Digestive issues like bloating, gas, and burping are common discomforts that can disrupt daily life. While occasional symptoms may arise from overeating or consuming gas-inducing foods, persistent digestive issues often point to deeper imbalances in the body. Taking a functional medicine approach focuses on identifying and addressing the root causes of these symptoms rather than merely suppressing them.

If you’ve been struggling with pelvic pain, infertility, or painful periods, you may want to consider the possibility of endometriosis. It’s estimated that 50-80% of those with pelvic pain struggle with this condition.  Endometriosis is largely still misunderstood and diagnosis is often missed or confused with other diagnoses because of the impact to the entire body.

Holidays can be a time of celebration and fun when it comes to food, but for those trying to stay consistent with their healthy lifestyles, they can become stressful. Use these tips to help you stay healthy and strong, while still enjoying your day! 

Lab testing is a wonderful tool, but did you know you could check in on your hormones on your own, free of charge? 

I often have clients use these tools alongside of lab data- because only you can know your body better than anyone else! 

When it comes to health and wellness, navigating the various approaches can be overwhelming. At Off Beet,  we take a functional approach to health care, meaning instead of treating or diagnosing disease and providing reactive care, we aim to increase health of the whole body starting at the root level.  While both types of health care are needed and aim to improve health, they differ significantly in their methodologies and perspectives. Understanding these differences can help you make informed choices about your health care.

What are anti-nutrients? You may have heard this term circulating the internet, demonizing things like leafy green veggies, beans, lentils, nuts/seeds for their “anti-nutrient” components that affect dietary nutrient absorption. The truth is, these foods do contain compounds such as lectins, oxalates, phytates, tannins, and more that in some aspects could potentially interfere with absorption, specifically of iron and calcium. HOWEVER, if we stop there, we are missing out on the full story. 

Is Botox actually making you age faster? I hate to break this to you, but the promised anti-aging effects of this culturally approved toxin may be keeping you in a never-ending cycle of seeking youth. 

Healthy Holiday Eating, Without Restriction Are you worried about how to stay healthy while feasting...

I've put together a quick list of a few products that I find helpful and worth the money to help promote a healthy lifestyle.