Nicole Gustavson – Nutrition/Fitness

By Kristin Spak There is a certain symmetry and sense of alignment that comes with eating with the seasons. Before our

By Kristin Spak Ahh, Summer.  After such a long, cold winter, I’m sure that many of us are now happily

By Kristin Spak We’ve heard a lot about gut health lately, and with good reason. Good gut health translates to a

We’ve all challenged ourselves about our life perspective: am I approaching life with enthusiasm, or am I focused on reacting to the next event? We all endeavor to carry a positive life view and live a life where our emotional anxieties and fears don’t dictate our choices. But where do we fall short? How do we manage a life where worries, fears, and stress don’t rule our mental health? One step is to by committing ourselves to daily meditative breathing.

By Nicole Gustavson, Inform Fitness Allow me to confess for a moment: my best efforts to find balance in my life

By Nicole Gustavson, Inform Fitness For some folks, I recommend starting each day with a 20-gram shot of saturated fat. Then,

Our bodies are complex machines capable of incredible things. But something that they were never designed for is to contend with the daily exposure of toxins and stress which we’re exposed to in our daily lives. Our lifestyles tend to place us in precarious positions where we are exposed to so much and make choices which expose us to more. A direct relationship between diet and lifestyle exists, and an even greater relationship between chronic inflammation and disease. Everything to which we expose ourselves – that which we eat, drink, breathe, and think – influences our physical selves; it’s either anti-inflammatory or inflammatory. When our bodies are inflamed the physiological response is defensive and confused. Our immune systems turn against themselves and begin destroying healthy cells, tissue, and the list goes on.