To Be Classified

Adequate recovery is essential for making fitness gains, but it’s not a simple matter of taking a rest day. Recovery is complicated, which is why you should consider earning a specialization in exe...

Developed for Functional Nutrition Alliance by Functional Medicine Nutritionist, Andrea Nakayama, these Paleo Banana Snickerdoodles use bananas as a sweetener for a blood sugar balancing twist on t...

It’s my mission to bring you the TRUTH about practicing Functionally. If more of us practice Functionally (for real, and not just in theory) we’ll change so many things… More people will get well, ...

Recently a dear friend asked me what I see in ingredients when I cook them. When making a mushroom soup am I focused on the medicinal and detoxifying properties of the fungi? Are the chopped onio...

This month’s featured ingredient: apples! I have to admit that finding my key ingredient this month was a bit of a challenge. It’s such a transitional month here in the Northwest. Some days are as ...

I’m just going to come right out and say it…symptoms suck. Symptoms like waking up tired, feeling run down, struggling with bowel dis-regularity or sudden skin issues can possess you, monopolize y...

It’s my mission to bring you the TRUTH about practicing Functionally.If more of us practice Functionally (for real, and not just in theory) we’ll change so many things… More people will get well, ...

You may already know this, but I’m keen on getting the word out about what’s Functional and what’s not.Why?Because lately I’m seeing the word ‘Functional’ used all over the place. Honestly, I’m con...

With the promise of breakfast you may be thinking of muffins or pancakes. And with a name like “breakfast hash”, the breakfast I want to introduce you to today, you could certainly be conjuring pi...

Today I’d love to introduce the concept of nutritional dogma vs. dharma. Which do you prescribe to? In Friday’s Functional Nutrition 101 Seminar I’ll spotlight the key practice that we use within ...

Whew! One week in (to 2016) and I need to take a moment to catch my breath. The holiday season is filled with a bounty of parties, food and eating, likely to excess and often of the sort that does...

Perched atop a shelf in my office is the hefty “compact” Oxford English Dictionary that my late husband bought me for Christmas many moons ago. In thinking about the word “symbiosis” I hoisted the ...