“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...
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...
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...
Can comfort food be “healthy?” Diet culture is so pervasive in our society that many believe a meal must be overly restrictive, exclude certain food groups and, often enough, lack flavor and satisfaction in order to be considered ‘healthy’. What if we redefine the...
Have you ever heard of the fight-or-flight response? When you experience stress, your body is essentially being “attacked”. As your body prepares to either fight the perceived stressor or flee from it, the sympathetic nervous system becomes activated. What is...
Welcome to the Starkel Nutrition. As credentialed providers, we bring you relevant information frequently so that you can learn about timely nutrition subjects, decipher fact from fiction, and apply healthy eating to your life.
