Gut Health, Food… and Non Food

If I were writing this about twenty years ago, and I were to discuss the idea of diet cola and one’s gut, a diatribe about how diet cola is a great way to prevent you from developing a one might have been par for the course. As a 16-year-old girl interested in health, fitness and […]

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My Favorite Recovery Drink: Bone Broth!

What you’re looking at is not a commercially prepared workout recovery drink, nor is it what I personally what I drank for years and years. You’re looking at bone broth. Iced and blended.  And maybe sometimes with just a touch (a touch only inasmuch as not to inundate the body with sugar) of fresh beet juice […]

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How’s Your Sleep Hygiene?

Sleep awareness week is one of the nationally recognized themes I am a huge advocate of, perhaps even more so than other health issues. Why? Because it’s something which, despite being a fundamental part of one’s overall picture of health, is often overlooked, as if hours spent sleeping were easily interchanged for more time spent […]

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Welcome to Madre

You may be wondering why I’ve mentioned mezcal a few times over the past couple of months. No, I haven’t replaced it for water, but I do have some exciting news. The reason I’ve been so excited about sharing this one spirit in particular is, in fact, personal. Over the past 11 years that I’ve […]

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