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We’re home! We just landed in Boston a little while ago and we’re now sitting in an insane amount of rush hour traffic on the way home. So, I decided to write a quick blog post from my phone about what I ate during our travels home, which is inspired by the pear, purple carrot & blueberry pouch that I’m eating right now. Quinn didn’t like it, and I didn’t want it to go to waste, so, boom, blog post idea! 🙂 We ate breakfast at the airport this morning. I ordered oatmeal (I asked our server to hold the brown sugar) and added my own protein powder and collagen (brought from home) for some added protein. Mmm! Breakfast also included 4 shots of decaf espresso over ice with cinnamon. Delish!! On the plane, I ate a banana and drank some hot tea. Before leaving the rental house, I packed a couple of rice cakes with peanut butter and hemp seeds. I planned to eat them for breakfast, but ended up saving them for lunch. Now, I’m finishing off a pouch and thinking about dinner. We do...

“Today, instead of experiencing a mellow and graceful transition to sleepiness during the evening hours, our exposure to artificial light after sunset kicks off a chain reaction of adverse hormonal events. Artificial light and digital stimulation after dark suppress the release of melatonin, the hormone that makes us feel sleepy in the evening (a process known as dim light melatonin onset, or DLMO). In tandem, we experience a spike in the primary stress hormone cortisol. Initially, cortisol floods the bloodstream with glucose, giving us a ‘second wind’ to stay awake and finish our emails or Netflix series binge.” Thus, if you stress yourself in this manner every night, chronically elevated evening cortisol can bind with the appetite receptors in the brain and trigger you to consume high-calorie foods. Late nights also dysregulate ghrelin (spiking appetite) and leptin (promoting fat storage). Indeed, our digestive systems also have a circadian rhythm, and eating late at night can mess...

Every time I see this truck pull in my driveway I sing “Somethin’ ‘Bout A Truck” by Kip Moore. (Similarly, every time I walk onto an airplane I sing “Drunk On A Plane.”  Gotta love country music! PS. I’m going to see Luke Bryan this weeeeeeekkkkend!! Love him! Do you notice the short sleeves?! We hit 83 degrees on Wednesday and it was GLORIOUS! Gus and I went for a lovely run on the trail and I was actually burning up hot in my jacket! I ate half of a Bodos bagel with cream cheese, jam, and egg for breakfast with a bunch of blueberries. Felt quite summery! MY OTHER RECIPES Lunch was a Hugh Jass salad with turkey, walnuts, red peppers, cheese, and homemade dressing. Mazey and I ran some errands in the afternoon. First to Sweet Haus for cupcakes for Ellen’s birthday. We stopped by Thomas’s office on the way home to deliver a chocolate cupcake and had to hide on the stairs while he finished a phone call. Mazen scared the pants off of him! We also had to return some...

For anyone who’s experienced it, the frustration can be miserable. The countless tossing and turning, the minutes that tick by (turning into hours), and you STILL haven’t gotten a modicum of decent sleep. No matter how hard you try to ignore it, that urge to constantly move or stretch your legs just won’t let up. Restless legs syndrome (RLS), aka Willis-Ekbom disease, affects a decent chunk of the population: thought estimates vary wildly,  this 2017 representative survey places its prevalence between 5.7 and 12.3% of the population. That’s up to around 40 million people in the U.S. alone who go to bed every night knowing they’ll likely be kept awake for hours with that unrelenting, restless sensation. Conventional RLS Treatments For people suffering from moderate to severe RLS, pharmaceuticals like dopamine agonists, Alpha-2-delta ligands, opioids, anticonvulsants, and benzodiazepines are often prescribed. Dopamine agonists operate under the assumption that RLS is linked to...

I hope by now you’ve heard the big news. I’m launching my own product line called Truvani and my first product is officially available to purchase next Monday… Yeah!!! I chose our first product very carefully. I wanted it to be something that I already use and love. I wanted it to be something that was nutrient dense and could benefit health. I really wanted it to be something that could help a lot of people. These are some of the many reasons why I chose to create the first ever USDA certified organic, glyphosate residue-free turmeric supplement . Turmeric is gaining popularity and you might think that I chose to create a  turmeric supplement because it’s “trendy”… but that has nothing to do with it. Turmeric has been a normal, everyday part of my life for as long as I can remember. I grew up in one of the only Indian families in Charlotte, North Carolina. Turmeric was a staple in the many masalas my mom has made over the years… it’s stained our counter… and fresh turmeric ...