In today’s world of power marketing and confusing information about nutrition & supplements, it’s hard to choose the right supplements for you. I’ve narrowed down this complicated process by answering key questions you should ask and listing my favorite supplements that everyone should take. BETSY’S PHILOSOPHY ON NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION: Your nutrition and lifestyle habits are […]
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Healthy Urine pH
I recently wrote a nutrition newsletter called Boost Your Body pH with these Simple Nutrition Tips. I’ve been testing my urine pH faithfully and I am shocked how low it can get. Considering that I am a nutritionist and I receive a lot of great food from my Healthy Meal Delivery Service, I would expect […]
Boost Your Body pH with these Nutrition Tips
An alkaline diet is not only recommended to drop a few pounds but there are many case studies of people who have used this diet to cure themselves from major disease, like cancer. Luckily, the nutrition principles are easy to learn and follow. Basically, your body pH should be ideally around 7.3, which is slightly […]
How to Detoxify Your Body
Before you consider a detoxification (detox) program for yourself, it’s important to do your research. Below are some essential questions that will help you understand if you need to detox your body and if our program is a good fit for you. What is detoxification? Detoxification is the process of excreting toxic chemicals from our […]
Betsy’s Experience: 9 Day Detox Program
I have designed a 9 day natural detox program for my clients. It’s not an extreme fast or cleanse. Instead of depriving the body of essential nutrients needed for true detoxification, this program helps excrete toxic chemicals from body organs so your body metabolism works more efficiently. It consists of a whole foods diet and […]
Healthy Santa Barbara Restaurants and Markets
For such a small town, Santa Barbara sure has a lot to offer in the way of restaurants, cafes, grocery stores and other food outlets. The tricky part is navigating your way through all of the enticing options to the ones that serve not only your belly but also your health. Before I introduce you […]
Gluten Free Santa Barbara
I discovered that it is getting easier to find gluten free products in Santa Barbara. Lazy Acres and Whole Foods carry a variety of items and now even Vons has some items like brown rice pasta, crackers, etc. Betsy has even given Gluten Free Talks at Whole Foods. I found that Cantwell’s in Summerland has […]
What is a Portion Size?
Learn How to Visualize Proper Portion Sizes On your way to work, you may stop by Starbucks for a Grande skim milk latte and a jumbo low-fat blueberry muffin. For lunch, you opt for the “healthier” option and get a five dollar foot-long Subway sandwich and a large diet soda. At the end of your […]
