Does this sound familiar?
The alarm goes off and your body is jolted awake (stressor #1).
You hit snooze and the alarm goes off again (stressor #2).
As you head for the shower, your eye catches your phone. Just a quick peek at Facebook leads to current events (stressor #3).
In under 30 minutes, your Cortisol stress hormone has been elevated three times. While you don’t necessarily feel the stress, your sympathetic nervous system is doing its job 'protecting' you and goes into flight or fight. When this happens, the elevated Cortisol causes your insulin to go up and that can cause insulin resistance. This can lead to many issues, including...
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When it comes to sweets, are you like me? Eating even just a little, I instantly want more. While it hasn't been easy, I have eliminated most sugar from my diet and so can you! It can be challenging to do, so using the tips in this blog will help.
How does sugar impact our bodies? Excess sugar stresses our body by causing major inflammation, taxing our liver, and damaging our arteries. Sugar simply creates havoc on our immune system. It causes fatigue, bloating, and is the number one food choice of cancer. Because of the inflammation created, this can lead to diseases like fatty liver syndrome, diabetes, heart disease, and Alzheimer’s.
Why is it so hard to not eat sugar? Speaking at the Get off Your Sugar Summit, Dr. Nicole Avena, an expert in the field of nutrition, diet & addiction, spoke about why sugar is so addictive. Evidence indicates that sugar causes our...
