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Your Microbiome and Your Diet

As you know gut health is an important topic in your over all health and an important topic to me. There is a connection between your microbiome (your gut) and what and how you eat. I explore this in a new article up at Purposeful Nutrition.

To learn more about what you eat is affecting your microbiome and thus your health, go here.

Jennifer

Opportunities of the Week

Well it is the Monday before Thanksgiving and before Black Friday. I can’t believe we are already around at the end of the year and the beginning of the holiday season. I hope you have a great Thanksgiving day.

This post contains affiliate links from which I will benefit if you purchase through them.

I will be sending out a update on Black Friday sales. I know Starlene Stewart will have 50 % off of her e-cookbooks on baking with coconut flour. Fit 2B studio will have some incredible deals on their exercise programs.

I don’t know that WishGarden Herbs will have anything special for Black Friday but they do have 20% off a number of great herbal tinctures that are appropriate for the season. You can check our their current specials now at their website.

And Wildly Organic which is where I buy my coconut oil and red palm kernel oil has a great sale that ends today, the 19th. I think there are some other sales coming up in the next few days. But quick get over and check out this sale before it is gone.

Here is my affiliate link for Wildly Organic.

More on Friday.

Jennifer

Budget Friendly Gluten Free Shopping

I know some of you eat gluten free and sometimes, when folks transition to gluten free, they find the food bill goes up significantly. This article addresses some ways to lower costs and be healthy with a gluten free diet.

Stay tuned. I plan to send out a preview of Black Friday deals on Monday and then on Friday send out the healthy deals I know about for your holiday shopping.

Jennifer

Do you want to be more fit and active?

I did a review post this week on the company Fit2B, a online workout studio with a special emphasis for women. I am very impressed with this studio and I recommend you read my review and learn more about them.

Jennifer

Herbal Teas, Part 4

This is the last post in the tea series and this one is focused on herbal teas. Do you drink herbal teas? If so, then you have an idea how valuable they are. Click over to Purposeful Nutrition to read more...

Jennifer

#herbal tea

Exploring Black Tea Options

Black tea is a type of tea that is more oxidized than lighter teas such as white, green, and Oolong teas. This type of tea is darker and stronger than other teas and is generally believed to have originated in China. Now, black tea, beverages, and food products made from black tea are enjoyed world-wide.

To read more, go to Purposeful Nutrition.

#black tea

Are you a tea drinker?

It seems it has been awhile since I have shared any of my posts with you from Purposeful Nutrition. I have started a series recently on tea and there are 2 posts up on this topic. First off I have a post on the general value of drinking tea.

Then I did an article on the particular benefits of green tea. Both can be found at Purposeful Nutrition.

Jennifer

#tea #green tea

Opportunities of the Week-8/27/18

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1) Lean Body Life Online Summit

What would it be worth to you to wake up every day, feeling great in your skin, and enjoy throwing on a gorgeous outfit because you’re at a weight that feels amazing?

For me it’s priceless! I remember when (Speaker’s story)

That’s why I was thrilled to be interviewed by my friend Tabitha Benway on Lean Body Life, a FREE interview series filled with mindset and lifestyle hacks from top experts to lose weight and feel great everyday!

Are you ready? Get your complimentary ticket to join us here!

If you are ready to run toward your dreams because you no longer think about your weight, join us for Lean Body Life!

In these interviews we are talking about:

The number one obstacle and how to overcome it.

How to fire up your metabolism at any age.

Simple, life changing routine tweaks.

How our brain chemistry and thoughts can set us up for success.

Get your complimentary ticket to the series here!

PS My interview is going to be aired September 8 and 9th and I think it is going to be very interesting on intermittent fasting, a topic I love to discuss.

