Dana Inzeo-Health Coach

10/26/2021

Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out. You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go!
— Randall Munroe

08/04/2021

Put new tools into your functional health toolbox. Tracy Harrison, from The School of Applied Functional Medicine™, is always so excited to share Facebook Live presentations full of POWERFUL PEARLS of functional medicine science with you.

06/26/2021

Sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ ᴡʜʏ...
Wʜʏ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀs ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴀɢɴᴇsɪᴜᴍ ɪɴsᴛᴇᴀᴅ ᴏғ sᴛᴏᴏʟ sᴏғᴛᴇɴᴇʀs? (ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴅᴇʜʏᴅʀᴀᴛᴇs ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴡᴇʟ)

Wʜʏ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀs ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅɪᴇᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ʙᴜʀɴ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴᴅɪɢᴇsᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴsᴛᴇᴀᴅ ᴏғ ɢɪᴠɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ Pʀɪʟᴏsᴇᴄ? (ᴛʜɪs ᴄᴀᴜsᴇs ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛʙᴜʀɴ, ᴄᴏʟᴏɴ ᴄᴀɴᴄᴇʀ & ᴏsᴛᴇᴏᴘᴏʀᴏsɪs ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇs ғᴏᴏᴅ ғᴇʀᴍᴇɴᴛɪɴɢ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴏᴅʏ)

Wʜʏ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀs ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇʀʙs ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴ ғᴏᴏᴅs ᴄᴀɴ ᴀʟsᴏ ʜᴇᴀʟ? 🌿 🌱

Wʜʏ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀs ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴛᴏxɪᴄ ᴄʜᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟs ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄᴏɴsᴛᴀɴᴛ ʜᴇᴀᴅᴀᴄʜᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟᴇʀɢɪᴇs? (ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ғʀᴀɢʀᴀɴᴄᴇ & ᴄʜᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟs ᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴛᴏxɪᴄ ʙᴜɪʟᴅᴜᴘ ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴇʟʟs ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇs ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴀʟʟᴇʀɢɪᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇᴀᴅᴀᴄʜᴇs)

Wʜʏ ᴀʀᴇɴ’ᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ɪɴғᴏʀᴍᴇᴅ ʙʏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇᴀᴛ ᴀ ɢʀᴀᴘᴇғʀᴜɪᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴅᴀʏ, ɪᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʟᴏᴡᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴘʀᴇssᴜʀᴇ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ɴᴇᴇᴅ 💊 ? (ᴛʜɪs ɪs ᴡʜʏ ᴀ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ᴄᴀɴ’ᴛ ᴇᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴏɴ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴘʀᴇssᴜʀᴇ ᴍᴇᴅs)

Wʜʏ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ’ᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀ ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴄʜᴀʀᴄᴏᴀʟ ғᴏʀ ʜᴇᴀᴅᴀᴄʜᴇs, ʙʟᴏᴀᴛɪɴɢ/ɢᴀs, sᴋɪɴ ɪssᴜᴇs, ᴄᴏʟᴅs, ғᴏᴏᴅ ᴘᴏɪsᴏɴɪɴɢ? (ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴄʜᴀʀᴄᴏᴀʟ ʙᴏɴᴅs ᴡᴀsᴛᴇ/ᴛᴏxɪɴs ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴍᴏᴠᴀʟ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴅʏ)

Wʜʏ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀs ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʜᴇʀʙs ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇʀʙᴀʟ ᴛᴇᴀs ᴛᴏ sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ɪᴍᴍᴜɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪɢᴇsᴛɪᴠᴇ ғᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴs? (ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ʜᴇʀʙs ʜᴇʟᴘ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴏʀɢᴀɴs ᴅᴏ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴊᴏʙs ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴅʏ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜʏ)

Wʜʏ ɪsɴ’ᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀ sᴜɢɢᴇsᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴘʀᴏʙɪᴏᴛɪᴄ ᴅᴀɪʟʏ? (ᴛʜɪs ʙᴏᴏsᴛ ɪᴍᴍᴜɴᴇ ғᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, ʜᴇʟᴘs ᴄʟᴇᴀɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴀʟᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴡᴇʟ, ʜᴇʟᴘs ʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴀʙsᴏʀᴘᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇʟɪᴍɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴋᴇᴇᴘs ᴄᴏʟᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟᴇʀɢɪᴇs ᴀᴛ ʙᴀʏ)

