quick while standing at the kitchen counter, and I definitely don’t mean scrolling through your phone while you chew. I mean the last time you weren’t just…
Why Some Foods Just Work Better Together
You know that feeling when you’re doing everything “right”, piling on the greens, cutting back on junk, grabbing the healthier option, and you’re just sitting there wondering why you don’t feel any different? Here’s the thing nobody really tells you: it’s not just about what you eat, it’s about what you eat together. I touched on this a…
What Your Supplements Don’t Know About Each Other
Anyone who’s ever stared at a wall of vitamins in a store knows how overwhelming it gets. It’s so easy to walk away thinking you just need to buy five different bottles. But what I’ve learned, both personally and through studying holistic nutrition, is that more isn’t the point. It comes down to how you…
The Link Between My Gut and My Trigeminal Neuralgia
For years, I only ever treated my trigeminal neuralgia like a jaw problem. The pain was all in my cheek and mouth, so that’s where I looked. I spent years bouncing between dentists and doctors just trying to make it through the next flare-up. When my TCM doctor first told me the real issue was…
Your Body Is Talking. Are You Listening?
It’s tempting to reach for a quick fix. Headache? Take a pill. Tired? Grab another coffee. Can’t sleep? Try melatonin. I’ve been there, more times than I’d like to admit. To be fair, these tools can be really helpful in the moment. Sometimes that’s exactly what your body needs, a bit of support to get…
What Holistic Nutrition Actually Is (And What It Isn’t)
When people hear “holistic nutritionist,” they might picture restrictive diets, a cupboard full of supplements, or a whole list of things they suddenly have to stop eating. Others aren’t really sure what it means. For me, it started when I was struggling with my own health. I was dealing with ongoing nerve pain, and I…
The TCM Organ Clock
Your body has a schedule. Here’s what it’s doing every two hours. I’ve noticed that how I feel at 3pm can be completely different from how I feel at 3am, and it’s not just because I’m tired. Our bodies have their own daily rhythms, and things like digestion, hormones, and energy levels change throughout the…