Nutrition , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island
Are you eating a gluten-free diet but still have sensitivity?
Are you eating a gluten-free diet and doing everything correctly to manage your gluten sensitivity, yet still having symptoms? Maybe this is the answer for you. First, let’s look at what gluten is. It is a main storage protein...
Nutrition , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island
How to improve cognitive function and prevent Alzheimer’s disease
We spend a lot of time thinking about how to keep our body healthy, but we often miss the most important part of our body — the brain. Our brain typically accounts for just two to five percent of an adult’s body weight, yet it...
Nutrition , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island , Detox & Healing
How can you reduce your intake of toxins?
You may have heard tips on how to detox to body before. First, however, we need to stop adding more toxins so that gradually the body will start cleansing itself. A toxin is defined as any compound that has a detrimental effect...
Newsletter Archive , Nutrition , Kauai Garden Island , Ketogenic Diet
Fasting & Health
The word fast is derived from the Anglo-Saxon faest , which means "firm" or “fixed”. Fasting is the body’s physiological rest. It’s an ancient healing practice, which is abstinence from food. Fasting can be done for many...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island
An essential mineral for bone health and beyond
The essential minerals are nutrients that the human body requires in relatively large amounts (greater than 100mg per day). All minerals are vital in the body. These include calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, sodium, chloride, and...
Nutrition , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island
Thinking beyond calories
Did you ever think where our concept of calories comes from? What does calorie actually mean? Many of us are counting calories, reading labels, and calculating the numbers, but do you really know the concept behind it? What is a...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island , Mindset
How to naturally prevent or reduce menopausal symptoms
The term menopause is derived from meno (meaning month, menses) plus pausis (meaning pause or cessation). In other words, it is a pause in menstruation. Understanding the terminology and definitions can be helpful in understanding the...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island
What do you need to know about the digestive system and leaky gut? Part 2: How to heal.
In my previous article I talked about the importance of digestion, and what may cause leaky gut. The walls of the intestine serve as a physical barrier, separating food and the bacterial populations of the intestine from the rest of the...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island
What do you need to know about the digestive system and leaky gut? Part 1
All disease begins in the gut — Hippocrates We are finally starting to understand how the gut plays a role in health and disease. We are not only what we eat, we are what we absorb and digest. Most of us even won’t realize...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island
Epigenetics
I hope that you had an AMAZING Thanksgiving holiday! If yes, there’s a good chance that you ate too much good food! And maybe you’re thinking now how to lose your holiday weight, and also wondering too why some of your friends did not...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island
Nutrigenomics
Nutrigenomics (nutritional genomics) is an emerging field that studies how the human genome and/or genes interact with diet to influence individual’s and population’s responses to food and diseases. The excitement about nutrigenomics comes from...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Weight Loss , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island
Can time restricted feeding help your diabetes and weight loss?
Time restricted feeding (TRF) is a type of intermittent fasting in which feeding times are restricted to certain hours of the day. Actually, this should be our natural pattern for eating — eat some food, feel satisfied then stop, get some...
