Tend + Thrive

15/07/2025

🌱✨ Want steadier energy and better blood sugar control? It’s all about the order you eat your food!

Here’s the simple science:
🥦 Fiber & veggies first → slows down digestion.
🍗 Protein & fats next → keep you full & stabilize sugar.
🍚 Carbs & sweets last → so glucose enters your blood more slowly.

When you eat this way, you help your body:
✅ Avoid big blood sugar spikes & crashes
✅ Use insulin more effectively
✅ Stay full and energized longer

💡 Example:
Salad 🥗 → Chicken 🍗 → Rice 🍚 → Cookie 🍪

Your plate doesn’t have to change — just the order you eat it. Simple, powerful, and delicious!

12/07/2025

Kate fixed us some hormone-boosting dark chocolate bark today that included gogi berries, dried blueberries and nuts Almost too pretty to eat, but we managed 🙂.

11/07/2025

🌞 Morning light does more than wake you up — it actually triggers powerful changes in your brain and body. When natural light enters your eyes in the morning, it signals your brain to produce more serotonin, a neurotransmitter that boosts mood, focus, and calm. It also helps set your internal clock so melatonin (your sleep hormone) rises at night when you need it. Just 10–30 minutes of natural light in the first couple of hours after waking can improve your energy, mental clarity, and sleep — all by harnessing your body’s natural rhythms.

10/07/2025

🌸 Your body was designed with wisdom — it knows what it needs to thrive. When you’re tired, craving certain foods, or feeling off-balance, it may be your hormones asking for support. Healthy progesterone is key for calm moods, good sleep, and a regular cycle.🌸

08/07/2025

🌱 Your liver keeps your body clean and balanced, but it needs the right fuel to thrive.

🥗 Focus on nourishing foods like greens, citrus, and healthy fats — not on piling on supplements, which can strain your liver.

✨ Food and lifestyle first — your liver will thank you!

26/06/2025

Dr. Shulman, from Yale School of Medicine. Reversing insulin resistance with nutrition and lifestyle changes is completely possible!

https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/can-type-2-diabetes-be-reversed/

25/06/2025

Did you know that chocolate and starches can help build progesterone? That might explain your cravings! 😉 Instead of working against your body, learn what foods balance and nourish, and find foods that are good alternatives when you want to eat everything in sight. ❤️

If you are a man or menopausal woman, you also need nourishment from your food! It just won't look like this. 😊

19/06/2025

I started delving deep into this training after going to doctors and even naturopaths who didn't have the information I needed to make lasting lifestyle changes in nutrition, sleep, exercise, and stress. Digging into Dr Pelz's training gave me increased awareness and understanding of how food and lifestyle radically effect every part of our body!

14/06/2025

The Power of 10 Minutes
What a Daily Walk Can Do for Your Health 🌿

✨ Boosts your mood & reduces anxiety
💓 Lowers blood pressure
🍎 Supports healthy blood sugar levels
🚶‍♀️ Eases joint pain and stiffness
🧠 Improves focus and mental clarity
🛡 Strengthens the immune system
🌙 Encourages better sleep
📆 Builds long-term healthy habits

Start small. Stay consistent. Your body will thank you!

– tend + thrive

12/06/2025

11/06/2025

Don’t underestimate the glow of the setting sun!

Just a few minutes of evening light can:

*Trigger your body to make melatonin and help you sleep better (this is particular to sunset light)
*Lower cortisol and reduce stress
*Reset your body clock for better rhythms
*Boost mood, awe, and emotional peace

Step outside, breathe it in, and let your body unwind in God’s beautiful sky ❤️
— tend + thrive

06/06/2025

I have loved seeing how the science of our bodies points to all the kind provisions our Creator has given us!

When we worry or feel anxious a lot, our bodies produce too much cortisol—the stress hormone. While cortisol helps us handle stress in the short term, having too much for too long can cause problems like feeling tired, anxious, and unbalanced.

Trusting God isn’t just good for our souls—it’s also good for our bodies! This is always where I start when looking at hormone imbalances (in myself as well!). Until you deal with the desire for control, being the victim, anxiety about life, and unforgiveness towards others, there is no reason to move on to other (lesser) things 😉. I know we all want a quick fix, but fixing these things is a better fix. ❤️