Awaken Functional Medicine

Awaken Functional Medicine We are a wellness clinic in Northwest Florida specializing in functional & anti-aging medicine.

๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป...
11/14/2025

๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.
๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป.

๐“ฃ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐“ด๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“ผ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ฏ๐“ฝ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“น๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ซ๐“ต๐“ฎ.

๐–ธ๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—‹ ๐–ป๐—ˆ๐–ฝ๐—’ ๐—†๐–บ๐—’ ๐–ป๐–พ ๐—Œ๐—๐—Ž๐–ผ๐—„ ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐—Œ๐—๐—‹๐–พ๐—Œ๐—Œ ๐—†๐—ˆ๐–ฝ๐–พ ๐—ˆ๐—‹ ๐—Œ๐—‚๐—†๐—‰๐—…๐—’ ๐—‹๐—Ž๐—‡๐—‡๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐–พ๐—†๐—‰๐—๐—’. ๐–ถ๐–พ ๐—๐–พ๐—…๐—‰ ๐—’๐—ˆ๐—Ž ๐—Ž๐—‡๐–ผ๐—ˆ๐—๐–พ๐—‹ ๐—๐—๐—’, ๐—Œ๐—ˆ ๐—’๐—ˆ๐—Ž ๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‡ ๐—Œ๐—๐–บ๐—‹๐— ๐—‹๐–พ๐–ป๐—Ž๐—‚๐—…๐–ฝ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐—’๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—‹ ๐–พ๐—‡๐–พ๐—‹๐—€๐—’ ๐–ฟ๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—† ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—‚๐—‡๐—Œ๐—‚๐–ฝ๐–พ ๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—.

๐Ÿ“… ๐–ก๐—ˆ๐—ˆ๐—„ ๐–บ ๐—Œ๐—๐—‹๐–บ๐—๐–พ๐—€๐—’ ๐—Œ๐–พ๐—Œ๐—Œ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐—…๐–พ๐—โ€™๐—Œ ๐—๐–บ๐—…๐—„ ๐–บ๐–ป๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐— ๐—๐—๐–บ๐—โ€™๐—Œ ๐—‡๐–พ๐—‘๐— ๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹ ๐—’๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—‹ ๐—๐–พ๐–บ๐—…๐—๐—.

๐™ธ๐š ๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š‹๐š˜๐š๐šข ๐š๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š•๐šœ ๐š•๐š’๐š”๐šŽ ๐š’๐šโ€™๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š•๐š ๐šŠ๐šข๐šœ โ€œ๐š˜๐š—,โ€ ๐š•๐š’๐š”๐šŽ ๐šข๐š˜๐šžโ€™๐š›๐šŽ ๐š›๐šž๐š—๐š—๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š– ๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š—๐šŽ๐šก๐š ๐š‹๐šž๐š ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š—โ€™๐š ๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š๐šž๐šŠ๐š•๐š•๐šข ๐š›๐šŽ๐šœ๐šโ€ฆ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š—...
11/13/2025

๐™ธ๐š ๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š‹๐š˜๐š๐šข ๐š๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š•๐šœ ๐š•๐š’๐š”๐šŽ ๐š’๐šโ€™๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š•๐š ๐šŠ๐šข๐šœ โ€œ๐š˜๐š—,โ€ ๐š•๐š’๐š”๐šŽ ๐šข๐š˜๐šžโ€™๐š›๐šŽ ๐š›๐šž๐š—๐š—๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š– ๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š—๐šŽ๐šก๐š ๐š‹๐šž๐š ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š—โ€™๐š ๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š๐šž๐šŠ๐š•๐š•๐šข ๐š›๐šŽ๐šœ๐šโ€ฆ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š—๐šŽ๐š›๐šŸ๐š˜๐šž๐šœ ๐šœ๐šข๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š– ๐š–๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š๐šž๐šŒ๐š” ๐š’๐š— ๐šœ๐šž๐š›๐šŸ๐š’๐šŸ๐šŠ๐š• ๐š–๐š˜๐š๐šŽ. ๐™ฐ๐š•๐šœ๐š˜ ๐š”๐š—๐š˜๐š ๐š— ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐šŠ ๐š๐šข๐šœ๐š›๐šŽ๐š๐šž๐š•๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐šœ๐š๐š›๐šŽ๐šœ๐šœ ๐š›๐šŽ๐šœ๐š™๐š˜๐š—๐šœ๐šŽ, ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐šœ๐š๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š— ๐š‹๐šŽ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ ๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š‹๐š˜๐š๐šขโ€™๐šœ ๐š๐šŽ๐š๐šŠ๐šž๐š•๐š ๐šŠ๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š˜๐š˜ ๐š–๐šž๐šŒ๐š‘ ๐š™๐š›๐šŽ๐šœ๐šœ๐šž๐š›๐šŽ, ๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐šž๐š–๐šŠ, ๐š˜๐š› ๐šŒ๐š‘๐š›๐š˜๐š—๐š’๐šŒ ๐š’๐š—๐š๐š•๐šŠ๐š–๐š–๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š—.

๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’๐’” ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’”๐’š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’Ž ๐’Š๐’” ๐’”๐’•๐’–๐’„๐’Œ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•-๐’๐’“-๐’‡๐’๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•:
๐Ÿ˜ฌ You feel wired but tired
๐Ÿ’ค Sleep is light, broken, or unrefreshing
๐Ÿซ You hold your breath or breathe shallowly
๐ŸŒ€ Small stressors feel overwhelming
๐Ÿฅด Your body is tense, even at rest

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ? ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ, and it doesnโ€™t take hours a day. Start with nervous system resets (like breathwork or Vagus nerve stimulation), consistent meals, hydration, sleep, and gentle movement that calms, not taxes, your system.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป.

Sugar cravings arenโ€™t just about willpower, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎโ€™๐™ง๐™š ๐™ค๐™›๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™—๐™ค๐™™๐™ฎโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™–๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ.๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ...
11/10/2025

Sugar cravings arenโ€™t just about willpower, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎโ€™๐™ง๐™š ๐™ค๐™›๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™—๐™ค๐™™๐™ฎโ€™๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™–๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฉโ€™๐™จ ๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ.

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ:
โš ๏ธ Blood sugar crashes (after a carb-heavy meal or snack)
โš ๏ธ Poor sleep or chronic stress
โš ๏ธ Low magnesium or chromium
โš ๏ธ Not eating enough protein or healthy fat

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€, ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต:
๐Ÿณ Protein-rich meals (especially at breakfast)
๐Ÿฅ‘ Healthy fats to keep you full
๐Ÿฅฆ Magnesium-rich foods like leafy greens, seeds, and legumes

๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. When you support your bodyโ€™s needs, they often quiet down on their own.

Youโ€™ve cleaned up your diet. Youโ€™re taking the supplements. Youโ€™re trying to sleep more, stress less, and move your body...
11/09/2025

Youโ€™ve cleaned up your diet. Youโ€™re taking the supplements. Youโ€™re trying to sleep more, stress less, and move your body.

But youโ€™re still exhausted. Your gut still feels off. Your mood still dips. Something isnโ€™t clicking, and itโ€™s frustrating.

๐“—๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ทโ€™๐“ฝ ๐“ช๐“ซ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฝ ๐“ฝ๐“ป๐”‚๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ป. ๐“˜๐“ฝโ€™๐“ผ ๐“ช๐“ซ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฝ ๐“ฐ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ฝ.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜. We look at your history and your symptoms. ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป.

๐Ÿ“… ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ? ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ. Schedule a strategy session today!

This Easy Fall Sheet Pan Dinner is so good that youโ€™ll want to make it all year long!๐—œ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€For the Marinade1/4 cup ...
11/06/2025

This Easy Fall Sheet Pan Dinner is so good that youโ€™ll want to make it all year long!

