Tag: #lifestyle
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Stop Telling Me To Relax!
By Jennifer Whitmire MS, MEd, MH, CHES, NEP Living with an autoimmune disease can feel like an endless battle, especially for those of us with Type A personalities and perfectionist tendencies. We eat “right,” exercise, follow all the protocols, and yet, the autoimmune disease persists. In fact, many of us have more than one autoimmune…
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How Can I Be Full of Life When I Feel Like Crap?
By Jennifer Whitmire MS, MEd, MH, CHES, NEP Being full of life – physically, mentally, and emotionally is necessary for optimal health. But when we are sick or in pain or just have no energy, it can be difficult to even imagine feeling full of life. Do a quick inventory. What is going okay for…
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Is The Liver to Blame For Painful Periods, Fibroids, Painful Lumpy Breasts? What About My Breakouts?
By Jennifer Whitmire MS, MEd, MH, CHES, NEP It’s all about the hormones! Period pain, fibroids, painful lumpy breasts, poor sleep, infertility, low energy, and even gas and bloating can be related to hormones. The liver processes hormones through hormone metabolism. When hormones, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, even thyroid hormones, circulate in the bloodstream, the liver works…
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Your Mysterious Microbiome
By Jennifer Whitmire MS, MEd, MH, CHES, NEP You have a whopping 39 trillion microbes in your body! Let that sink in. I can’t even imagine that many. These microbes break down your food, support your immune system, create vitamins, assemble amino acids, produce neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine, GABA, and norepinephrine, maintain your intestinal lining, and so…
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