Foods I enjoy everyday to keep systemic chronic inflammation in check:
✅ Oats
✅ Matcha
✅ Avocado
✅ Blueberries
✅ Mushrooms
✅ Lentils or Beans
✅ Dark Leafy Greens
✅ Cayenne or Paprika
✅ Cruciferous Veggies
✅ Turmeric with Black Pepper
✅ Fish or an Omega 3 Supplement
What you need:
✅Consistency
✅Execution
✅Resilience
✅Commitment
What you don’t need:
❌More information
❌’Perfection’
❌’Secret’ knowledge
❌Hacks
The magic you are looking for is in the WORK you keep trying to avoid…
It's kind of genius how certain popular nutrition authors have insulated themselves from critique by convincing their audience that people who disagree with them are dishonest, arrogant, and stupid
A tea for heartburn — fennel seeds, cardamom, ginger, tulsi and / or chamomile, rose petals. Herbs and spices being studied for their digestion boosting effects and while we wait for more data, delicious with no downsides #spicemedicine
If adding spices to a meal can lower inflammation, I’m using every excuse to add spices to nearly everything I enjoy. The most obvious place to start? My morning coffee! Cardamom, Ceylon cinnamon, ginger and rose. Delicious and good for me. Boom.
Spices in culinary amounts can curb post meal blood sugar spikes and excess inflammation. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, spice up your health, spice up your life #spicespicebaby#yesplease
Health is not always about doing more — more superfoods, more exercise, more biohacking. Sometimes health is about doing less. Often health is about just being and doing nothing at all. #justbe#slowdown
If you struggle with building healthy habits, expand your WHY beyond just yourself. Make your WHY for health about being able to show up fully for your loved ones, work you enjoy, and for LIFE! Make your WHY for health about others and watch your motivation soar.
Fasting overnight for 13 hrs was associated with 36% lower breast cancer recurrence. Late night eating raises blood sugar and disrupts circadian rhythms. Yet another reminder that we are one with nature and aligning ourselves with her is a powerful path to better health.
Most of us seek self-improvement from a place of self-judgement and criticism. What if, instead, we sought self-improvement from a place of kindness and love? What if we spoke to ourselves like we would to a a friend? #goals#bekindtoyourself
Learning to be healthier is like learning to play the piano. You won’t be an expert overnight. But like the artist Vincent Van Gogh said “Success is sometimes the outcome of of a whole string of failures.” Fail. Learn. Get back up. YOU are worth it. #health#keeppracticing
People who stick to healthy habits don’t do so because of discipline. Sure discipline might get them going but what keeps them coming back is PLEASURE. They have learned to DERIVE PLEASURE from the habit itself. At which point discipline is no longer needed. #win#healthyhabits
Increased abdominal fat during menopause is associated with elevated CVD risk independent of overall weight gain. So many woman struggle with this — intermittent fasting, resistance training and a whole unrefined food rich diet can help https://t.co/Ws7yoG0rTM
Supplementation with 2 g or more a day of omega-3 high in DHA and EPA increased muscle mass and improved walking speed in the elderly. This was particularly robust after 6 months of treatment (meta-analysis of 15 randomized, placebo-controlled trials).
https://t.co/eVSefONgMk
The pandemic has been hard on an emotional, physical and mental level and admitting so doesn’t make us weak it makes us human. #honest#vulnerable#human
You don’t have to FEEL like doing something to do it. This is especially true for uncomfortable things like exercise or challenging deep work. The mind will never FEEL like getting uncomfortable. Do it anyway. #mindset#levelup