Community Refrigerators Comida Para Todos
Learn about community refrigerators and pantries popping up in the Seattle area.
Why Stable Blood Sugar Matters To Nearly Every Aspect of Your Health
Have you heard about blood sugars? Did you know that blood sugar stability can also impact how your body responds to the stress hormone cortisol? This means it has implications for many other processes in the body.
Valentine’s Day Sweets Choose Dark Chocolate for a More Nutritious Treat
Hot or cold, bitter or sweet, crunchy or creamy, the universal allure of chocolate is undeniable. For a really delicious and nutrient-packed treat this Valentine’s Day, try this easy recipe.
What if? Life After Covid-19...
What if, after COVID-19 is under control and we have our “lives back”, we decided to make different choices? What if we take the lessons we learned from this time, whether big or small, and allow them to impact our future for the better?
Lift Your Holiday Spirit Combating Holiday Anxiety + Depression with Food and Mindfulness
“Ba-humbug!” I find myself saying when confronted with thoughts about Mistletoe and Menorahs. The Holiday season is different for everyone this year. COVID-19 may be affecting your ability to see family and friends as well as partaking in all the holiday traditions...
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...