Author Archive for Samuel Zeiler
11 Common Triggers of Autoimmune Disease
by Samuel Zeiler • • Comments Off on 11 Common Triggers of Autoimmune Disease
Autoimmune conditions have exploded to epidemic proportions over the last few decades; out of the approximately 316 million currently living Americans, an estimated 50 million of those are affected by some sort of autoimmune disorder. To put that in perspective, cancer, a disease…
Vitamins D and K2: The Little Known Link that Could Someday Save Your Life
by Samuel Zeiler • • Comments Off on Vitamins D and K2: The Little Known Link that Could Someday Save Your Life
Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin, most well known for the important role it plays in blood clotting. However, vitamin K is also absolutely essential to building strong bones and preventing heart disease, and is a crucial part of other…
How to Detox These Top 6 Inflammatory Foods from Your Body for Good
by Samuel Zeiler • • Comments Off on How to Detox These Top 6 Inflammatory Foods from Your Body for Good
Inflammation is a normal and beneficial process that occurs when your body’s white blood cells and chemicals protect you from foreign invaders like bacteria and viruses. You need some level of inflammation in your body to stay healthy; however it’s…
Top Five Healing Holiday Spices
by Samuel Zeiler • • Comments Off on Top Five Healing Holiday Spices
Holiday meals generally call for more spices, whether it’s adding nutmeg to eggnog or cinnamon to family tradition cookies. Luckily, some of the most common spices used in holiday foods have tremendous healing benefits. These three holiday spices will enhance…
Proper Food Combining This Holiday Season for a Happy, Healthy Gut
by Samuel Zeiler • • Comments Off on Proper Food Combining This Holiday Season for a Happy, Healthy Gut
One of the fundamental aspects of a nourishing lifestyle is to maximize your body’s ability to digest and assimilate nutrients. Eating foods in combinations that promote optimal digestion empowers your body to use the nutrients to fuel biochemical reactions that…
10 Tips to Beat the Winter “Blahs”
by Samuel Zeiler • • Comments Off on 10 Tips to Beat the Winter “Blahs”
As the season changes, many people experience changes in mood, energy, sleep, and hunger patterns. Like the earth, our bodies and minds gravitate toward restoration, yet society continues at a bustling pace. It’s no wonder that during these seasons we…
Why “One-Size-(Rarely)-Fits-All”
by Samuel Zeiler • • Comments Off on Why “One-Size-(Rarely)-Fits-All”
For many of us, the thought of doing our own nutritional research by reading countless works of health-based literature can be daunting, if not completely overwhelming. Is whole grain the staff of life or can it damage the brain or…
Practice Daily Mindfulness for Increased Success This Holiday Season
by Samuel Zeiler • • Comments Off on Practice Daily Mindfulness for Increased Success This Holiday Season
It is certainly fall here in Seattle, and soon (or already, depending on who you ask) winter will be knocking on our doors. During the transition from fall to winter, our bodies not only experience a shift in the number…
Benefits of Vitamin D More Than Skin Deep
by Samuel Zeiler • • Comments Off on Benefits of Vitamin D More Than Skin Deep
Chances are good recently that you’ve been hearing more and more regarding the controversial Vitamin D topic, especially as we make the shift with Daylight Savings into shorter hours of sunlight each day and, from here in the Pacific Northwest…