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EPISODE 91 Risa Groux, CN is a Functional Nutritionist and Certified Autoimmune Coach in private practice in Newport Beach, California. She works with a wide array of clients from professional athletes, adults, and kids to the Biggest Loser from season four. Risa works with issues like diabetes, autoimmune disease, cancer, digestion, thyroid, and hormone imbalances, to name a few. Risa firmly believes that the body can heal itself with whole foods we obtain from the earth and sees living proof of that in her office each day. She looks at root causes using functional nutrition guidelines, blood and stool tests,...

If you’ve found yourself struggling with keeping a positive mindset lately, you are not alone. The stress of and unprecedented global pandemic and the aftermath – from a fluctuating economy closing businesses, job instability, school closures and disrupted routines combined with the fear of potentially getting sick has professionals calling depression the ‘second wave’ of the pandemic. According to renowned brain health Dr. Daniel Amen, all of us are being traumatized in some way. The human brain is wired to remember traumatic experiences, and in some people, this biological reality may lead to PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder. I have...

There’s nothing better than feeling like everything is running smoothly in your body. You feel energetic after you eat, your tummy looks nice and flat, you get a restful sleep every night and your skin has never looked so radiant. Well, that would be an amazing scenario to talk about, right? The truth is, most of us have a hard time check-marking all the boxes. Often times, the well-oiled machine starts to feel a little frayed around the edges. Digestion slows down. You feel a little (a lot) bloated. Your skin is looking kind of blotchy and your giddy up...

I grew up in a Middle Eastern household where mealtime was sacred. If you weren’t coming home for the family meal, you weren’t coming home. We would help our parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins and friends – the neighbors and anyone else who decided to show up for a meal – to prepare the food together. Young and old would have a role, from peeling and grating to serving and collecting dishes. The ingredients were gathered from the produce seller, the meat vendor, the dairy guy, the fishmonger, the spice market and all of the vendors and purveyors we shopped...