Wʜʏ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀs ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇ ᴅɪᴇᴛ/ʟɪғᴇsᴛʏʟᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴs ғᴏʀ ᴘᴀᴛɪᴇɴᴛs ɪɴsᴛᴇᴀᴅ ᴏғ ᴏғғᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴘɪʟʟs? (ᴅɪᴇᴛ & ʟɪғᴇsᴛʏʟᴇ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇs ᴀʀᴇ 90+% ᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴏғ ᴀʟʟ ɪʟʟɴᴇss)

Wʜʏ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀs ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ sᴜᴘᴘʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛs ᴛᴏ ʙᴏᴏsᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ ᴘʀɪᴏʀ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ sɪᴄᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʀᴇᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴅ ᴘɪʟʟs 💊 (sᴜᴘᴘʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛs/ʜᴇʀʙs/ᴛɪɴᴄᴛᴜʀᴇs ᴄᴀɴ ᴘʀᴇᴠᴇɴᴛ ɪʟʟɴᴇss ʙʏ ʙᴏᴏsᴛɪɴɢ ɪᴍᴍᴜɴᴇ ғᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛɪɴɢ ᴏʀɢᴀɴs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ғᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴs)?

Wʜʏ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀs ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴs sᴛᴏʀᴇᴅ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘʜʏsɪᴄᴀʟ ʙᴏᴅʏ ᴄᴀɴ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʟ ᴀɴɢᴜɪsʜ, ɪɴsᴛᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ sᴀʏ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ 💊(ᴇᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴs ᴄᴀɴ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴀ ᴠᴇʀʏ sɪɢɴɪғɪᴄᴀɴᴛ ʀᴏʟʟ ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ᴛᴏᴛᴀʟ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ, ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴛᴏᴏʟs ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʟᴘ ɴᴀᴠɪɢᴀᴛᴇ ᴏᴜʀ ᴇᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴs ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ᴇᴀsɪʟʏ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴘʜʏsɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ɪʟʟ)?

Wʜʏ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀs ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ʀᴇᴀʟ ʀᴏʟᴇ ɪɴ ʜᴇʟᴘɪɴɢ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ʟɪᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ʟɪᴠᴇs? Wʜʏ ᴅᴏ ᴛʜᴇʏ sᴇᴛ ᴜᴘ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴏᴄᴏʟs ᴏғ ᴘɪʟʟs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴏsᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ’ᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ? Wʜʏ ᴀʀᴇɴ’ᴛ ᴡᴇ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ʜᴇʟᴘᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜʏ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ᴡᴇ ɢᴇᴛ sɪᴄᴋ?

Tʜɪs ɴᴇᴇᴅs ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ!
Hᴇᴀʟɪɴɢ ɪs REAL, ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴏssɪʙʟᴇ!
Wᴇ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀʀᴇɴ’ᴛ ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ɪɴғᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴀᴜɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛʀᴜsᴛ!
Rᴇᴘᴏsᴛ ❤
Aɴᴏɴʏᴍᴏᴜs.

05/08/2021

Day 6 of 6 Daily Tips for Adding Healthy and
Whole Foods to Your Diet
Most importantly- don't be too rigid-and remember making small changes over time will make a HUGE difference and also make the changes easier to stick to.
Please share below what changes you have made, plan to make or have struggled to make- lets support each other through this process.

05/07/2021

Day 5 of 6 Daily Tips for Adding Healthy and
Whole Foods to Your Diet
Never leave the house without food especially if you plan to be gone more than 2 hours. Rememeber eating healthy food on a regular basis will help you avoid unhealthy choices. Create your own trail mix with your nuts, seeds, and raisins. Make your own granola bars or protein balls. Use snack sized bags to carry grapes, blueberries, or other fruits. Avoid pre-packaged snacks as they often have hidden sugars, chemicals and unwanted additives.

05/06/2021

Day 4 of 6 Daily Tips for Adding Healthy and
Whole Foods to Your Diet
Fill your pantry and fridge with healthy food choices that are ready to eat and go- snacks like nuts (raw- avoid honey roasted), seeds, grain free/gluten free crackers, fruit, cut up fresh veggies, hummus, organic nut butters. Having healthy food prepared, packaged and readily available makes choosing them accessible and easy to do! Watch out for hidden sugars. If you have questions about your snack choice please post below.

05/05/2021

Day 3 of 6 Daily Tips for Adding Healthy and
Whole Foods to Your Diet
When you eat meat it's best to choice organic, grass fed, grass finished and hormone free sources so you get the maximum nutrients without harmful antibiotics, hormones etc.

