Episodes
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Making Recipes from Gilmore Girls with Larisa – EatingGilmore
Looking for recipes from Gilmore Girls that you can make? I get you, and I have a solution! You're watching Rory and Lorelai eat stacks of pancakes and drink copious amounts of coffee, and suddenly, you are ravenous. Been there, done that. So what's the solution? Head over to EatingGilmore.com to...
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Dr. Bill Schindler on What and How Humans Should Be Eating
[00:00:00] Rebecca: I listened to your, talk at the Weston A Price Conference and was so fascinated by everything that you've done and everything that you've experienced. So to start off, would you just give us a brief introduction of who you are and how you got to be where you are eating like a...
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Is Ghee Good For You: Health Benefits and More
Move over butter, ghee is on the rise! My guests on this episode of A Healthy Bite are the founders of Simply Ghee, and they're sharing everything you could ever want to know about this golden superfood! Listen using the player above, but also make sure to use the table of contents below to read...
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The Best Workout Motivation with Michelle Segar PhD
This podcast episode with Dr. Michelle Segar was as beneficial for me as I believe it will be for you. Listen using the player above, and find transcripts and additional resources below. For years I’ve had a love-hate relationship with exercise. I’ve tried to build healthy habits in most of the...
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Emotional Healing Process For Healthier Generations with Diana Cannon Ragsdale
Nurture and nature; two components in the development of individual differences. Understanding the root cause of abuse may help in the emotional healing process and provide an avenue of forgiveness on a deeper level resulting in better mental health for generations to come. Introduction to Loose...
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Design the Life You Desire One Heartbeat at a Time
Want to design the life you desire? Here's a question to start with: do you make life happen or is life happening to you? There's a significant difference. My mission is to help you instill habits practiced by the longest-lived people on earth. Why? So you can extend your healthspan and have the...
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Harmful Effects of Electromagnetic Fields on Humans
This past weekend I attended the 22nd Annual Conference of the Weston A. Price Foundation. Multiple exhibits stressed the harmful effects of Electromagnetic Radiation on Humans including today's guest, Justin Frandson. You can’t hear, see, or smell them; electromagnetic fields. The earth emits…
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Making Family Dinner Happen When Life is Busy
This article was originally written in April 2015. In 2022, after a comment from my daughter, my goal was to slow down. I noticed it was becoming harder to get my family together, so I invited an expert to give us insight for making family meals happen. You'll find tons of helpful information…
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How to be Ethically Fashionable
The toxic chemicals used to treat clothing remain on the fabric, even after washing. Chemicals such as formaldehyde, stain blockers, flame retardants, and more are endocrine disruptors. These can penetrate the skin and lead to serious health conditions. Exposure to these chemicals, often used in...
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What Are The Benefits of Walking
Have you ever been in a funk and made the smart decision to take a walk? If so, you already know the immediate benefits walking has on your state of mind. So what are the benefits of walking in reference to your physical and mental health? After you find out, you'll want to walk every day for a...
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Realistic Tips On Slow Living To Help You Stay Balanced
What does slow living, staying balanced, and the habits of centenarians have in common? Everything! If you read Dan Buettner's books about The Blue Zones you'll start to see many parallels to the slow living movement. In this podcast episode, I wanted to draw your attention to habits that help…
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Stomach Acid and Digestion Issues Commonly Misdiagnosed
About half the population worldwide suffers from a functional gastrointestinal disorder. Some of these include heartburn, acid reflux, chronic constipation, bloating, and irritable bowel. According to a recent study, these disorders are linked a significantly lower quality of life. More than…
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Why Fragrance is Bad for Everyone
Friends, I'm going to get up on my fragrance-free soapbox here for a minute if you don't mind. But first, do not miss this important point: product developers are clever, consumers are busy, and greenwashing is everywhere. Greenwashing in Skincare, Cosmetics, and Cleaners Companies get away with...
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What is the Benefit of Kegel Exercise with Dr. Amanda Olson
Benefits of Kegel Exercises Throughout a Woman’s Lifetime Kegel exercises, sometimes called pelvic floor exercises, are done to strengthen your pelvic floor muscles. Strengthening these muscles has many benefits throughout a woman’s lifetime. These muscles and tissues are like a hammock or sling…
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Genetic Testing at Home – My Review of SelfDecode
I always thought I didn't want to know if I had bad and rare genes that could turn on me and make me sick. If I knew I had a bad gene, wouldn't I be expecting to have disease? Well, that is what I used to think, but eventually, I came around and decided knowing was better for me. Why did I change...
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Powerful strategies to turn around a bad day
If you're wondering how to turn around a bad day, keep reading. I've used the following strategies so many times to rescue what I think will be a terrible day. You know what kind of day I'm talking about... You wake up and head to the kitchen to make your coffee and realize you're out and forgot…
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Coffee Benefits for Health and Happiness
Who doesn't love drinking coffee? I grew up making a cup for my Dad and I knew exactly how he liked it. My coffee buds (thats the taste buds reserved for coffee) have evolved over the years. I think I started out putting copious amounts of sugar in mine but that didn't last too long. For the most...
