by Jenna Witt | May 25, 2023 | Health, Mental Health
It’s official … this Christian midwestern momma grizzly to four cubs is now a full-fledged, card-carrying hippie. You see, I just got back from a trip with some girlfriends to Northern California’s coastal redwood country. The stress of being a nurse practitioner in a... 
by Jenna Witt | Jan 25, 2023 | Health
Picture a very old, frail, shriveled-up person. “Man, I don’t want to look like that one day,” you say to yourself. Well, if you don’t want to end up looking like that, you gotta start eating more protein. Yes, I said MORE protein. There seems to be a... 
by Jenna Witt | Oct 1, 2022 | Health, Weight Loss
As I wrote about in my last blog post, intermittent fasting is a really simple way to balance your blood sugar and insulin levels. And studies also show it can also calibrate your hunger hormones. To be crystal clear, intermittent fasting doesn’t give you the green... 
by Jenna Witt | Sep 24, 2022 | Health, Weight Loss
Imagine after years of struggling with your weight, hormones and blood-sugar levels, you make one pretty simple switch and see dramatic metabolic improvements. Sounds too good to be true? And not only that, there’s no need for a drastic dietary intervention and... 
by Jenna Witt | Jul 15, 2022 | Health
Outside of my life as a nurse practitioner (NP), I’m a certified health coach and functional medicine specialist. And out of any question I get from my clients, one of the most common ones is about meat. “Is meat bad for me? Should I become a vegetarian? Will eating... 
by Jenna Witt | Jul 7, 2022 | Health
Want to conquer carb cravings? Obviously eating a lot of sugar and junk food is bad for you. But when you’re down in the dumps, doesn’t eating a pint of ice cream make you feel happier? Isn’t there a silver lining to drowning your sorrows in chocolate? That’s...