05/04/2021

Day 2 of 6 Daily Tips for Adding Healthy and Whole Foods to Your Diet
When you are having a craving for something sweet opt for a serving of fruit to satisfy your caving!

05/03/2021

Welcome to Day 1 of 6 Daily Tips of How to Put More Whole and Healthy Food into Your Diet!!
EAT VEGETABLES AT MOST MEALS- Think salads, side dishes, soups or adding them to your eggs, wraps, or sandwhich.
Most Americans have grown up on processed foods- I know I did! So as I said yesterday- change is a process best approached by make only 1 or 2 small changes at a time. So at the end of this week- pick 1 or 2 of these tips I will share with you and implement them into your daily routine. Please post and share with others how you are doing this- Nothing better than allowing all of us to celebrate each win with your along the way!

05/02/2021

STOP DOING THAT....have you ever said that to yourself after you engaged in some habitual behavior you hate but struggle to change? Clearly I cannot magically empower you to change some unsavory habits simply through one post- but I can get you to stop and think in a different way about how to approach the task of creating new habits. First, I want you to stop saying I need to break my BAD habits. Using the word bad denotes you are bad- you are weak- you are less than valuable. Second, think of a behavior or habit you often say you "should" be doing instead. NOW- fill in the blanks- I love and care for my health and vitality so I will gift myself the grace to ____________( insert a desirable habit) instead of __________________________ (insert the undesirable habit).
Example: I love and care for my health and vitality so I will gift myself the grace to drink water instead of sweet tea.
The trick here is to pick one or two small changes to work on consistently for at minimum 3 weeks or until this new habit feels natural, easy and automatic. Then move onto another one.
This week I am going to focus on 6 of these small changes you can implement overtime in order to add more healthy and whole food to your diet. So stay tuned and make a committment to a movement toward creating new amazing habits in your daily routine!

04/30/2021

Spring has finally sprung- and this is perfect for todays Key Tenet for Health and Vitality: Get Fresh Air. Everyday!
Yes, even if it’s cold. Or rainy. Indoor air can become quite toxic due to outgassing from textiles and chemicals and building materials. This is especially true during the cold months. And in our own homes! Even if it’s just a short 4-minute walk around the block or out to the edge of the parking lot and back: it’s So much better than no fresh air at all. While you’re outdoors, leave your phone indoors. Use the opportunity to shift your visual focus to the horizon. See and appreciate nature. Take some deep, cleansing belly breaths. Allow the exhales to be long and slow. Stand or sit up straight, no phone glued to your hand. Connect with and activate your parasympathetic nervous system mode that allows digestion, relaxation, healing, fertility, and ease.

04/29/2021

Crap Food is one of the top three upstream causes of disease. Trying to know what one should eat has become both quite confusing, contradictory and challenging- but in all honesty it is quite simple...
Eat Real Food, not “edible food-like substances” (M. Pollan). You wouldn’t buy crap gasoline for your car just because it was cheap and convenient. So why do we try to fuel our magnificent bodies with crap food? At least 90% of the time, choose to eat exclusively foods you enjoy and that your great grandmother could have eaten when she was growing up. Whole, natural unrefined foods, and beverages. These are things that our great-grandmother would have recognized as “food”: Vegetables, Proteins, Fruits, Legumes, Nuts/Seeds.

The huge array of chemical flavorings, preservatives, colors, sweeteners, texture agents, hormones, toxins, and cheap ingredients in other food is Not fueling your body to heal or be at its Best (think energy, mental clarity, pain-free, clear skin, smooth digestion, good s*x drive, resilient good mood). This isn’t just pretty language for a headline; it’s biochemical truth.

Ideally chosing foods from sustainable and organic sources is BEST. Food truly is medicine- our bodies do not store most nutrients- however, our bodies cannot function effectively without the right vitamins and minerals- so we must injest them either through wholesome foods or wholesome supplements. One thing I know for sure is processed foods with fancy labels making false nutrition claims is NOT providing your body with the proper nutrients- today's tip is to Eat Real Food!

04/28/2021

Do you know what is the largest organ of the body...
YES! Your Skin.... I want you to visualize your skin as one Big Mouth. Stop feeding it crap. Seriously, whatever you slather on your skin can go right into the systemic circulation. We really shouldn’t put anything on our skin that we wouldn’t be willing to put into our mouths as least from a toxicity standpoint. Chew on that for a moment… Starting over again on choosing your beauty and personal hygiene products with this truth in mind can make a dramatic impact on your health deep inside.
Toxicity is one of the main uproot causes of dis-ease-This includes the products we use for personal hygeine. There is an app called ThinkDirty- for fun download the app and search the products you are currently using- what you learn just may shock you....

