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Rethinking Health: It’s a Mind Game as Much as a Physical One
In the labyrinth of health advice and the cacophony of fitness fads, we often lose sight of a fundamental truth that should be guiding our wellness journeys. It isn't just about what you do or how you keep track of your daily steps; health is profoundly influenced by...
Why Going on Diets Don’t Work: The Key to Sustainable & Healthy Weight Loss
Have you ever tried to lose weight by dieting, only to gain it all back (and then some)? Rest assured, you are not alone. In fact, many people who follow the standard American lifestyle and diet eventually find themselves struggling with chronic disease and weight...
A 5 Minute Guide on How to Balance your Hormones Naturally
Are you feeling overwhelmed and stressed out? Do you find yourself constantly tired and unable to focus? These could be signs that your hormones are out of balance. Hormones play a vital role in regulating our bodily functions, including our stress response. When our...
Discover the Power of Magnesium – The Vital Nutrient You May Be Missing
Magnesium is an essential mineral that offers numerous health benefits. Unfortunately, research suggests that up to half of adults in the U.S. have a magnesium deficiency. What's worse is that this vital nutrient can't be easily found in most foods, with pumpkin seeds...
Is Your Blood Pressure High?
You don’t get high blood pressure JUST because your genetics say so! Your lifestyle can control your blood pressure just as much as your genetics. An integrative approach to treating your blood pressure shouldn’t start and finish with a pharmaceutical drug. In some...
Supplements
Picture with me an Iceberg. . . This iceberg represents everything we need to stay healthy. At the largest part of the iceberg, are vegetables, then fruits, proteins, carbs, healthy fats, water, and at the tip . . . supplements. They are an important...
Cocaine in My Cookies?
When you think of a cocaine addict, what comes to mind? You may picture someone who puts themselves in harm’s way to get their next fix. Someone who doesn’t care what the cost as long as they get their drug and feel that high once more. That’s similar to how we behave...
Conventional Vs. Holistic Medicine
Healing yourself through "Natural", "Holistic" or "Alternative" means is very different from the conventional medical model you may be used to. In conventional medicine, we are taught that if you have a symptom there is a drug that will fix that...
Improving the quality of your food: Good Growth, Storage & Preparation
When "Cleaning Up" your diet, begin to think beyond the food itself and consider how your food is grown, stored and prepared. Here are 5 simple things you can begin doing today to improve the quality of your food. Buy Organic: By buying organic you are getting...
Calories Matter but Food Quality Matters More!
Most people believe that food quality is all about calories and those calories alone are responsible for weight gain or loss, health or disease, longevity or premature death. Although calories play a role, this is far from the whole story. The foods we eat provide...
Clinical Detoxification 101
What is a Clinical Detoxification? Clinical Detoxification (CD) is the process of optimizing the bodies own detoxification mechanisms for the elimination of environmental and food toxins through providing adequate nutrition. It is often combined with an elimination...
Snack Ideas for Kids
Taking control of your eating habits requires preparation so you have access to healthy options quickly. This is even more important when you are feeding children. Most store bought snack foods are carbohydrate (i.e. bread/flour/sugar) based so here I focus on...
Dr. Nicole Peoples is a Board-Certified Physician based out of Atlanta, Georgia specializing in Functional Medicine.