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Learnings, teachings and tips & tricks for anyone to make positive changes with nutrient dense food.

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Gluten, Autoimmunity & Hashimoto’s: What You’re Not Being Told

Think gluten only matters if you’re celiac? Think again.
If you have Hashimoto’s or any autoimmune condition, gluten may be silently fueling inflammation, fatigue, and flare-ups — even if your doctor never mentioned it. Learn why going 100% gluten-free is non-negotiable for autoimmune healing (and how one small slip can set you back for weeks).

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Cortisol: Your Survival Hormone

You’re not just tired — your body is stuck in survival mode. Learn how cortisol impacts your energy, mood, and hormones, and what to do when your stress system is running on empty.

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Newly Diagnosed with Hashimoto’s? 5 Things I Wish I Knew Sooner

Newly diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis? Learn 5 things every woman should know after a Hashimoto’s diagnosis — including the importance of a full thyroid panel, gut health, cortisol, and how functional nutrition can help you start healing from the root cause. Written by a board-certified functional nutritionist who’s been through it herself.

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5 Steps for Better Sleep

Sleep is such a crucial part of health and healing. When we sleep, we give our body the opportunity to not only rest but also to restore and repair itself.

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Pillars of a Nourishing Diet

Food as medicine, or a nutrient dense diet, it helps to nourish your body, and address a lot of the root causes of digestive issues, thyroid issues, autoimmune diseases, and all the symptoms that come along with all these illnesses.

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5 Not-So-Basic Greens to Eat Now

We’ve all heard that it’s important to eat those green vegetables and we have to say, that age-old recommendation has merit! Leafy green vegetables are a total nutrition powerhouse providing plant-based calcium, iron and magnesium, plus vitamins A, C and K (vitamin K is necessary for blood clotting and bone health).

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Pork Lettuce Wrap Recipe

I wanted to share one of my favorite recipes with y’all. Pork lettuce wraps, they are usually sweet and spicy. I remade them without the sweet and we were pleasantly surprised at how much tastier they were this time around.

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What is Functional Nutrition?

Functional nutrition is a more comprehensive approach to diet and lifestyle. In the functional nutrition world, we look at the body, not just the symptoms you might be experiencing or a diagnosis

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