Teleseminar:
Go Paleo for Better Nutrition! Wednesday, Sept. 15th, 6 pm EST
What is a Paleolithic Diet? Think of cavemen and eating in a way that goes back to our roots, focused on non-processed whole foods that supply the nutrients that our bodies need. The typical Standard American Diet (SAD) contributes to obesity, chronic, and degenerative diseases. High consumption of processed foods strips out nutrients from our diet, leaving us with empty calories. Unfortunately, modern day lifestyles make it challenging to pass up the convenience of highly processed foods.
Join Linda Lizotte, R.D., CDN, co-founder of Designs for Health, as she discusses the necessity to make dietary changes away from the SAD diet, while offering easy and healthy solutions. Designs for Health employs 150 individuals, and distributes high-quality dietary supplements to healthcare practitioners throughout the U.S. and internationally. In addition to helping establish Designs for Health, Linda managed a busy private practice for 15 years. She has also helped many dietitians and nutritionists start their own private practices.
Hosted by Jennifer Morganti, ND, NEEDS Education Director
The Ancestral Diet: Putting healthy nutrition in context
By Linda Lizotte,R.D., CDN
As a nutritionist who has counseled hundreds of clients, I have to say that Americans could be a whole lot healthier. Autoimmune diseases are on the rise along with obesity, diabetes, and cancer. These present-day illnesses were barely seen thousands of years ago. You are the genetic equivalent of a caveman, yet the environment in which you live is vastly different from that which your ancestors evolved.
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Medicinal Mushrooms nature's Abundant Pharmacy
By Paul Stamets
Forest dwellers long ago discovered the value of medicinal mushrooms for the healing of both the body and the forest. Sadly, most of our ancestors' empirical knowledge is lost, but what little survives hints at a rich, albeit vulnerable source. Unfortunately, as loggers cut down the old-growth forest, many fungi lose their foothold in the ecosystem.
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September is National Cholesterol Education Month Ask the Wellness educator
High blood cholesterol affects over 65 million Americans. It is a serious condition that increases your risk for heart disease. The higher your cholesterol level, the greater the risk. You can have high cholesterol and not know it. Lowering cholesterol levels that are too high lessens your risk for developing heart disease and reduces the chance of having Read More
Got Yeast?
Submitted by Garden of Life
Yeasts are single-celled organisms present in all of us, but when they start multiplying rapidly, look out! The yeast usually responsible for unhealthy effects is called Candida albicans. It can proliferate out of control, leading to yeast overgrowth in various places in the body Read More
Beat Bedbugs without Pesticides!
By Jennifer Morganti, ND
Does the thought of bedbugs make your skin crawl? Then watch out, because reports of bedbug infestation are on the rise. Once thought of as an issue found only in areas with poverty, bedbugs are now being found in four-star hotels, high-end retail clothing stores, and upper-class luxury apartments in Manhattan Read More
Bacteria, molds, and fungi
Love moist environments like the bathroom. Influenza (the flu) virus, herpes simplex I, streptococci, staphylococci, yeasts, and the bacteria that cause gum disease, cavities, and even diarrhea can survive—some even thrive—in high numbers on toothbrushes. Read More
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