Use Food as Your Medicine!

🚨 Please note this is by no means meant as “medical advice” or treatment for any illness (hint hint) but rather as lifestyle hacks that we could all use more of. I will not be mentioning any specific treatments, medications or supplements and I hope that everyone is doing all that we can to keep each other safe (sub in proper medical care and/or following guidelines in your area such as social distancing and wearing of PPE when appropriate). Lastly, I will not be sharing or

The (critical) importance of TRE (Time-Restricted Eating) or Intermittent Eating (IE) A little while back I had the chance to share with you “My Five Pillars”, or the 5 major factors to successfully lowering insulin, fasting, healing, etc, IMO. The very first pillar on my list is TRE or IE. Time Restricted Eating (TRE) or Intermittent Eating (IE) means eating in a set time window and fasting in between. This is the epitome of Intermittent Fasting (IF). The famous 16/8 or 18/6

An insulin response as high as sugar! Doctor Nadia shares an unfortunate truth about dairy. I write this note today realizing I might be the bearer of bad news for many of you. Please, don’t kill the messenger ;) When I talk about dairy and its probable effect on your weight, health and insulin production, know that I am sourcing many amazing blog posts written by both Megan Ramos and Dr. Jason Fung. (Blame them, lol.) There is good science behind these words that can be prac

Don't Feed the Insulin Beast Doctor Nadia explains how to tame those cravings Like many of you, I’m a visual person and use different forms of imagery, analogies and comparisons to help something make sense to a client. I often use the story of “David and Goliath.” This is a Bible story, and although I am not particularly religious, it’s one I think many people know, or at least recognize the analogy. David is the “little guy” and Goliath is the “Giant,” yet David, the underd