Are You Getting Enough Fiber?

With Village Green Apothecary’s Big Summer Sale ending at the end of the week, I thought it would be a good time to remind you that Pathway products are 30% off their regular prices. The Pathway brand is a quality line that offers a variety of supplements at great prices. It also is 100% guaranteed, which means if for whatever reason you are not satisfied, you can return the product to the store.

One supplement that I feel most people could benefit from is fiber. Most people do not consume the recommended 35 to 40 grams of fiber per day. An easy way to attain this is to supplement with a fiber product like Pathway ClearFiber. This is a powder than can be mixed with almost any beverage. It is odorless, colorless and it does not thicken the liquid you add it to.

Fiber helps maintain healthy cholesterol levels, increases satiety, maintains healthy bowel movements, cleans out your GI tract and so much more. Good sources of fiber are fruits and vegetables, whole grains and legumes. Adding ClearFiber can help you get the fiber your body needs in the easiest way possible. Continue reading “Are You Getting Enough Fiber?”

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Boost Fertility With a Healthy Diet

Infertility has doubled in the last 20 years and although it may be because women are trying to conceive at an older age, even younger women are having problems. Although each situation is very unique, a healthy lifestyle can improve your chances of conceiving.

A healthy diet plays an important role in preparing your body for pregnancy. Weight, the right food choices, caffeine and alcohol can all factor in. Being overweight or even underweight can affect your reproductive hormones. Researchers have found that it can take four times as long to get pregnant if your BMI (Body Mass Index) is under 19, while having a BMI over 25 can double the time. For those women with a BMI over 25, losing 5 to 10% of body weight improved ovulation and pregnancy rates.  Continue reading “Boost Fertility With a Healthy Diet”

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What is Gluten and Why Should I Care?

I assume that by now you’ve heard the term “gluten” at least once. Let’s take a closer look at what gluten is and why we should be concerned about it.

In Latin, gluten means “glue.” It is a component of wheat (including durum, semolina, and spelt), rye, barley, and related grain hybrids like triticale and kamut. Even oats – which do not inherently contain gluten – usually have it due to cross-contamination, since oats are processed using the same machinery as gluten-containing grains.

Gluten is what gives elasticity to dough, helping it to rise and to keep its shape, and often giving the final product a chewy texture. It is actually made up of many different proteins divided into two main groups: gliadins and glutenins.

Gluten is a real problem for many, as it is a major contributor to obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, dementia, depression, and many other modern ills. Continue reading “What is Gluten and Why Should I Care?”

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Coping With Morning Sickness Naturally

For many pregnant women, morning sickness is an all too frequent and uncomfortable side effect of pregnancy. Some statistics show that almost as many as 70% of moms-to-be experience some degree of nausea and vomiting. And, worse, it is not usually a “morning” only condition. Nausea can occur any time of day and be triggered by any number of factors including:

  • Strong smells
  • Fatigue
  • Stress
  • Empty stomach, low blood sugar and hunger
  • Certain foods

The good news is that it usually ends towards the beginning of the second trimester. In the meantime, if you are one of many women who can’t keep things down, here are some suggestions to get you through this hopefully temporary period in your pregnancy. Continue reading “Coping With Morning Sickness Naturally”

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Adrenal Fatigue: The Working Mom’s Syndrome

I’m about to explain one of the most common, yet one of the most overlooked health problems impacting many women. You’ll understand exactly how and why you’re so tired and why you may be relying on caffeine and sugar to give you the energy you need to get you through your day. You’ll understand why you may have suddenly gained a few pounds, why you seem to be getting sick more often and why you may have grown more impatient. You’ll learn why you may feel like you have “brain fog,” where you don’t feel as sharp or clear as you once did and why you’re forgetting details that in the past were easy to remember. You’ll understand why you lost your sex drive, why PMS symptoms seem to be getting worse, why everyday tasks seem to require more effort than before, why your ability to handle stress seems to be decreasing, and why it’s harder to be productive and stay on task. You’ll understand how and why you “lost your mojo.” Finally, you’ll understand why even though you may have gone to the doctor for one or many of these issues, they didn’t diagnose anything and sent you on your way without a plan or a solution.  Continue reading “Adrenal Fatigue: The Working Mom’s Syndrome”

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