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Skip Toxic Diet Culture and Still Lose Weight
Ceri Yates shares how she tried and then ditched the toxic diet culture before finding her own way to successful, sustainable weight loss. You'll love her story in this episode of A Healthy Bite. (The podcast player is located at the bottom of this post; you can also listen on iTunes or Spotify!)...
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What Causes Weight Gain
If you are medically overweight, like 39% of the world’s population, you might be asking yourself, “what causes weight gain?” You may be here because you’re trying to lose weight. More than half of Americans are currently attempting to lose weight on any given day of the year. (1) Ask most…
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Cooking as a Hobby that Contributes to Better Health
The podcast episode above is about how to have an online (or in-person) cookbook club. The article below will explain why cooking as a hobby will contribute to better health. At least it has for my family and I believe it will for you, too. The transcripts for the podcast episode are also at the...
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Cubii Jr 1 Review: Exercise You Can Do While Sitting
Cubii Jr 1 Review: an elliptical that fits under your desk to help you exercise while you are on the computer! Are you looking for an exercise you can do while sitting? That's exactly what I was doing 8 months ago! Maybe you have a job or hobby that has you at a desk for hours on end. You might...
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Is it healthy for couples to sleep in separate beds?
So you've been short-changed in the sleep department due to sharing your bed? Can't remember the last time you got a good night's rest? I feel your pain! If your spouse, kids, or fur-babies are keeping you up at night, and you're wondering if it's healthy to sleep in separate beds, keep reading!…
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How to Stop Drinking Energy Drinks – My Husband’s Success Story
So you want to know how to stop drinking energy drinks, and you've probably tried giving them up before without success? You are already aware of how hard it is to quit. I see and hear of young adults, and even teenagers who are consuming these beverages on a daily basis, and quite frankly, it...
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How to Create an Ethical & Toxin-Free Bedroom for Healthy Sleep
Deborah DiMare is back this week on A Healthy Bite to give us more useful tips on how to create an ethical & toxin-free bedroom for healthy sleep. Putting together a bedroom that looks picture-worthy is what most designers would make their top priority; and while Deborah is talented at doing…
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How Parents Can Design a Nontoxic Nursery with Deborah DiMare, Ethical Interior Designer
As parents, you'll face countless important decisions over your child's lifetime. One of the most important is the living space in which your child will grow and sleep. One of the most exciting things parents-to-be do while they are waiting for the arrival of their bundle of joy is designing the...
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How Do You Know if You Have Sleep Apnea
You probably know that daytime sleepiness is an indication that you're not getting sufficient sleep. If you have ever been sleep-deprived because you or your partner kept waking up during the night, you're not alone. It might surprise you to know that an estimated 90% of people with sleep apnea…
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How Long Does it Take to Develop a Good Habit (for your health)
A habit is an action, choice, or decision that you perform on a regular basis. When can you call a new action a habit? That depends. Perhaps when the action reaches automaticity; doing the thing without thinking about it. When it becomes rote. For example, you automatically begin flossing after...
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A Cancer Survivor Shares Memoir + Alternative Therapies
Cancer Survivor, Patricia Diaz, has been in remission for over 30 years. We're discussing the therapies she used in conjunction with her cancer treatment, most of which she still practices to this day. Her memoir is the topic of this episode of A Healthy Bite. Pretty Girls Don't Get Cancer....
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Social-Emotional Learning Lesson Plans for Educators (and Parents)
It is back-to-school time and many schools across the US have reopened. Teachers are back in their classrooms but some parents would prefer to continue remote learning. "And still millions of students stayed remote, their parents concerned about the virus, not to mention bullying, racism,...
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Mold Exposure Long-Term Effects on Families and Pets
Mold exposure long-term effects can be devastating. Memory loss, insomnia, anxiety, depression, trouble concentrating, and confusion, just to name a few of the long-term effects of mold exposure. Mold growth is more prevalent than most people realize. At least 45 million buildings in the United...
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Tips for Longevity from The Habit Society
Make note: There are a lot more tips for longevity in the blog post than we had time for in the podcast episode, so make sure you listen to this episode as well as read the entire post. Life expectancy in America is 78.7 years according to Data from the National Vital Statistics System.(1)…
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Benefits of Near Infrared Sauna: Mimic Sunlight Without the Risk
There's no denying sunny days brighten my mood. Enjoying time in the sun can lift you out of the blues, give you precious vitamin D, and many other health benefits. The sun's rays regulate our sleeping patterns and supports physiological processes. Although, people have grown more and more...
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HMOs: The Missing Key to Better Health That You May Have Overlooked
This post is sponsored by Layer Origin About 70% of the immune system lies in the gut, which is one reason why it is so important to feed the good bacteria residing there. When you hear "gut health" you may even think of probiotics and the role that these "good bacteria" play. However, a...
