by Kristi Perry Brown | Nutrition, Self-Care
In our quest for health, we sometimes quickly jump into the next health food craze: Low fat! No fat! Low-carb! Vegetarian! Vegan! Gluten-free! Paleo! The information can be confusing at best. But, at the end of the day, we have some basic needs that we...
by Kristi Perry Brown | Digestion, Self-Care
Digestion in some ways is very simple — food goes in, works its way south and then the leftovers come out. Most often, we never go much deeper than this basic understanding of the digestion process. Did you ever imagine that digestion begins not in the...
by Kristi Perry Brown | Self-Care
Here in Alaska, we have a rather long stretch of time before we can eat ANY fresh, local produce. To still get that power-punch of nutrition, we have to think a little creatively. When I teach group nutrition classes I always hear about the quality of produce and...
by Kristi Perry Brown | Nutrition, Self-Care, Sugar
This week started strong, I was feeling great, happy and loads of energy. But, then I started to get some low blood sugar moments, dizzy spells, I was low on energy and was feeling sleepy. It left me frustrated. Was this too low-carb for me? What happened? Is...
by Kristi Perry Brown | Self-Care, Sugar
Photo by zirconicussoThis January I decided it was high-time to commit to the full sugar detox. Honestly, the first time I did a form of this detox, I completely crashed and burned. Since then, I have been conveniently using pregnancy and nursing as excuses to not...
by Kristi Perry Brown | Self-Care, Sugar
With the holidays upon us and Christmas parties a-plenty, what are you to do to still enjoy all the festivities, but not completely undo the hard work you have put into making a strong, happy, healthy you the other 11 months of the year? Arm yourself with some...
