Loving Life Nutritional Therapy

02/04/2025

Defrosting the chest freezer = great time to make chicken bone broth.

01/24/2025

10/07/2024

The FDA is soliciting public comment on food additives.
--Red Dye No. 3 is linked to cancer and found in more than 3,500 foods, but for more than 30 years, the FDA has failed to take action.

--BHA is a known carcinogen commonly used in preserved meats.

--The FDA has known since the 1960s that PFAS chemicals are linked to cancer but still allows their use in food packaging.

Please take a few minutes to respond.

09/27/2024

"Following the guidelines, Americans have increased grain calories by 28 percent since 1970, while reducing red meat intake equally. Butter and egg consumption dropped as vegetable oil use surged 87 percent. We’ve engineered a dietary disaster, swapping wholesome, satiating foods for processed carbohydrates that leave us hungry and sick. These are the “unintended consequences” we were warned about."

The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has been found to lack scientific rigor and transparency, leading to guidelines that drive chronic diseases in America, and the proposed farm bill reforms …

01/21/2024

Regulatory corporate capture at work…

10/16/2022

There are a number of databases anyone can access to determine the nutrition information on a particular type of food. However, none of them take bioavailability, the degree in which our bodies can access and incorporate those nutrients, into consideration. A new study published March 2022 does that for the top essential nutrients necessary for our health. Worth reading, understanding, and incorporating.

BackgroundDespite concerted efforts to improve diet quality and reduce malnutrition, micronutrient deficiencies remain widespread globally, especially in low- and middle-income countries and among population groups with increased needs, where diets are often inadequate in iron, zinc, folate, vitamin...

04/07/2021

Chronic illness is not caused by a deficiency in man-made chemicals.

01/04/2021

09/17/2020

Is there any nutritional benefit of soaked or sprouted nuts and seeds over raw varieties?  To best understand the answer to that question, consider the purpose of most nuts and seeds (grains are seeds, too): they exist to grow into new plants of their specific species.  The fuel for this initial growth is the minerals bound up in the seed or nut by phytates.  While this is good news for the plant, it’s bad news for us.  We lack the enzyme necessary to digest phytates, so the minerals in the nuts and seeds are not able to be absorbed.  Phytates also affect the absorption of minerals in a meal eaten with raw nuts or seeds that contain them.  For this reason, phytates are referred to as anti-nutrients.

Minerals are essential nutrients.  We cannot make them, so we need them from our food.  Minerals have a variety of important functions in our bodies.  They facilitate enzyme reactions and the transfer of nutrients across cell membranes, help maintain pH balance in the body and proper nerve conduction, contract and relax muscles, regulate tissue growth, and provide structural and functional support.

Additionally, every endocrine gland has a specific mineral on which is it particularly dependent.  Lack the mineral and the function of that gland suffers.
 
Lastly, and of particular interest at this point in time, the white blood cells of our innate and adaptive immune system require adequate zinc. In order to have a robust defense against pathogens, we need to not only eat foods containing zinc, but absorb it.
 
The good news is that you do not have to eliminate nuts and seeds from your diet in order to avoid phytates.  Phytates degrade when the nuts and seeds are sprouted or soaked, making them both easier to digest and the minerals more bioavailable. Soaking and sprouting are traditional methods of food preparation that have been lost in our industrialized food system.  However, products like those in the photo are now more readily available. Additionally, you can soak or sprout at home.  If you would like a copy of the “Soaking and Sprouting Guide”, please request one from me through the contact form at  https://lovinglifenutritionaltherapy.com/contact/

08/25/2020

You may know what foods will give your teens the stamina and clear thinking needed for a busy school day, but do they? Registered Dietician Ali Miiler and Integrative Dietician Becki Yoo's latest 2 episodes of the Naturally Nourished podcast are for teens. Described as a 101 level approach, they cover whole food, blood sugar regulation, fueling the student athlete, and more. It's all about empowering our kids to make smart food choices for a lifetime of health. I hope you can listen to it with your teens today. https://www.naturallynourishedrd.com/podcast/naturally-nourished-episode-202-why-food-matters-blood-sugar-balance-and-creating-healthy-habits-for-teens-and-tweens/