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Complement Your Wellness Career With mbg’s Coaching Program

Well-planned, targeted, and relevant content is vital for a wellness business to flourish. From blog posts and guest articles to e-books and vlogs, producing consistent content around your unique services, skills, and expertise is an extraordinary means of developing and maintaining trust, adding value for your clients, and generating an additional income stream for your …

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Tangible Skills From mbg’s Functional Nutrition Coaching Program

Coming up with ideas, questions, strategies, and solutions that support individuals throughout their health journey is an essential coaching skill. And what better way to foster this ability but to remain curious, adaptable, and open-minded yourself!  Amid the infinite, fascinating universe of health education, insights, and research, mbg’s coaching program harnesses and distills this precious …

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Just A Cup Of Leafy Greens A Day May Lower Heart Disease Risk

A team of researchers from Edith Cowan University, the Danish Cancer Society, and The University of Western Australia wanted to look at how leafy greens impacted blood pressure and heart disease risk. Their focus was specifically on nitrate-rich vegetables, so think: kale, collards, spinach, along with beets and garlic. As cardiologist Alejandro Junger, M.D., previously explained to …

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Why A Nutritional Psychiatrist Loves Anchovies For Brain Health

According to Ramsey, the reason for anchovies’ high (yet underrated!) nutrition value lies in its long-chain omega-3 fatty acids: “One anchovy has 87 milligrams of long-chain omega-3 fats,” says Ramsey. (And 1,150 milligrams in one 2-ounce can!) “Those are the really important omega-3 fats in terms of the data around brain health. They’re very fragile …

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4 Healthy Herbs & Spices To Try, From A Nutritional Psychiatrist

According to nutritional psychiatrist Uma Naidoo, M.D., utilizing spices and herbs is a surprisingly easy way to increase the nutritional value of a dish.  “In the U.S., we rarely think about these ingredients in terms of nutrition,” Naidoo says. “Salt and pepper have been widely used as a main seasoning, but the benefits packed in …

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4 Anti-Inflammatory Snacks, From A Functional Nutrition Coach

Fruits and vegetables are rich sources of protective compounds, such as carotenoids and flavonoids, with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.  Marchand specifically loves snacking on “radishes or cucumber slices, with any legumes.” She also loves filling her reusable water bottle with green juice or a smoothie “made of berries, walnuts, chia, and sometimes hemp seeds,” for …

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There Are 2 Main Types Of Cinnamon — When & How To Use Each

Because Ceylon cinnamon is safer in bigger doses, Koya recommends “using it in larger quantities more regularly.” That includes everyday uses, like adding it to your smoothie, oatmeal, or coffee beans. It’s also a better choice for baking projects that require a higher amount of the spice, like these vegan pancakes with warm, cinnamon apples …

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Add This Mood-Enhancing Nutrient To Your Diet, Says An MD

Folate can be found in dark leafy greens, like kale, spinach, and collard greens, according to Naidoo. It’s also found in most other green vegetables, like broccoli, asparagus, and okra. Along with vegetables, folate is found in lentils, chickpeas, beef liver, and certain fruits, like oranges and mangoes, to name a few.  If you’re not …

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5 Foods That Are A+ For Blood Flow, From A Vascular Biologist

Cruciferous veggies have a lion’s share of health benefits (see ‘em all here!), including blood vessel health. “Cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, kale, Brussels sprouts, arugula, those are actually treat the lining of the blood vessels really well,” Li says. Spinach receives honorable mention, here: When you eat the leafy greens, they release nitric oxide, which …

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