by Kristi Perry Brown | Nutrition, Self-Care
I was a month into my first nutrition course and we were given the Blood Sugar Challenge. It was a 14-day protocol to help stabilize blood sugar levels and it was a bit of an elimination challenge as well. We were asked to go through the challenge just to know what it...
by Kristi Perry Brown | Nutrition, Self-Care
It was summer, we were staying in a little condo and taking a long weekend away as a family. Just a few days before I had done a blood draw for food sensitivities and was nervously awaiting the results. I checked my email and found the lab results had come in. I was...
by Kristi Perry Brown | Detox, Digestion, Nutrition, Self-Care
PMS. It’s just a normal part of the deal, right? Cramping. Acne. Mood Swings. Well, not so fast. PMS is a demonstration that you aren’t eliminating your hormones effectively. Instead, your hormones are getting pushed out through your skin, your moods and those...
by Kristi Perry Brown | Nutrition, Self-Care
I have a love-hate relationship with meal planning. No, scratch that, maybe I don’t hate meal planning. It’s gotten easier. But here’s the thing, I completely and utterly loathe not having a dinner plan in place come 5pm on any given day. So, because of that, I meal...
by Kristi Perry Brown | Nutrition, Self-Care, Skin
With Cold and Flu season here, there are many go-to remedies and nutrients we think of to get us through such as vitamin C, elderberry syrup, ginger lemon tea and lots of probiotics, right?! But there is one nutrient I bet you aren’t thinking of. Vitamin A...
by Kristi Perry Brown | Self-Care, Sugar
Both kids have had birthdays recently and add in the Valentine’s Day holiday, well, let’s just say there has been a fair amount of sugar in the house. Even if I am using maple syrup or honey or some other form of unrefined sweetener, let’s face...