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Inflammatory Conditions Increase Vulnerability to Acute Illness

By Kristy Hall
Categories: Health Blog, long-term conditions

COVID is a pretty scary virus. More than 265,000 Americans have died from this illness to date. The current projections are that we could have as many as 400,000 by […]

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Healthy Nutrition Choices Includes Eating Chocolate (Yay!)

By Kristy Hall
Categories: Food as Medicine, Health Blog, nutritionist

You might not expect a Functional Nutritionist to say this, but here goes: Yes, Virginia, you CAN eat chocolate! No, I am not giving you the green light to chow […]

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People’s Health Negatively Affected by Colorado Feedlot Laws

By Kristy Hall
Categories: Food as Medicine, Health Blog

Feedlots have a bad reputation in the holistic nutrition community, and rightly so.  Beef cattle fed on feedlots are given a corn-based diet designed to quickly fatten them up. While […]

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We All Cheat on Our Diets Once in a While…I’m Rethinking That, Here’s Why

By Kristy Hall
Categories: Health Blog

I Thought My Little Bit of Cheating was a Healthy Choice–Boy Was I Wrong! I love my new Oura ring. I wrote about it before and told you how it […]

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You Don’t Know What You’ve Got ‘Til It’s Gone

By Kristy Hall
Categories: Health Blog

Healthy Food Choices Just Got Tougher in Loveland Loveland residents lost a really good thing this week when Crunchy Grocer closed their doors for the last time. Fair warning: I’m […]

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