Age Management of West Michigan Blog

Maintaining Weight Loss Success

Weight loss is tough because it means changing how you behave and the ways you think or feel about food—after all, there is a reason you...

Uncomfortable Symptoms: Could it be Your Hormones?

Hormones play a vital role in your overall health and well-being. They are responsible for regulating various body functions, including...

The Power of Digestion

One of the main functions of the GI tract is to digest food and absorb nutrients from it. Digestion actually begins in the brain; when we...

Weight Loss Nutrition Step One: Remove processed foods

Getting started with losing weight can be very overwhelming, confusing, and down right intimidating for most people. With so much...

Toxic Food: A look at the chemicals allowed in our food

Currently, more than 10,000 chemicals are allowed to be used in the foods that are sold in the US. Some additives that are added to food...

The Benefits of Detoxification

Have you been feeling tired or weak lately? Do you often have itchy skin? Do you feel more forgetful or confused than usual? Perhaps...

The Power of Protein

Protein is a macronutrient your body needs to grow and repair cells, and to function properly. Protein is found throughout the body—in...

How Sugar Affects the Stress Hormone Cortisol

Food is not just nutrients. It also contains information to help regulate systems in the body. How much, how often and what types of food...

Wellness Tips for Aging

Aging affects all of us in different ways. Some of us lose our eyesight, others our hearing. Loss of taste is common and usually...

Weight Loss: Strategies for Success

Fad diets, weight-loss programs and other questionable methods promise quick and easy weight loss. However, the foundation of successful...

Understanding the Gastrointestinal System

The role of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and its contribution to health and disease has gained much momentum over the years and has...