Beet Wellness

Proud to report that I am a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach.

Your gut microbiome is a predictor of future health. Eat fiber

Microbiome: We Are What They Eat | NutritionFacts.org What happens to our gut flora when we switch from a more animal-based diet to a more plant-based diet?

So proud of my coaching client….she walked her first continuous mile yesterday.

Purple Cauliflower from our garden!

By substituting just 5% of calories from plant protein in lieu of animal protein: you decrease your risk of developing diabetes by 23%-something to think about!!!

Another example….

If it says ”enriched” it is not whole wheat or whole grain!

Sitting > 6 hrs/day increases risk of early death by 34% in women and 18% in men. Despite physical activity level.

What is a carotenoids? Well, they neutralize free radicals which damage cells and bolsters cellular antioxidant defenses!

I believe in the power of lifestyle medicine and will happily Coach you on your wellness journey.

Excited to add this certification! Look for online culinary coaching with me starting January.

Last night’s dinner: Acorn risotto

Nursing Colleagues: A systematic review of adults who participated in balance training exercises reduced injurious falls by 37%, falls requiring medical care by 30%, severe injury by 43%, and fractures by 61%.

Poor diet is responsible for more deaths globally than to***co, high BP, or any other health risk

To Slow Health Care Spending, Look To Lifestyle Medicine | Health Affairs Forefront If we are serious about changing the unsustainable trajectory of US health care spending, it is time to stop just managing illness and start finally addressing the root causes of chronic disease and their associated costs.

Take time each day to identify, amplify, harvest and share the good!

Goddess Noodles with Tempeh and Broccoli

SELF CARE is a way of living that enables you to maintain health and balance, replenish energy & motivation, and grow as a person. Comment below what you do to practice self care.

The solution is easy, teach patients about their options, educate on nutrition and lifestyle instead of assuming everyone wants medication.

Exclusive: U.S. diabetes deaths top 100,000 for second straight year More than 100,000 Americans died from diabetes in 2021, marking the second consecutive year for that grim milestone and spurring a call for a federal mobilization similar to the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Grounded in Health updated their phone number.

Grounded in Health updated their website address.

Did you know that 80% of chronic diseases faced by those in the U.S. are preventable through lifestyle changes? And yet medical students receive on average a mere 20 hours on nutrition instruction!

Walking in the fall is mindfulness

How sad…just finished a 2 hour lecture on diabetes medications for my advanced pharmacology course and the professor never once mentioned educating patients on lifestyle modification including diet or nutritional counseling let alone that Type II diabetes is reversible! And no, your genes are not your destiny!

The recommended daily intake of fiber is 30-40 grams per day.

BREAST CANCER PREVENTION: 20 grams of total fiber intake per day, lowers risk by 15%

The Nurses’ Health Study found that women who consumed at least one serving of blueberries and two servings of strawberries weekly had mitigation of cognitive decline by as much as 2.5 years.

Both blueberries and concord grape juice were used in human studies and were found to improve memory function in older adults with early memory decline.

The Framingham heart study found that drinking at least one artificially sweetened drink a day was associated with a higher risk of stroke or dementia. WHY do we allow these drinks to be available without warning labels?

ALZHEIMER STATS: 5.4 million Americans are living with Azheimer’s disease and by 2050, up to 16 million will have the disease