๐—œ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€
For the Marinade
1/4 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon sweet paprika
2 teaspoons fresh thyme
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ & ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€
1 pound chicken apple sausage (5 links), sliced into rounds
1 pound sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
1 small to medium red onion, diced into large chunks
16 oz brussel sprouts, halved
5 cloves garlic, minced
chopped parsley and green onion, for serving

I๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Make the marinade: Whisk together all of the marinade ingredients until well combined.
Add the sausage, sweet potatoes, red onion, Brussels sprouts, and garlic to a large mixing bowl. Pour the marinade over the sausage and veggies and then toss until well combined.
Transfer the sausage and veggies onto a large sheet pan lined with parchment paper and arrange in a single layer, making sure the Brussels sprouts are cut side down.
Bake the chicken sausage and veggies for 25-30 minutes or until the potatoes are tender, tossing halfway through.
Remove the sheet pan from the oven and sprinkle a bit of parsley and green onion over top.
Serve immediately and enjoy!

Recipe adapted from: https://allthehealthythings.com/fall-sheet-pan-dinner

A new CDC report confirmed that over 55% of the average Americanโ€™s calories now come from ultra-processed foods. ๐—จ๐—น๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ-๐—ฝ...
11/02/2025

A new CDC report confirmed that over 55% of the average Americanโ€™s calories now come from ultra-processed foods. ๐—จ๐—น๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ-๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ-๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€, ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€:
๐Ÿ”ธ These foods disrupt your gut microbiome.
๐Ÿ”ธ They drive chronic inflammation.
๐Ÿ”ธ They spike blood sugar and promote insulin resistance.
๐Ÿ”ธ They make it harder to feel full and more likely to overeat.

๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ-๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ:
โœ… Cook a big batch of real food staples each week
โœ… Choose unsweetened, plain versions (yogurt, nut butters, milks)
โœ… Replace packaged snacks with whole food ones (nuts, hard-boiled eggs, fruit + nut butter)

Switching to whole foods can make a huge change in your overall health. Learn more by booking a strategy session today.

๐ป๐’ถ๐“๐“๐‘œ๐“Œ๐‘’๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐’น๐‘œ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ƒโ€™๐“‰ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‹๐‘’ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐“‡๐‘œ๐“Œ ๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐‘œ๐’ป๐’ป ๐“‰๐“‡๐’ถ๐’ธ๐“€.๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต:๐Ÿฝ๏ธ ๐™€๐™–๐™ฉ...
10/31/2025

๐ป๐’ถ๐“๐“๐‘œ๐“Œ๐‘’๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐’น๐‘œ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ƒโ€™๐“‰ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‹๐‘’ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐“‡๐‘œ๐“Œ ๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐’ถ๐“๐“‰๐’ฝ ๐‘œ๐’ป๐’ป ๐“‰๐“‡๐’ถ๐’ธ๐“€.
๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต:
๐Ÿฝ๏ธ ๐™€๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™ข๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ. A protein-rich dinner can help curb sugar cravings and prevent that post-candy energy dip.
๐Ÿซ ๐˜พ๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™™. Dark chocolate, nut-based bars, or smaller portions can satisfy without the blood sugar rollercoaster.
๐Ÿ˜ด ๐™’๐™–๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š-๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™œ๐™–๐™ง. Too much candy (and screen time) before bed can mess with your sleep, especially for kids!

๐Ÿ“Craving sweets 24/7? Constantly reaching for snacks? โ€‹๐Ÿ‡พโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ดโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡บโ€‹โ€™โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ทโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ชโ€‹ โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ดโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡นโ€‹ โ€‹๐Ÿ‡บโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฉโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡จโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ตโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฑโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ชโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฉโ€‹...
10/31/2025

๐Ÿ“Craving sweets 24/7? Constantly reaching for snacks? โ€‹๐Ÿ‡พโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ดโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡บโ€‹โ€™โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ทโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ชโ€‹ โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ดโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡นโ€‹ โ€‹๐Ÿ‡บโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฉโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡จโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ตโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฑโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ชโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฉโ€‹. โ€‹๐Ÿ‡พโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ดโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡บโ€‹โ€™โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ทโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ชโ€‹ โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฐโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ชโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฑโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡พโ€‹ โ€‹๐Ÿ‡บโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ณโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฉโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ชโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ทโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ซโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ชโ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฉโ€‹. Especially on protein. When you skip protein at breakfast or snack on carbs all day, your blood sugar crashes, and your body sends you an ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ฆ in the form of cravings.

