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Why You Need to Keep Lactic Acid in Check for Better Health—Before It Takes a Toll

Why You Need to Keep Lactic Acid in Check for Better Health—Before It Takes a Toll
Lactic acid isn’t the enemy—it’s an essential part of your body’s energy system. But when levels get out of balance, it can lead to fatigue, muscle cramps, and even affect conditions like heart disease and diabetes. 

The good news? You can support lactic acid metabolism naturally through movement, hydration, and the right foods. Small changes to your routine can make a big difference in how you feel and perform
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Lactic Acid: Not What You Think—The Truth About Its Role in Your Health

Lactic Acid: Not What You Think—The Truth About Its Role in Your Health
Lactic acid isn’t just a workout byproduct—it’s an essential part of your body’s energy system, influencing digestion, metabolism, and even disease prevention.

While it’s often blamed for muscle soreness, lactic acid actually plays a vital role in overall health. Keeping it balanced can improve endurance, recovery, and metabolic function. 

Plus, a simple lactate test can help assess potential health risks, including heart conditions, cancer metabolism, and blood sugar regulation. Understanding lactic acid gives you the power to support your wellness in ways you never expected.
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Magic Microbes: My Top Diet Tips to Cultivate Yours

Magic Microbes: My Top Diet Tips to Cultivate Yours
The types, kinds, and amounts of whole plant foods in your diet can boost your gut microbiome, helping you lose weight, lower cholesterol, and feel happier and more confident. Some gut bacteria are true heroes, protecting you from cardiovascular disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. However, when things get out of balance—often due to poor diet and unhealthy habits—the villains take over, leading to serious health issues. Discover tips for a gut-friendly diet that supports overall well-being and promotes a healthier, happier you.
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Overweight, Tired, And Cranky? 3 Surefire Ways To Be Awesome

Overweight, Tired, And Cranky? 3 Surefire Ways To Be Awesome
Feeling overweight, tired, and cranky? You're not alone, but there’s good news: a healthier, happier you lies within your gut. Picture a microscopic world inside you, bustling with over 100 trillion microorganisms. This fascinating ecosystem, known as the gut microbiome, plays a crucial role in your overall health, from weight management to mood and sleep. In this blog, discover three transformative tips to nurture your microbiome and watch your well-being flourish. Get ready to embrace optimal health and become the best version of yourself!
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Transform Your Health: 4 Easy Lifestyle Changes for Optimal Wellness

Transform Your Health: 4 Easy Lifestyle Changes for Optimal Wellness
Adopting just five healthy lifestyle habits can add more than a decade of life, according to a 2018 study published in Circulation. These habits—eating a balanced diet, staying active, maintaining a healthy weight, not smoking, and consuming alcohol in moderation—can help you live a longer, healthier life. My students have experienced incredible transformations by incorporating these habits, from losing weight to erasing debilitating conditions.

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This blog is dedicated to Irl Flanagan, who was my friend and grammar mentor. Over the last 20 or so years, he spent countless hours editing my manuscripts and teaching me the intricacies of sentence structure and the true meaning and the proper usage of words. 

Irl died 4 months before his 100th birthday.

Meet Peggy

Peggy Kraus is an exercise physiologist and diabetes care and education specialist. Her clients say her superpower is helping people reverse type 2 diabetes—but the impact of her work goes far beyond that.

With almost 30 years in cardiac rehab, Peggy has seen firsthand how the American diet has taken a toll on so many lives, leading to chronic disease and unnecessary suffering. She knows health isn't just about managing symptoms—it’s about reversing disease when possible, feeling strong and energized, and thriving.

Over the years, she’s helped thousands of people lower blood sugar, lose weight, improve cholesterol, and reduce blood pressure—all with simple, strategic lifestyle changes. Her 6-week program, 5 to Thrive, is built on five key strategies that her most successful students have used to create lasting health transformations.

Her upcoming program, Diabetes Rescue, is a type 2 diabetes reversal program designed to give people the tools to take back control of their health and make lasting changes—so they can say goodbye to diabetes for good and reclaim the vibrant life they deserve.

Her plant-based approach is powerful. And so are the results her clients achieve.


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