Choosing the Right Probiotic

Probiotics are one of the hottest health trends – but choosing the right probiotic can be a confusing undertaking. On Tuesday, September 26, I had the pleasure of joining the hosts of Fresh Living on KUTV Channel 2 (CBS) in Salt Lake City to help clear up some of the confusion. You can view the

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Amare Product Science Training

I’m still reeling from the overwhelming success of our 2-day Amare Pre-Launch Summit! Several hundred Wellness Partners and guests joined us for 2 days of networking, socializing, and education at our headquarters in Irvine CA. To continue the education portion, I’m sharing a series of zoom/webinars that Pat Hintze and I conducted together. Please see

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Intermittent Fasting and the Microbiome

Very interesting new study (in mice) showing how intermittent fasting (not eating every other day) stimulates production of short-chain-fatty acids (SCFAs) from the microbiome that lead to metabolic shifts in adipose tissue (fat cells turn from “white” to “beige” and shift from fat “storage” to fat “burning”) that ultimately may reduce risk for diabetes and

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Amare Pre-Launch Summit – SOLD OUT!

We’ve officially SOLD OUT both days of our Pre-Launch Summit! Friday night (tonight) sold out a few days ago – and Saturday (tomorrow) sold out early today – BUT, we’ve been able to open a few more seats to enable people to hear presentations from Dr. Emeran Mayer (author of the ground-breaking book, The Mind-Gut Connection), receive

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Amare Summit SOLD OUT!

I’m very pleased to announce that our Amare Pre-Launch Summit is SOLD OUT for Friday night (Sept 22) – BUT, we still have a limited number of seats available for our Saturday education event where you can hear presentations from Dr. Emeran Mayer (author of the ground-breaking book, The Mind-Gut Connection), receive FREE Amare product, and

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Power Foods for Healthy Aging (and Healthy Running)…

Next week will mark “Week 4” of the Running program – so it’s time to switch up the workouts. For the last 3 weeks, we have focused on 3 key workouts each week – intervals for speed, hills for strength, and long-slow-distance (LSD) for endurance. This week (week 4) will be all about TEMPO. You’ll

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Probiotics and Depression

In an outstanding scientific review from Caroline Wallace and Roumen Milev at Queen’s University in Ontario Canada, the effects of probiotics on depressive symptoms in humans is reviewed = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5319175/ Some highlights from the publication: link between psychiatric disorders and changes in the microbiome majority of the studies found positive results on all measures of depressive

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Microbiome and Stress/Anxiety Regulation

Very interesting new paper from the APC Microbiome Institute at University College in Cork Ireland = https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-017-0321-3 This paper made some important strides in identifying the undying mechanisms for the microbiome in our gut (our 2nd brain) to “talk” to the areas of the 1st brain in our heads involved in anxiety, stress, and fear (amygdala

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Amare Product Training

On Sept 14, 2017 – I had the great pleasure to join Amare Global’s Founding Wellness Partner, Pat Hintze to present an overview of the Amare product lineup. Just entering our second week of pre-launch (we went “live” on Sept 1), we had almost 100 attendees to hear about how Amare is changing the way

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Mind-Gut Connection in Irvine Sept 23!

I’m thrilled to announce that Emeran Mayer, MD, PhD will be speaking at our Amare Pre-Launch Summit this coming Saturday (Sept 23) in Irvine CA. Please see attached flyer below for all the details. If you’re in the Orange County area and you care about your mental wellness and overall health, then you HAVE to

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