by Melanie Rathbun | May 16, 2020 | Beverages, Blog
Ingredients (2 servings): 1 1/2 cups strawberries (frozen) 1 banana (small, frozen) 1/4 cup vanilla protein powder1 1/2 T almond butter 1 T ground flax seed 1 1/4 cups unsweetened almond milk Directions: Place all ingredients together in a blender. Blend until...
by Melanie Rathbun | May 5, 2020 | Beverages, Blog
Ingredients (2 servings): 4 cups kale leaves 1 cucumber chopped 1 lemon juiced 2 pear peeled and chopped 1 T ginger grated 1 T ground flax seed 1 1/2 cups filtered water 5 ice cubes Directions: Place all ingredients together in a blender. Blend until smooth. Be...
by Melanie Rathbun | Jun 24, 2019 | Blog, Sleep
Many people in the Western world tend to burn the candle at both ends. They are stressed and try to pack too much into their busy day. Inevitably, the amount of sleep they get starts to decrease as they struggle to meet all of the demands placed upon them. Sleep is an...
by Melanie Rathbun | Jun 24, 2019 | Blog, Brain Health
Before we can discuss intermittent fasting benefits, we must first know what intermittent fasting is. Intermittent Fasting (IF) is the self-imposed abstaining from food for a specified period, usually about 16 hours with a window of 8 hours to consume meals. Most...
by Melanie Rathbun | Jun 24, 2019 | Blog, Functional Nutrition
The word inflammation comes from the Latin inflammare, to set on fire. In the context of our immune system, heat, redness, pain and swelling form as a reaction to either injury, or a perceived threat in the body. If you’ve ever hit your thumb with a hammer, you...
by Melanie Rathbun | Jun 24, 2019 | Blog
Somewhere on your road to success, you’ll begin to understand that you are really never alone. There are amazing sources of strength and help everywhere you look—you just have to use them. You’ll have to look to find them and then know how to use them, but it beats...
