Covid19 A December Follow Up to our March 2020 Blog
In March, we posted a blog titled: Coronavirus: What You Need to Know & Do: Plus Our New Immunity Supporting Kits to Keep You Healthy. We wanted to follow up on that article and hone our recommendations based on new data. First, the coronavirus now is referred to...
Introducing Shannon Fenster! Learn More about Starkel Nutrition's Newest Nutritionist
Shannon is Starkel Nutrition’s newest nutritionist, but she is no newbie to the field. As one of our most experienced educators and nutritionists, she decided to focus on one of the foundations of her philosophy in this newsletter’s Provider Spotlight. Read on to...
Taking the Power Out of Halloween Candy For You and Your Child
In this age of scary messages about candy, chilling thoughts about sugar, and terrifying “facts” about childhood obesity, parents are more and more concerned about Halloween candy. Parents have employed tactics like allowing kids to participate in trick or treating...
Recover Your Immune System with Turmeric
Turmeric is a potent anti-inflammatory food, spice and herb that has been traditionally used for centuries in cooking and in Ayurvedic remedies (one of the oldest modalities of medicine). Current research shows it to be as effective as Ibuprofen for pain relief when...
Riding the Wave: Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to Help Cope with Urges
Changing a habit is hard. Maybe you’re working on a food-related habit with your nutritionist. Or maybe it’s a more relational habit, like advice giving. It makes sense that habits are hard to break. They get hard wired into our brain and the momentum pulls us to...
Is Tiger Nut A Nut?
In my work with clients, one of the external tools we often use is an elimination diet. For clients with a diagnosis of an autoimmune disease we may experiment with following the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) for a period of time to reduce inflammation. While the AIP is...
Breathe Better With Ravintsara An essential oil ally
Ravintsara, or Cinnamomum camphora (in the Laurel family) is also referred to as “Madagascar camphor”, or simply the Camphor tree. It is found in Madagascar and has been used medicinally for millennia. The essential oil is non-skin irritating and non-sensitizing,...
Plant-Based Eating
Do you keep hearing that eating a plant-based diet is healthy for you? Do you like the idea of eating more plants, but don't want to give up meat? Are you ready to give more plants a try, but aren't sure how? Well, you're in luck, because eating more plants is a...
Join Our Team as a Nutritionist! - Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian or CN -
Job Title: Nutritionist - Eating Disorder and Body Image Specialist Starkel Nutrition (SN), a private practice nutritional and mental health counseling clinic located in the University District of Seattle (as well as telehealth), is looking for a skilled and...
Wearing Clothes That Fit
Do you own a pair of skinny jeans that haven’t fit well in over two years? Are you holding on to them in desperate hope that you will one day rock them comfortably and look so hot all of your problems will melt away? Or maybe you continue to wear a much-too-large...