2) IBS and SIBO Summit - Shivan’s Story

Even though Shivan Sarna was plagued with "stomach troubles" throughout her childhood, her pediatrician never gave it much attention. Her mom and dad, on the other hand, were determined to find her relief. When Shivan was 15 years old, her mother consulted with a functional nutritionist -- it helped change their perspective on how food impacts overall health. But her journey didn't stop there. As she got older, her "troubles" kept her reaching for solutions in any way or place she could find: acupuncture, steroid shots, Ayurvedic medicine, massage, reflexology, cranial sacral... the list goes on and on. Shivan tried almost everything she could think of to get rid of her issues, but with limited success. ----- BTW, Shivan is your host of The IBS & SIBO SOS Summit, coming to you online (and free!) this September 3-10, 2018. Struggling with digestive issues, then

! ---- Shivan describes this time in her life as "a bewildering, frustrating, anxiety-ridden roller coaster filled with high hopes and crushing disappointment," which, to hear other SIBO survivors tell it, is exactly how they feel. This was all going on while she was having an amazing life by many measures: yoga studio, a fantastic marriage and a flourishing career on TV. Throughout it all her pain persisted, but she never gave up trying to find out what was going on with her health. It wasn't until 2015 that she learned SIBO was the underlying cause of her digestive struggles. Once diagnosed, Shivan finally found the relief she needed. She also realized that millions around the world were suffering the same as she once did. Shivan created the IBS & SIBO SOS Summit for those who suffer from SIBO and other chronic digestive problems -- they have MANY options for treatment and healing. If you're suffering from bloating, painful gas, diarrhea, constipation, mixed digestive patterns and/or poor nutrient absorption, then I recommend joining me for this amazing event today! --->>

Click here to register for The IBS & SIBO SOS Summit!

P.S. If left untreated, pervasive digestion issues like IBS and SIBO can have devastating effects on your quality of life -- but there ARE solutions! Fortunately, I have just the (free!) resource to help:

Jennifer

Healthy Eating Reboot Challenge

Join up with this great opportunity.

Jennifer

Will Drinking Water Make a Difference in my Weight?

Weight loss can be a hard task for anyone. There’re so many different elements that go into losing weight it can be like learning a whole new set of information. There is one simple thing that you can do to help regulate how much and what you eat. Drinking water is not a magical cure-all, but it may seem like it after you learn what it can do to help you regulate your eating.

To read more, go to Purposeful Nutrition.

Jennifer

Opportunities of the Week-

This post contains affiliate links from which I will benefit if you purchase through them.

1) Intermittent Fasting for Beginners

If you have not tried intermittent fasting but want toIf you are one of those who feels overwhelmed or stuck with intermittent fasting and it does not seem like fasting is working for you, then I have a great option for you. I am offering a 2-3 month course called Intermittent Fasting for Beginners. It will cover 6 videos on topics like working out a schedule for your life, how to eat when fasting for weight loss, issues for women with fasting, metabolism, and dealing with others who are not fasting in your life. I will be working over at the Thinkific platform, releasing one email per week. I also plan to open a private Facebook group where we will discuss and apply the video information each week together and do some group coaching. I plan to send out a weekly email with update info as well, so if you are not on Facebook this can still work for you.

I am now accepting sign ups for the course which will start July 30th. This is a beta group so I am limiting the enrollment to about 20 women and I will be asking for your feedback at the end. The price is lower because it is a beta group, so this is your opportunity. Join me.

You can get more info and sign up at this link.

2) Seeking Health

Sometimes I am asked what supplement company I like. My favorite is Seeking Health, under Dr. Ben Lynch. Dr. Lynch has done ground breaking research on methylation of B vitamins. Anyone with the MTHFR gene mutation will want to use products from Seeking Health. We use their multi-vitamins, their probiotic- Probiotia 12, the kid’s multivitamin (which is not chewable), and their B complex. I am really happy with these products.

This is my affiliate link.

3) WishGarden Herbs

My other favorite company for supplement type products in WishGarden Herbs which makes amazing herbal tinctures. I did a review of the company over at Purposeful Nutrition.

Some of my favorite tinctures are WombKind (for women of course), Deep Stress. Bad ass Bitters (for digestion), and Kick Ass Immune Support. You can find them all through my link.

Jennifer

Intermittent Fasting For Beginners

As you know I have been doing a lot with intermittent fasting. Due to some of the requests from those joining my FB group, I have decided to open a new e-course to help folks work through the beginning challenges of Intermittent fasting. It will be a 6 week course that I hope to start the last week of July, the 30th. Topics covered will include metabolism, working with macros to figure out how to eat, challenges for women when fasting, and more. For you more info you can find it here and you may sign up, but be aware that I will only be releasing one video/week for the 6 weeks so the only one available will be video 1 until the course actually gets going.