04/27/2021

When was the last time you truly PLAYED?
Today's tenet for Health and Vitality is PLAY and along with PLAY comes JOY and LAUGHTER...Seriously. So many of us behave as though there is a large prize at the end of life rewarding us for working as many hours as possible and checking off as many things as we can from our ubiquitous work to-do lists. Well, guess what? There’s not! Just perhaps instead some regrets and missed opportunities.

What if we had a daily play to-do list? That we treated as More important than the work one? Savor life. Laugh. Play. Relax. Have fun. Don’t let your rejuvenating activities end up just being an hour or two of mindless TV each night. We were all five years old at one time. Revive what is Fun for you now. Allow time for it. Make time for it.

04/26/2021

SLEEP....there is NO getting around this one. Chronically sleep impaired people cannot live vibrant, energetic lives.
Sleep is a funny thing- we may think we are getting "enough" sleep, however, the quality of that sleep may be lacking.
Have you ever heard of "Sleep Hygiene"? YES- there are ways to alter your behaviors and your environment to promote optimal sleep.
A few key components of sleep hygiene include
1. Ditch the phone or TV or computer for a quieter, more relaxing activity minus that harmful, stimulating blue light- read a book, meditiate, pray, listen to calming music, take a bath, cuddle with your pet... you get the idea. Engage in these activities about 1-2 hours before bed- this will limit the exposure to electronics and avoid you engaging in stressful activites like answering work emails or engaging in emotional discussions just before bed.
2. Be mindful of avoiding caffeine after 2pm and best to stop eating 2-3 hours before bedtime.
3. Listen to your body- Go to be when your unique body feels sleepy- even if that is at 8:30pm. Research has shown that the key hours of sleep occur prior to Midnight.
You should be ready to wake and typically wake before your alarm goes off 90% of the time. This is a sign your body is getting what it needs.
4. Your activity level during the day also impacts your sleep. Sleep is dependent on how much your body feels it needs to recover- It is so important to move your body during the day, get sunlight and fresh air- even when it is cold or inclement weather. Our body needs to be challenged in a way that feels appropriate in order for it to desire the rest needed to repair and recover.

04/25/2021

Very interesting article on recent research on the connection between sugar, high fructose corn syrup and liver disease.

The biochemistry of fructose metabolism doesn't activate insulin, and therefore it might not be as big of a health threat. Right? Let’s look at the science.

04/25/2021

DO YOU FEEL YOU ARE HEALTHY? How would you answer this question? If you are not suffering from a "disease" I believe most of you would shout a resounding YES!
Allow me to challenge your thought of healthy- Do you believe that health is simply the absense of disease?
Now using that definition- do you still think you are healthy or are there aspects of your lifestyle that could be improved?
It is time for us to take personal control over our health- it is time for us to focus on Creating Health-Proactively and Sustainably.
Follow along with me as I delve into the key lifestyle choices which can have a dramatic biochemical impact on creating health, restoring health and repelling disease...

04/23/2021

Functional WHAT???? Have you ever heard of Functional Medicine?? According to Dr. Mark Hyman, a well respected and world renowned Functional Medicine MD- Functional Medicine is a Science- based, personalized healthcare approach that assesses and treats underlying causes of illness through individually-tailored therapies to restore and improve function.
Many people have the misconception that those who believe in this approach of treating illness are anti-medicine. That is not true at all! Modern medicine is essential- especially for treating acute illness- life-threatening injuries or events. We could not survive without hospitals and emergencies rooms and the countless people that work tirelessly everyday to both save and preserve life.
I will argue, however, from both a professional and a personal perspective that modern medicine is less stellar in helping people who are suffering from chronic disease or helping people ward off disease. Very often the "pill for the ill" dynamic leaves people still feeling unwell, lacking vitality, believing they have no control over their health and often feeling let down by the medical system.
There is a need for a beautiful dance between Conventional Medicine and Functional Medicine- which includes appreciating the power of food, stress management, and reducing toxins- to achieve vitality.
If this interests you- I encourage you to read "The Disease Delusion" by Dr. Jeffrey Bland.
If we learned anything this past year- it is that without health we have nothing and we cannot leave the power of our health in the hands of fate!