by Heather | Feb 15, 2018 | Holistic, Lifestyle, Thrive
Our immune system needs to be strong to fight off both infectious disease and other forms of illness. Our immune system thrives on good nutrition, exercise, and spiritual and community connection. Part One of this series explained the importance of nutrition. You can check out that post here. In part two, I will share the importance of our lifestyle choices to our immune system. There are four areas that can strengthen our immune system. They are exercise, adequate sleep, stress reduction, and sun exposure.
by Heather | Feb 8, 2018 | Eat, Holistic, Lifestyle, Thrive
The 2017-2018 flu season has been one of the worst since 2009. This season also started earlier, November instead of January, which means with all the holiday gatherings, it could spread much easier.
So what can we do to strengthen our immune system so it is better able to fight off influenza or any other disease? I will be doing a three-part series on strengthening the immune system. Our immune system thrives on good nutrition, exercise, and spiritual and community connection. The immune system needs harmony and balance in all three of these areas. So let’s start with nutrition.
by Heather | Feb 1, 2018 | Holistic, Thrive
This past fall I attended a conference hosted by the Weston A Price Foundation. The conference was awesome! One of the sessions that I attended was about homeoprophylaxis. This is not something that I had ever heard about, and I became very interested in learning more.
Homeoprophylaxis is the use of homeopathicially prepared remedies to protect individuals from the effects of infectious diseases. Homeoprophylaxis does not rely on antibody formation, but on changing the susceptibility of the child or adult to disease.
by Heather | Jan 25, 2018 | Eat, Recipes, Thrive
Bone broth has been touted as a “cure-all” and the most recent “superfood”. It has a long-standing history as a comforting and healing food that I believe most could benefit adding to their diet. It is one part of an Eating for Health diet.
Four reasons to consider adding bone broth to your diet:
Bioavailable collagen
Bioavailable nutrients
Less waste, good for your budget
Healthy flavor enhancer
by Heather | Jan 11, 2018 | Lifestyle, Thrive
We are now a couple of weeks into 2018; life should be getting back to “normal” after the holiday season. If you set some New Year’s resolutions, there may have already been some setbacks, or some of you may have already given up on those changes you wanted to make. Did you know that over one-half of adults routinely make New Year’s resolutions? Most of which pertain to health behaviors like smoking cessation, weight loss, exercise, or alcohol reduction.
by Heather | Jan 4, 2018 | Eat, Thrive
The beginning of each New Year many of us set health goals for ourselves. It can be losing weight, exercising more, improving food choices, or maybe all of these. When improving food options, some may be considering adding protein powders to the diet. What is the best protein powder for you? There are so many options; it can be difficult to know what type is best.
by Heather | Aug 19, 2017 | Eat, Thrive
As summer winds to an end, kids will be going back to school, and before we know it, the holiday season will be here. This time of year can also bring back the cold and flu season, yuk. Having had respiratory flu last year, I am determined to keep my immune system as strong as possible. By following an Eating for Health Diet, I am giving my system the best tools to fight off sickness.
Vitamin A is one of those nutrients that can help with this battle.
by Heather | Aug 10, 2017 | Holistic, Thrive
Today many people are making quality decisions to improve their overall health and well-being. One part of this is adding supplements to your plan, and boy can this get overwhelming!
by Keshia Shepherd | Jul 1, 2017 | Lifestyle, Thrive
This is Keshia, the daughter, again, my last post was about a Dairy Farm, but this post is going to get much more…personal, and in-depth…it’ll be fun, lets dive right in!
So I used to hate bras, I mean utterly LOATHE. My shoulders and neck hurt constantly, the band would always be riding up. I always had to make sure I had a camisole with a shelf bra in it to try to keep my bra in place. I just figured this was just how it would always be; that I must be the problem, not the bra.
by Heather | Jan 28, 2017 | Lifestyle, Thrive
Persevere means to persist in anything undertaken, maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly. Wow, that is a lot to do if we want to persevere! We all have had difficulties, obstacles, or discouragements some time in our lives. Some of these obstacles may be huge, some may be small, but we still need to be strong and persevere.
