by Daphne Olivier | Jan 28, 2021 | Glucose
When I was in college my dad was diagnosed with diabetes. This led to me taking a deep dive into better understanding blood sugar. There are a multitude of ways blood sugar impacts your health, even without a diagnosis of diabetes. This includes hormone fluctuations...
by Daphne Olivier | Oct 21, 2020 | Hormone Imbalance
In an ideal world, our hormones work together to keep us healthy and our body functioning at its best. But, when our hormones are out of balance or are not communicating well with each other, it can lead to both physical and mental health problems. According to recent...
by Daphne Olivier | Jun 24, 2020 | Blood Sugar
Your diet choices play a critical role in managing your blood sugar. Even without diabetes, managing blood sugar is the key to good health. Sometimes foods have a “health halo.” This makes them seem like a good idea, but in reality they are causing more trouble than...
by Daphne Olivier | Aug 15, 2019 | Glucose
Intermittent fasting (IF) is the hot diet trend right now. If you are not familiar with it, it involves limiting your eating window to a specific number of hours a day and fasting for the other hours. Most people follow a 16:8 protocol, which involves fasting for 16...
by Daphne Olivier | Sep 1, 2018 | Insulin Resistance
“Stressed” is “desserts” spelled backwards. The astonishing irony is not lost here. Work, finances, health, relationships, are just a few of the many stressors that tend to pile up on our already full plates. As counterintuitive as it may sound, stress is an essential...
