by Christy Holt | May 11, 2018 | food, general health, health & fitness, sleep, stress
Food intolerances or “sensitivities” can affect you in so many ways and they’re a lot more common than most people think. I’m not talking about anaphylaxis or immediate allergic reactions that involve an immune response. Those can be serious and...
by Christy Holt | May 4, 2018 | food, general health, health & fitness, Uncategorized
Not everyone should be taking digestive enzyme supplements; and not all of them are created equal. As a coach, I find that many people with digestive issues want to jump straight into using a supplement. And many times I would rather try other strategies first. Not to...
by Christy Holt | Apr 27, 2018 | food, general health, health & fitness, sleep, stress
Stress! Its causes are absolutely everywhere. Would you agree? Our natural “fight or flight” stress response can sometimes go a little overboard. It’s supposed to help us escape injury or death in an emergency and then return to normal after we’ve fought or...
by Christy Holt | Apr 13, 2018 | aging, body positivity, food, general health, health & fitness, stress, Uncategorized
Okay friends, prepare yourself for a telling statistic about exercise programs…. According to Rod K. Dishman, Ph.D., director of the Behavioral Fitness Laboratory at the University of Georgia, nearly 50 percent of people who begin an exercise program drop out...
by Christy Holt | Apr 6, 2018 | aging, food, general health, health & fitness, hormones, sleep, stress
You are absolutely positive that you’re NOT eating more food or “junkier” food but you’re STILL gaining weight. What gives?! How is this even possible?!! You are NOT going crazy! And here’s why… We both know that the whole “calories in,...
by Christy Holt | Mar 30, 2018 | food, general health, health & fitness
A food preservative is something added to foods to make them last longer; to “preserve” them. Preservatives are added to foods that go bad quickly and have found themselves in all kinds of products in our grocery stores these days. Preservatives work to...