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How to Grieve Any Loss in a Healthy Way
You may have been through the grieving process, like many others, and found yourself dealing with grief in an unhealthy way. Drinking alcohol excessively, overeating, stuffing your feelings or isolating yourself for extended periods of time are some unhealthy coping mechanisms. In the process of...
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How to Talk to Your Doctor and Be Heard
You want to learn how to talk to your doctor in a way that gets you closer to the help you need. Lorena Junco Margain had been prescribed antidepressants after the birth of her 3rd child. She'd been experiencing symptoms that led her to believe there was more to it than postpartum depression. Day...
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Learn How to Thrive; Not Just Survive as a Working Mom
How the heck do you do it? That's the question working moms often ask one another when they feel like they’re falling behind while everyone else they know is keeping up with it all. (Which usually isn't the case!) Working all day is tough enough, but then to come home to a house that needs...
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Natural Hair Care Tips PLUS Transitioning to Gray
Today my friend Sarah Laucks is chatting with me about natural hair care. Sarah and I met through work and immediately felt a kindred spirit. You know, when you meet someone you could talk to for days on end and still have plenty more to talk about? The first subject we found in common was that…
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Mom, Have a Stress-Free Summer and Bring Back Kids’ Joy of Learning
Summer break can often be a stressful time for parents and kids. Routines change and pressure is on to take advantage of the limited amount of time together, to keep up with summer learning, and maybe even to have the perfect vacation! This year parents may also be feeling the pressure to "catch...
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Can Hormone Imbalance Cause Weight Gain? with Lacey Dunn
Weight loss can be challenging under normal circumstances, but it becomes even more frustrating when a hormone imbalance is at play. Today's guest is the author of The Women's Guide to Hormonal Harmony, Lacey Dunn. Lacey Dunn, MS, RD, LD, CPT, founder of UpliftFit Nutrition and host of the...
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What Makes a Good Personal Trainer: 10 Signs to Look For
Listen to the podcast in the player above, you can also subscribe on Spotify. Recently one of my besties called me flaming mad after an encounter at the gym she'd been going to for half a year or more. After I heard the story, I was inspired to help other women avoid a similar scenario. What...
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Deep Water Running: The Zero Impact Exercise That Won’t Kill Your Knees
When you hear deep water running, you might picture women doing water aerobics or using pool dumbells with high-knee stepping exercises in the pool. That's not the kind of deep water running we're talking about on today's episode of A Healthy Bite. This low-impact exercise is not the aqua jogging...
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Get Your Kids in the Kitchen and Empower Them to Eat Real Food
Beyond health and wellness, there are other incentives when you teach your child to cook. One of the side benefits of getting kids in the kitchen is that it helps them develop fine motor skills. Such as using a butter knife to spread, cookie cutters on dough, or stirring batter. These kitchen...
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How Can Women Avoid a Midlife Crisis?
The word crisis is defined as "a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger." If we're lucky, we'll all see midlife, but must we have a crisis? How can you avoid a midlife crisis? Some women sail through those middle years with ease, while others may begin to question the meaning and purpose…
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How to Get Your Kids to Eat (Almost) Everything
How to Get Your Kid to Eat (Almost) Everything Most parents have faced the challenge of meeting resistance when introducing a child to new foods. As they grow older, mealtimes can become a battleground where power struggles between parent and child ensue. It doesn't have to be this way. You don't...
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Is Homeschooling Hard? [Answers from a Seasoned Homeschooling Mom]
My guest today has successfully homeschooled her four sons through high school. I had the honor of meeting one of her sons through my work. Gina was tired of trading time and brainpower for lifeless learning … so she set out on a journey to reclaim the joy and potential rewards of what she now...
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How to Help Your Kids Stop Eating So Much Sugar
This podcast episode is one of the most important topics for parents: How to stop eating so much sugar. As we've discussed in the past, our children are what we ate and what their grandparents ate. Research shows over and over again the tremendous negative impact of added sugars. The American…
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Pros and Cons of Living Apart Together While Married
Living Apart Together arrangements vary; for the sake of this article, the focus is on married couples who choose to live apart.
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Raising Awareness of the Symptoms of Addison’s disease – The Brittany Moser Story
Do you know the symptoms of Addison's disease or have you ever met someone who had this diagnosis? My special guest on this episode of A Healthy Bite is Phil Moser, author of the book Free and Fearless, a book about his daughter who passed away in 2017 due to Addison's disease. The story of...
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Not Losing Weight on Keto Could Be Due to One of These Hindrances
Not losing weight on Keto? You're following a Ketogenic diet and suddenly find your weight loss has stalled. What's the cause? Today I have Jessica Ancaya, from Holistic Keto Goddess here to answer all your questions about why you're not losing weight on keto and some unusual areas that might be...
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Childhood Nutrition Tips and Strategies with Jackie Vega
Childhood nutrition is essential for growth and development as well as to prevent illness and disease. You want to prepare healthy meals and snacks for your kids but between finding the time and choosing foods they'll eat it can be overwhelming. For the last 29 years, I've tried every technique…
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