Carbohydrates

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Dirty Dozenâ„¢ vs Clean Fifteenâ„¢

Remember this on your next trip down the produce aisle… During discussions of nutrition and clean eating, my clients often seek my advice regarding whether they should be purchasing organic or conventional foods at the grocery store. Whenever possible, I always like to recommend organic foods; however, I understand this is not always realistic due

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Steps to Stop Sugar Cravings Functional Nutrition and Wellness

10 Steps to Stop Your Sugar Cravings

As a functional nutrition and wellness consultant and coach, clients often come to me feeling tired with weight to lose and big sugar cravings! I work with them on a personalized plan to achieving and maintaining their ideal weight as well as feeling more energy and that often starts with these 10 steps. Every BODY

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Macronutrients and Metabolic Typing Nutrition

Optimize Your Health by Customizing Your Diet

One Man’s Food . . .Is Another’s Poison Did you know that you are actually very different, biochemically speaking, from every other person who ever was or ever will be? It’s true. Your body’s biochemical makeup is as unique as your fingerprints! For genetic reasons, we’re all very different in the way that our bodies

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Easy Carbohydrate Type Lunch Ideas

The menus in this category are to stimulate ideas based primarily on a carbohydrate type food list. In this previous post, I explained how your metabolic type is determined and the benefits you reap from eating according to your type. If we determine that you’re a Carbohydrate Type, you’ll eat according to this macronutrient breakdown:

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Vegetable Scrambled Eggs with Gluten Free Bread for Carbohydrate Types

Metabolic Typing Recipes: Carbohydrate Type Breakfasts

The menus in this category are to stimulate ideas based primarily on a carbohydrate type food list. In this previous post, I explained how your metabolic type is determined and the benefits you reap from eating according to your type. Please adjust according to individual taste preferences and macronutrient needs. Suggestions and ratios may not

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Metabolic Typing Benefits Your Body

Metabolic typing is a nutritional technology that can rapidly identify highly-individualized dietary needs. It uses a series of tests to analyze how well your body is metabolizing nutrients and what it’s missing. Our health and our vitality can be the direct result of dietary deficiencies and imbalances. By correctly evaluating nutritional problems, we can tailor

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It’s Raining Grains!

Carbohydrates are one of the main dietary sources of energy for the body.  Aside from Lactose (milk sugar), all carbohydrates are synthesized by plants. There are two main types of carbohydrates:  simple and complex. Simple carbohydrates consist mainly of fruits and sugars. Complex carbohydrates consist of vegetables, grains, and starches.  Both simple and complex carbohydrates

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