Why do I prefer vegetable juices over fruit juices for health? Thanks to Mauricio Prinzlau for this guest blog on the benefits of vegetable juices. To read more about him, visit his website. Drinking fresh fruit and vegetable juices to detoxify the body and promote weight loss is one of the latest trends in the world of healthy eating. But is it [...]
Written by: Em Wooden The skies are blue, the tantalizing scent of barbecue is hanging in the air, and the sun is reflecting off of the Willamette. It’s official: summer has reached Portland! With temperatures ranging from the high 70s to low 90s predicted for the next several weeks, it is important to think about [...]
Written by: Em Wooden Between February 2013 and February 2014 the kombucha industry grew by 29 percent. US sales during that year came to $122.7 million, and since then they have only gone up. Euromonitor International estimates that, by 2019, the kombucha industry will net $656.7 million. One of the driving factors in kombucha’s commercial [...]
Written by Em Wooden One of the unique aspects of our clinic is the fact that many of our providers are athletes. The providers’ athletic interests range from hiking to yoga, climbing to triathlons; this gives them a unique insight into the mindset and priorities of the athletes they treat. While they offer an impressive [...]
Written by: Alex Borsuk, MS, RD Bonking, hitting the wall, or whatever you want to call it, is an athlete's worst nightmare. Have you ever experienced that overwhelming feeling where your legs feel like cement and your body is just so tired that you are forced to stop? Or felt a change in your normal behavior [...]
Author: Em Wooden When you check in for a personal training session, group class, or an hour in the Altitude Room at Evolution, you will find yourself facing several shelves packed with various bars and supplements. We have chosen to carry these specific products because we believe that they are the best on the market. [...]
Author: Eric Fair-Layman, LMT I like to joke, whenever I suggest the stretching in yoga might not be that great for you, that there is an Oregonian somewhere choking on their kombucha. Right? Everybody knows that if you want to be healthy, you do yoga. If I say that True Body Intelligence (which few outside [...]
Author: Shelly Stinson, Guest Writer According to Statistic Brain, the top New Year’s resolution for 2015 was to lose weight. That’s no surprise really because weight loss is a multi-billion dollar industry, proving that there is a lot of people who are unhappy with the number on the scale. However, if you were one of them and [...]
Author: Liz Jones Injury, allergies, pain, degeneration of tissues, and general aches are just a few of the reasons we take anti-inflammatory supplements. There are so many options for pain and swelling reducing drugs that it can be hard to know what to take. An even more difficult choice is when to take it, not [...]
What is a Registered Dietitian? First, let’s clear up some confusion about dietitians versus nutritionists. A nutritionist is anyone who is interested in nutrition. A Registered Dietitian (RD) is an expert in food and nutrition and is credentialed on a national level- credentialing is only earned after years of education and training. RDs must also [...]
