HERE’S WHY High-quality Protein is Your Body’s Best Friend, Part III
Part III: Bursting the Low-Protein Bubble Over the years, we've all been exposed to mainstream ideas about protein consumption, especially if the protein comes from animals. Let's debunk the following common myths that diets high in animal protein...
HERE’S WHY High-quality Protein is Your Body’s Best Friend, Part II
Part II: Different types of proteins Having spent years increasing my animal protein intake and watching it work magic on my body, I've delved deeply into understanding how and why, and the diversity of bodily functions that either rely upon or are made of...
Here’s Why High-quality Protein is Your Body’s Best Friend, Introduction
Introduction When you think of protein, what comes to mind? Do you immediately think of bodybuilders with unnaturally huge muscles, downing steaks and chugging protein powder? Is your mind then plagued with unjustified animal slaughter, considering we can...
Here’s Why High-quality Protein is Your Body’s Best Friend, Part 1
Part 1: What is Protein, Exactly? Protein is one of the three macronutrients humans consume in greater (macro) quantities each day. The genetic material in each of our cells also synthesizes proteins—hundreds of them per second (1)—from smaller units called...
Who Am I and Why Am I Relevant?
For those of you curious about who I am and why my work as a nutrition consultant might be relevant to you, I've created this article to give you some context. As a connection-oriented human, I love learning about the people who's work and messages align with me....
Why Our Identity is More Important than Our Goals
Anyone focusing their attention on the coaching, wellness, or self-help industries can see how ubiquitous goal setting is for all of the people involved. As someone who has navigated these industries for years as both a consumer seeking greater health and as a...
Fad Dieting – The quickest path to an Eating Disorder
I still remember the look in my friend's dad's eyes as he handed me my first warning. He was the only adult to see my trajectory before I could see it myself and I'll forever remember this. Unfortunately, it wasn't a gift I was able to unwrap at the time...
Understand Basic Nutrition. Because the best health insurance is on your plate
The deeper down I go into this ever-changing world of health science and nutrition, the greater the need I see for basic knowledge of how our own bodies work and relate to food to be the norm.Superficially speaking, eating "healthy" seems so simple that it...
Functional Medicine — Why this root-cause approach to healthcare is so effective
I still remember the gut feeling that came over me while sitting in the dermatologist's office, speaking to the nurse about how acne forms. She didn't have any real answers for me, but she did had antibiotics. As a desperate sixteen year old, this gut...
Sleep like you’re on vacation, without leaving home.
I remember so many nights, standing in line at my local drugstore, half-alive under the buzzing fluorescents, waiting to pay for an over-the-counter sleep aid. This was not the solution I wanted and left me feeling yucky the following day. But...