by Melanie Rathbun | Jul 3, 2020 | Blog, Lifestyle, Nutrition
Many Farmers Markets are up and running and it’s a great time to go visit! Precautions are in place so go ahead and get back out there and support your local farmers. The current global pandemic has only increased the need for fresh and nutritious food, and our local...
by Melanie Rathbun | Jun 24, 2019 | Blog, Cognitive Health, Nutrition
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 17, 2019 | Blog, Nutrition
If you’re new to intermittent fasting, or thinking about giving it a try, here’s a quick list of the most fundamental rules you’ll need to follow and some mistakes you’ll need to avoid. Intermittent Fasting Basic Philosophy The use of short term fasting has shown to...
by Melanie Rathbun | Jun 17, 2019 | Blog, Nutrition
Many different versions of low-carb diets have come and gone over the past several decades, but one carb-restrictive diet that’s been around for generations and is garnering significant attention today is the ketogenic diet. Far from a fad diet, the keto diet has...
by Melanie Rathbun | Jun 15, 2019 | Blog, Lifestyle, Nutrition
Intermittent fasting is a diet cycling between regular periods of eating and fasting, and has been linked to lower risks of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and aging. Watch the video to get a nutritionist’s take on the best way to go about it. Time People have...
by Melanie Rathbun | Mar 7, 2017 | Blog, Gut Health, Nutrition
GMOs (genetically modified organisms) have genes from another species transplanted into their DNA. This is done to increase production or yield or add some other previously nonexistent quality to the organism. These experimental organisms have so far been mostly...