by Shelly Malone | Feb 24, 2017 | Cognitive/Mood Issues, Digestive Issues, Food Sensitivities, Inflammation, Microbiome/Gut Issues, Supplementation
“What’s wrong with me?” I remember thinking. “Why am I so incredibly tired – all the time? And irritable? Why can’t I focus? I have lost all motivation. This is not who I am.” There’s tired and then there’s T-I-R-E-D. No amount of sleep can remedy it. That first cup...
by Shelly Malone | Jan 5, 2017 | Autoimmune Disease, Cognitive/Mood Issues, Hormones, Microbiome/Gut Issues, Supplementation
When I was little, my Mom was really into photography. She was never a professional, but she did win an award once – for a particularly embarrassing candid photo of me. Let’s just say it involved a dance costume, a Madonna-inspired hairstyle, and a pre-teen pout....
by Shelly Malone | Oct 1, 2015 | Autoimmune Disease, Cognitive/Mood Issues, Food Sensitivities, Inflammation, Microbiome/Gut Issues, Uncategorized, Weight Loss
If you would have told me 8 years ago that I was going to stop eating dairy, I would have nodded and smiled the way one does when toddlers and crazy people babble on about things that make no sense whatsoever. Because there was just no way that would ever happen. I...
by Shelly Malone | Jul 15, 2015 | Autoimmune Disease, Cognitive/Mood Issues, Digestive Issues, Food Sensitivities, GMOs/Pesticides, Inflammation, Microbiome/Gut Issues, Supplementation
So, that last post was fun, right? Detailed discussions about your guts, the bugs within, and things leaking out. Sexy. Now that I have you mortified fully up to speed about the goings on in your gut microbiome and how things can go awry, we can skip most of the gore...
by Shelly Malone | Jun 25, 2015 | Autoimmune Disease, Cognitive/Mood Issues, Digestive Issues, Food Sensitivities, Microbiome/Gut Issues
Have you ever been so deep in the “what the hell can I eat?” weeds that you can’t even see the light of day? Did you see me while you were there? Because that’s where I landed several years ago when I first learned about my food sensitivities. I was way down there...
by Shelly Malone | Mar 2, 2015 | Autoimmune Disease, Celiac Disease, Cognitive/Mood Issues, Digestive Issues, Food Sensitivities, Inflammation, Microbiome/Gut Issues
When everyone from your neighbor to your life coach is recommending a gluten-free diet, it’s easy to make light of the impact it can have. But just because we hear the term “gluten” 65 times a day doesn’t mean we know what it actually means or why we should...