Feel free to email me for questions.

Jennifer

What you eat affects your future health

Think of your health as the amount of money in your bank account. Just as you’d like to have more money and keep growing, it’s also wise to have more health in your body and keep that growing as well.

And while maintaining a balanced diet may not always be convenient or cheap, it’ll definitely pay off both in the short and long- term health plan you intend to have for your body.

Read more at Purposeful Nutrition.

Jennifer

Balance Your Blood Sugar Group Coaching

Do you know what normal healthy blood sugars should be? Did you know you can have normal blood sugars, but high insulin levels?

What should your blood sugar levels be?

Ideally you should be having blood sugars that are in the 80's at all times. Most of us do not have that. I think you are in pretty good territory if you have fasting blood sugars below 100 and 2 hour blood sugars (after eating) that are below 120. HgbA1c should be 5.3or lower. And fasting insulin levels should be below 6 uIU/m (per Stephen Guyenet).

How I can help you balance your blood sugar?

I am trying a new format to work with those who want to balance their blood sugars and be free of the threat of type 2 diabetes. I am starting a small online group of women who want to work with me to change their health story. We will be meeting twice a month in a live group online (so from the comfort of your living room or convenience of your cell phone no matter where you are). This program will last over 3 months and we will cover diet, fasting, exercise, sleep, and stress management - all issues that are important to conquering the threat of diabetes. We will also be including a private Facebook group where accountability will happen and issues will be discussed in between the live sessions.

Right now I am planning a July 10th start date with the live meetings at 1PM EST but once the group is formed I am willing to renegotiate the time if something else works better for those involved. (This was moved back a week so that there is 1 more week to sign up.)

This group is going to be capped at 10 people so if you are interested I recommend you get in now. Sign ups will close on July 7th and the group will start July 10th.

There is only 1 more week to sign up for this particular group.

In order to participate you must agree to checking your blood sugar regularly (more often if you are on medication) and if you take any medication for diabetes, you must check with your doctor before the course begins.

Feel free to message me with any questions you may have about this group coaching offer.

You can sign up with a one time payment here at my website at this page.

Jennifer

Do you have pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes?

Did you know that 86 million people in the USA have pre-diabetes, 1 in 3 adults, and of those 9 out of every 10 do not know. I’ll bet someone in your own extended family suffers from the disease. Have you wrestled with the thought that it might happen to you too if you don’t get things figured out soon?

I get it. I was there a year ago after watching my mother-in-law die from complications of diabetes. I was stressed and overweight and surprised to find that I had the classic blood sugar numbers for pre-diabetes. I purchased a blood sugar monitor and began to check my own sugar. I began to practice intermittent fasting and changed my diet to cut out many carbohydrates and increase the fat. Over the next six months I saw my blood sugars drop down to under 100 fasting most days. I lost 40 pounds and have kept the weight off. I am keeping the diabetes away and I feel great.

Because I am an R.N. with personal experience with pre-diabetes and diabetes, I can help you clearly understand your starting point by explaining your lab results. Are you already disagnosed as type 2 diabetic? Are you pre-diabetic? Insulin resistant? I’ll tell you exactly where you are now so that we have a clear path to follow based on YOUR exact physiology and blood sugar levels.

Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes are best friends. We correct one issue and we correct them both. As an R.N. and health coach, I am uniquely skilled to give you the tools, the plan, and the motivation for conquering them both. For good.

For my Balance Your Blood Sugar Program, here are some details:

What you will get:

6 video group coaching sessions, done live and recorded. These will be done from the comfort of your home or office. The first session is one hour, and the following sessions are 30 minutes each.

Email communication with Jennifer in between sessions for questions or additional support and a Facebook group for discussions and accountability.

Tools so you can impact pre-diabetes symptoms and diabetes symptoms and stabilize blood sugar, including menu plans.

For more info and to sign up you can go to this page.

Sign-up will close on Saturday June 30th and the program will begin on Tuesday July 3rd.

Jennifer

Do you eat microgreens?

I have a new post up at Purposeful Nutrition about the value of microgreens. Do you eat them? If so, what do you think about them?

Read all about them here.

Jennifer

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Jennifer

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