by Joanne Parker | Jul 9, 2017 | General Health, healthy eating, Nourish, Nutrition, Uncategorized, Wellness
Not everyone should be taking digestive enzyme supplements; and not all of them are created equal. As a practitioner, I find that many people with digestive issues want to jump straight into using a supplement. And many times I would rather try other...
by Joanne Parker | Jul 2, 2017 | healthy eating, menopause, Nutrition, Recipes
Makes 12 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 red pepper (diced) 2 cups baby spinach (chopped) 1 cup mushrooms (chopped) 2 cloves garlic (minced) 6 eggs 1 tablespoon flax/linseed (ground) Preheat oven to 180C. Grease or line a 12 serving muffin tin. Heat a...
by Joanne Parker | Jul 2, 2017 | General Health, healthy eating, menopause, Metabolism, Nourish, Nutrition, Thrive, weight loss, Wellness
During menopause women tend to gain weight. While this isn’t great it’s pretty common and there are many reasons why. Two reasons why women gain weight during menopause… Reason #1 Reduced muscle mass. Muscle mass uses energy (burns calories) so...
by Joanne Parker | Jun 26, 2017 | General Health, menopause, Nourish, Thrive, Wellness
Do you get hot flashes? Are they mostly at night? Do they set the bed on fire (but not in that way)? Let’s get you some solutions! Before we do that, just some quick info on why hot flashes occur so we can try to effect the root cause of these...
by Joanne Parker | Jun 6, 2017 | General Health, menopause, Metabolism, Nourish, Sleep, Thrive, weight loss, Wellness
You are positive that you’re not eating more food or “junkier” food but you’re still gaining weight. Is this possible? Yes! You are NOT crazy! And here’s why. We both know that the whole “calories in, calories out” argument is an overly simplistic...