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The Ancestral Kitchen
This cookbook is the compilation of everything I learned from my first three books. It's not just a cookbook, though. It includes a lot...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Dec 27, 20181 min read


19 Ways to Grow in 2019
Are New Year's resolutions your thing? Regardless if you are into making changes in the new year, on Mondays or whenever, chances are,...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Dec 22, 20188 min read


#NoExcuses Workouts
My #NoExcuses December workout challenge was such a hit that I decided to turn it into a year long program! Each Wednesday, I'll be...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Dec 17, 20182 min read


Book Club: Great Reads for 2019
It's another year and another wrap up of my favorite books I read in 2018. It was a year with more fiction, but I still read lots of...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Dec 16, 20182 min read


Should You Get a Standing Desk?
We've seen the headlines that sitting is the new smoking. I see patients every day with aches and pains that I can confidently attribute...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Aug 21, 20182 min read


5 Reasons You Should Go for a Walk Right Now
Many of us brush off walking as a form of exercise because it doesn't feel "hard enough". We often choose to drive instead of walk...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Jun 2, 20182 min read


Find Your Why
The internet is full of all of the information you could ever ask for. We are more connected than we have ever been in the history of...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Feb 21, 20182 min read


20 Ways to Make 2018 Simpler
It's hard to believe that 2017 has come and gone and we're now looking to 2018. Rather then setting big, lofty goals, maybe making 2018...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Dec 27, 20176 min read


10 Day Diet Reset
When it comes to modifying your diet, sometimes it's hard to know where to start. Other times, you simply want to reset and get back on...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Dec 16, 20174 min read


Book Club: Great Reads for 2018
My non fiction reading trend continues. There is just so much to learn! I have also taken a liking to memoirs. Here are some of my...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Dec 3, 20173 min read


Personal Training Anyone?
Have you been to Lifemark Nature Park Way yet? We are a beautiful, 6000 square foot facility with all of the bells and whistles and it's...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Nov 29, 20171 min read


Food Choices: 7 ways to maximize your willpower
I'm asked all of the time, "how do you have the willpower?". The truth is, I have very low willpower so I have to set myself up for...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Nov 15, 20174 min read


#JERF: Just Eat Real Food
The worst 4 letter word ever: DIET. But, it doesn't have to be. We've turned the word "diet" into something that is hard and needs to...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Aug 29, 20173 min read


7 things you might not realize are compromising your health
You're trying to live a healthier life. You've changed your diet, you're exercising more, you're drinking lots of water, but you're just...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Aug 11, 20174 min read


All About Sugar (and a challenge!)
I would like to think by now that most of us (especially those who are actually reading my posts) understand that sugar is not great. And...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Jun 20, 20174 min read


The importance of posture on running performance
Proper posture is important for everyone. It allows your nerves to freely flow from your brain to your organs, muscles, joints, vessels...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
May 5, 20172 min read


10 Ways to Make Monday Feel Less Like Monday
The weekend is over (if you even had a weekend) and you’re back to the grind. Mondays can be thought of as a fresh start or the kick off...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Apr 21, 20172 min read


4 Steps to Properly Train for Endurance
The conventional approach to endurance training is neither healthy nor effective. Go to any 5K or marathon race and that majority of the...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Mar 21, 20175 min read


Guest Post: Cardiovascular Health with Mary Thiessen
February was heart and stroke month, I believe that should be our focus every month! Cardiovascular disease is the #1 killer in North...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Mar 17, 20172 min read


The most important change you can make to your diet
When we think of changing our diet we think it has to be some big, grandiose, very difficult to do thing. I'm not saying what I'm going...

Dr. Kristen Mitteness
Feb 17, 20173 min read
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