Specialists from Functional Medicine Los Angeles are always happy to give tips on how to improve healthy breathing practices. Here’s a fantastic recipe to use up any leftover vegetables in your refrigerator. Feel free to use any hardy vegetable you have on hand, such as carrots, fennel, parsnips, and eggplant, in place of the vegetables used in this recipe if you don’t have them. Roasting deepens and intensifies the inherent sweetness of vegetables; so don’t be surprised if this becomes a new family favorite! Tip: This recipe calls for Herbs de Provence, but Italian seasoning can be used inste ..read more

Pre-packaged “convenience” foods aren’t always conducive to maintaining a healthy diet. However, this recipe features one time-saving convenience ingredient that won’t have a negative impact on your health. You can find pre-packaged butternut squash “noodles” in larger grocery stores and they are absolutely perfect for those nights when you need to get dinner on the table quickly. Functional Medicine Los Angeles always chooses a low-carb diet and that’s why butternut squash noodles are one of our favorite options. Of course, if you have a vegetable spiralizer, you can always make your own butt ..read more

Being on a whole foods diet usually mean you eat quite a bit of meat as your main protein source since you aren’t eating cheese or many other sources of protein. However, if you are a vegetarian, you might also want to try out this diet. It is possible to be a vegetarian and eat whole foods, but keep in mind it won’t exactly be the Whole30 diet. You are going to add some foods Whole30 people don’t eat to ensure you have well-balanced meals with enough nutrition. Here are some Thanksgiving dishes that are vegetarian and also the whole food-approved. Sauteed Kale You can start with a simple vege ..read more

One of the struggles with being on a whole-food diet during the holidays is when you spend time with friends and loved ones. You might want to have family over for Thanksgiving or other events around this time of year, but you also want to cook foods your own family can eat for Whole30 or another version of this type of diet. While it does take some extra planning, it is possible to cook a meal that everyone is happy with. Start With Dishes They Would Eat Anyway There are some dishes for Thanksgiving that your non-whole food diet friends and family would be eating whether they were on this di ..read more

If you still need some more inspiration, Functional Medicine Los Angeles is glad to introduce to you all that there are quite a few ways to turn the old unhealthy Thanksgiving favorites into cuisine you can have for your Whole30 holiday dinner. We aren’t going to talk about turkey, since you already know you can have as much turkey as you want on a whole foods diet! The following dinner ideas include the side dishes for your main meal. Stuffing Functional Medicine Burbank highly recommends this popular side to have with Thanksgiving dinner is stuffing. Since you can’t have bread or grains on ..read more

Functional Medicine Los Angeles recommend Avocado’s as a good source of good fat, vitamin E, fiber, and folate. Adding avocado to your diet will help you improve your overall health in several. ways. You can check this quick and easy recipe below that you can to your daily diet. Creamy avocado, melted mozzarella, fresh spinach and sliced garden tomatoes perfectly complement the grilled chicken breast in this delicious panini. To save time, you could substitute rotisserie chicken breast or off-the-bone chicken breast from the deli counter. To add a little extra kick, arugula or baby power green ..read more

En Papillote refers to a French cooking method in which food is placed in individual parchment paper packets that puff up during baking. Functional Medicine Los Angeles prefer this way of cooking to brings out all the flavour of the foods where your vegetables and meats comes out softer. Expert from Functional Medicine Burbank uses aluminum foil as a substituted if desired. The salmon in this recipe pairs lovely with the salty capers, lemon and fresh herbs. Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 20 minutesServes: 4 Ingredients: 1. 4 8-oz. each salmon fillets 2. 4 t. olive oil 3. 2 lemons, thinly sli ..read more

Professionals from Functional Medicine Los Angeles prove that Diabetes can affect both men and women, but there are some differences that occur when a woman gets type 2 diabetes. If you have signs and symptoms of this disease or have recently been diagnosed, here are some tips from Functional Medicine Doctors to know about having diabetes as a woman. You Can Get Gestational Diabetes One of the more unique things about being a woman and getting diabetes is that even if you don’t have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, you can get gestational diabetes if you become pregnant. This is when you have a spik ..read more

Healing and protection come in many forms, from helping to protect you from negative energy and bad dreams to wanting to heal emotional wounds. Big protection requires big energy, which you can get with the following crystals. Functional Medicine Los Angeles promotes using healing crystals to help our clients balance their chakras and energy. Obsidian When it comes to using crystals for protection and healing, you will see quite a few that are black. Functional Medicine Burbank uses this crystal color because black absorbs all the colors, meaning it can absorb energies and help to protect you ..read more

While fall is the favorite season among many people, others struggle with it because of how it affects their mental health. You might be one of the unlucky people who have a hard time with your emotional state in the fall, dealing with worsened anxiety and depression. Functional Medicine Los Angeles accomplishes some research to provide information about why this might be happening and what you can do about it. What is Autumn Anxiety? Professionals from Functional Medicine Burbank stated that the first mental health change you might notice in the fall season is your anxiety. Many people have ..read more