Entries by Kelly Lutman

Are You Stoking the Fire?

We’ve all experienced the benefits of inflammation in response to injury or illness. This aspect of our immune system causes pain, swelling and heat as it rallies resources to the site to enable the body to heal. Such acute inflammation is vital, yet when the fire continues to smolder, it becomes the chronic inflammation that […]

Building Blocks for Your Body

There are lots of different opinions about the best foods to include in your diet, but no one questions the need for protein. Consuming protein supports the building of bone, muscle, skin and blood. Protein is considered to be a macronutrient, meaning your body needs a relatively large amount. If you have worked with a […]

Replenish Healthfully

We are all familiar with the soppy, sweaty feeling that comes with mowing your yard in the summer heat or exercising, whether indoors or outdoors. It leaves you feeling drained and looking to replace lost fluids. Marketing efforts have successfully convinced people that sports drinks are the best way to replenish fluids and electrolytes, but […]

Summer Salads

Robust nourishment or calorie overload? Salads are often recognized as a healthy food choice – whether you are eating at home or in a restaurant – and the types of foods that can be combined in a salad are quite varied. However, many of the salads offered as entrees in restaurants could be more properly […]

Your Body Is Talking!

Are You Receiving the Message? We readily recognize many types of communication. There are spoken words, non-verbal sounds, song lyrics and many others. With practice, we recognize and comprehend many of these; yet there are other messages that you many not be comprehending. The proliferation of processed foods in today’s diet causes vitamin deficiency, whether […]

Your Health

Key Factors I Want You to Know Though we have thrown tons of money at the problem in recent decades, Americans are sicker than ever. Each of us knows someone who has a chronic health condition – such as obesity, diabetes, asthma, or depression – which are wreaking havoc on their mind, body, and wallet. […]

Curb Your Fat Storage

One Bite at a Time When you are enjoying a nice meal in local restaurant, what portion of the meal is served first? It is often bread or soup or salad, unless you prefer to eat at Mexican restaurants, in which case chips and salsa are offered first. If I asked you what happens to […]

Edit Versus Diet

Scramble the Letters for Success I’m not sure there is an adult in America who hasn’t dieted at least once in their life, and the majority may have trouble counting the number of times on their fingers. Think back to the last one or two times. If you did lose weight, did it stay off […]