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ฅ:
๐Ÿ”น Balances blood sugar so you donโ€™t crash and binge
๐Ÿ”น Helps you feel full + stable longer
๐Ÿ”น Provides amino acids that support neurotransmitters (aka mood, focus, motivation)
๐Ÿ”น Reduces the โ€œstressโ€ signal that triggers emotional eating

Aiming for 25โ€“30g of protein at each meal can be a game changer.๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ’ช

๐—ช๐—ฒโ€™๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜โ€ฆ๐Ÿฅฃ Ate 100-calorie snacks thinking it was โ€œportion controlโ€๐Ÿ’ฆ Drank lemon water and called it hydration๐Ÿ‹...
10/29/2025

๐—ช๐—ฒโ€™๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜โ€ฆ
๐Ÿฅฃ Ate 100-calorie snacks thinking it was โ€œportion controlโ€
๐Ÿ’ฆ Drank lemon water and called it hydration
๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ Did HIIT 6x/week thinking more sweat = better results
๐Ÿฅ— Lived on salads and wondered why we were exhausted

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑโ€ฆ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ?

๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ฎ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น isnโ€™t just cozy, itโ€™s packed with real nutrition. Itโ€™s naturally sweetened, easy to prep ahea...
10/27/2025

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ฎ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น isnโ€™t just cozy, itโ€™s packed with real nutrition. Itโ€™s naturally sweetened, easy to prep ahead, and supports everything from digestion to hormone balance.

๐—œ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€
olive oil or avocado oil , for greasing
2 cups rolled oats, use certified gluten free if needed
2 teaspoons pumpkin spice
1 teaspoon baking powder
ยผ teaspoon salt
1 cup pure pumpkin puree
1 ยผ cup milk of choice
2 large eggs, can sub flax eggs to make egg-free
2 teaspoons vanilla
โ…“ cup maple syrup or honey
dark chocolate chips, nuts, raisins or topping of choice, optional

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease an 8ร—8 baking dish with oil.
In a medium bowl, combine oats, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and salt. Mix to combine.
Add pumpkin puree, milk, eggs, vanilla, and maple syrup/honey to bowl. Stir to combine.
Spread into the prepared baking dish. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Oatmeal is done baking when it is puffed up on the edges, set in the middle and top is golden.
Let cool for 5 minutes before slicing. It will be soft at first but will firm up as it cools. Enjoy warm topped with yogurt, a splash of milk, a drizzle of honey or maple syrup, fruit, whipped cream or simply on its own. Let cool completely and store in an air-tight container fridge for up to 4 days.

Recipe adapted from: https://thenaturalnurturer.com/pumpkin-baked-oatmeal/

๐Ÿฆด๐๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ. It starts earlier and ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ.๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ:...
10/24/2025

๐Ÿฆด๐๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ. It starts earlier and ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ.

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ:
๐Ÿ”ป Estrogen helps protect and maintain bone density
๐Ÿ”ป As estrogen declines (even in your late 30s), bone loss accelerates
๐Ÿ”ป This can lead to silent conditions like osteopenia or osteoporosis, even before menopause hits

๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต:
โ€ข Frequent joint pain๐Ÿฆต
โ€ข Height loss๐Ÿ˜ฌ
โ€ข Early dental issues๐Ÿฆท
โ€ข Family history of fractures๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ง

๐——๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€. We can look at your hormones, gut health, and inflammation to build strong bones before they break!

If your joints ache and your sleep is shallow, ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ก๐™–๐™ข๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™š ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ.๐Ÿ˜•๐Ÿ’Try sipping 1โ€“2 oz of tart ...
10/23/2025

If your joints ache and your sleep is shallow, ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ก๐™–๐™ข๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™š ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ.๐Ÿ˜•

๐Ÿ’Try sipping 1โ€“2 oz of tart cherry juice about 1 hour before bed. Itโ€™s naturally rich in melatonin and anthocyanins, powerful antioxidants that reduce inflammation and support recovery.๐Ÿ’ค

๐—•๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜€? It supports sleep quality, not just quantity, especially helpful for those with perimenopause, autoimmunity, or chronic fatigue.๐Ÿ˜ด

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