Jessie Miller

Below is the basic recipe I use for a quick and yummy energy ball snack.

Some notes/recommendations:

• The type of nut butter you use does change it a bit. If it's drier like the grind-your-own kind (I like to use those) then the additional coconut oil will be a must. If it's super wet already, then you may have to add more oats. It's just a give and take until you get it so it forms a ball that sticks together. 

• I mix all the dry ingredients together first, THEN pour in the wet and mix som...

Delicious, fiber-filled breakfast, snack or dessert!

I love herbs. They have been around for thousands of years, and up until pretty recently, they were the main form of medicine used all around the world. I also love helping women feel their best. With the Ayurvedic herb Ashwagandha, these to passions come together perfectly! If you want to know what I am talking about, head over here to read my latest article.  (Hint: It can help stress, fatigue, sleep, sex drive....)

You all know by now that as a Naturopathic Doctor I strongly believe and implement prevention in my practice. As we are headed into the winter season full of grey skies, respiratory illnesses and more toddler boogers than I ever have tissues for, I want to send you over to an article I wrote about vitamin D in pregnancy. What better way to optimize your babies health than starting in utero! Oh, and mom will definitely benefit as well. Check it out here 

And for the more general population and what to...

Many of us are gearing up to send our kids back to school, or may already have released them into the crowds of kids. It’s an exciting time of preparation from shopping for school supplies and clothes to meeting teachers and classmates.  With so much more exposure in close quarters, our kids’ immune systems are bound to be challenged on a daily basis. 

Have you done the most important preparation of all to get their bodies ready – and yours??  Let’s dive into some foundational ways to build...

As September comes to an end and most of the world has had their first pumpkin spiced latte (im guilty as well!), I want to talk about a complex and very important diagnosis facing about 10% of women today,  Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. PCOS is now finally a commonly recognizable and diagnosable disease that is screened for in women with a certain set of signs and symptoms. It involves many of our body systems and can involve many of the more well known issues like diabetes and metabolic syndrome.  S...

Many of us are gearing up to send our kids back to school, or may already have released them into the crowds of kids. It’s an exciting time of preparation from shopping for school supplies and clothes to meeting teachers and classmates.  With so much more exposure in close quarters, our kids’ immune systems are bound to be challenged on a daily basis. 

Have you done the most important preparation of all to get their bodies ready – and yours??  Let’s dive into some foundational ways to build...

Anyone freaked out about all the toxins in our environment, food and body products? If your not you may have a bit of reading up to do (I recommend Dr. Pizzorno's book "The Toxin Solution"), but its sadly true. Our bodies have not evolved as fast as our industry and are being exposed to hundreds of thousands of chemicals that have the potential to disrupt our endocrine system (think thyroid and diabetes...), nervous system  (Autism, ADHD, parkinsons..) and cells' DNA (cancer). This is not crazy paran...

Driving into work today I was listening to the radio’s report on the “Zero Tolerance Policy” and found myself in tears thinking about those children being taken away from their parents, probably the only constant in their lives right now. I am not a political person and will not be getting into the why’s and how’s of this current policy, because to be honest I don’t really understand it myself after listening to and reading so many conflicting reports and views.  But what I started to think about and...

April is IBS awareness month, so I thought I would share with you some things about what IBS is and how I approach helping patients with this less than ideal diagnosis.

First, what is IBS, or Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

Well, it’s kind of a diagnosis you get when the docs have ruled out all the other “serious” stuff like IBD (Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis), cancers, infections, etc. That’s what the “syndrome” means, is that it’s a set of symptoms that don’t necessarily fall under the disease ca...