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It's All the Same Down There...

Posted by Healthful Elements Staff

Avoiding sugar seems straightforward until you realize how foods that aren’t labeled “sugar” can act like sugar in the body. But you don’t have to give up sugar for good.

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Weight Loss: Do You Have to Be Healthy First?

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Our programs aren’t “weight loss programs,” but our clients typically lose weight. Why? Because we work with people to improve their health, which typically results in…weight loss.

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Adrenal Dysfunction: A Secret Symptom

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I’ve chalked this quality in myself up to quirkiness. Or introversion. Realizing that it is a message from my adrenals was a big wake-up call.

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In Defense of Grains

Posted by Jill McLaughlin on Aug 11, 2016

Are grains categorically bad for everyone with autoimmunity? New research is showing that true whole grains, when prepared properly, improve the health of our gut microbiome. Yes, this flies in the face of everything we’ve been told.

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Prioritizing Positivity

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Positivity, such as joy, enthusiasm, excitement, serenity, gratitude, inspiration, love, interest, and pride, brings about what Dr. Barbara Fredrickson calls an “upward spiral of lifestyle change.” And lifestyle change is what’s required for managing ANY chronic health condition.

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You Don’t Have to Go Hungry

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Only one in six people who are overweight report maintaining a 10 percent weight loss for at least a year after a calorie-restrictive, hunger-inducing diet. But there’s good news – there’s a process that involves losing weight WITHOUT being hungry all the time.

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12 Oreos, Please...

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I enjoy pulling the veil back on the coaching process, but I also like writing about it because it reminds me not to always default into “expert + explainer” mode, especially when a client says they want to dive into a pack of Oreos.

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Endometriosis: Is it an Autoimmune Condition?

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There’s an emerging awareness that endometriosis is caused or exacerbated (or both) by an autoimmune attack on the body.

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6 Legitimate Reasons You Crave Junk Food

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As individuals and as a culture, we’ve been told that caving into nutritionally bankrupt food is about lack of willpower, personal weakness, moral failing, and a deep lack of self-respect. NONE of this is true.

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Turning a Corner: Hashimoto's to Alopecia...

Posted by Jill McLaughlin on Jun 23, 2016

A lot of magic and serendipity has come about to bring me to this new place with my work. I’m going to prove that anyone with alopecia has the opportunity to regrow hair.

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In addition to Jill’s blog, she has been a health and wellness writer and contributor for many prominent blogs and websites.

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