Don’t Tell Me It’s BEcause of My Period.
by Jennifer Peters
Want to stop the rollercoaster of hormones during your bleed? One thing you can do is FEED that BLEED! Read further to see how you can make easy adjustments to make the bleed more bearable.
JBK Nutrition Notes: Antioxidants
by Jennifer Peters
Antioxidant. It’s a word that gets tossed around a lot on food labels and in health headlines. But what does an antioxidant really do, and why do we want them in our bodies? Antioxidants fight free radicals Antioxidants fight free radicals, which are unstable...
JBK Nutrition Notes: Anti-inflammatory Foods
by Jennifer Peters
JBK Nutrition Notes: Inflammation - The Good, The Bad, and Foods that Reduce It! It happens to all of us sometimes, you fall and bang up your knee, you get sick with some sort of infection, you tweak your back skiing. When anything happens that throws off the balance...
Combat Cravings with Balanced Blood Sugar
by Jennifer Peters
Cravings can be caused by a variety of physical and emotional triggers, but we’re going to focus on one of the most common in this post: blood sugar balance. What is blood sugar? The “sugar” I’m referring to in blood is glucose. When you eat carbohydrates, they get...
JBK Nutrition Notes: Ingredient Highlight: Coconut
by Jennifer Peters
Some foods just deserve some extra attention, right? One of our absolute favorites at JBK is the highlight of this post: COCONUT! Why do we love it so much? BEcause it’s got serious health BEnefits BEcause it’s multi-functional - we love ALL things coconut! BEcause...
JBK Nutrition Notes: Get Some Help With Healthy Meals
by Jennifer Peters
Quality vs. convenience. It seems like this is a never ending tradeoff when it comes to food choices. What is healthy often isn’t quick or easy, and what is quick and easy isn’t often healthy. But in a world where we’re all stretched to the limits and the value of...
JBK Nutrition Notes: Adaptogens
by Jennifer Peters
Adaptogens - How your Body “Adapts” to These Herbs Let’s be real. We’re all stressed these days. Our already busy lives have been out of whack for months and overall uncertainty is at an all time high. In looking for tools and methods to manage your stress, you might...
JBK Nutrition Notes: Detox
by Jennifer Peters
Detox: Sensible or stressful for the body? When we set out to write a piece on detox, the idea was to share it early in the new year, as this time always brings feelings of a fresh start. Resolutions run rampant and the words detox and diet are heavily marketed within...
JBK Nutrition Notes: Sleep
by Jennifer Peters
Sleep - It’s Free & a Magic Wellness Solution When we think of wellness, we often think of food and exercise. While they’re both critical to overall wellbeing, there are so many other factors that contribute to your health. One of the biggest: sleep! And in the...
Collagen: Structural“Glue”for the Body
by Jennifer Peters
Collagen comes from the Greek language and literally means “gum producing.” Comprising a quarter of our body’s protein content, it is in nearly every tissue, and is essentially the glue that holds us together. It can be found in our connective tissues, bones, muscles,...
Bet On Yourself
by Jennifer Peters
When I started Just BE in 2017, I couldn't get a loan. I couldn't get an investor. I had friends that told me I wasn't just nuts, I couldn't do it. I had potential landlords tell me no way they would rent to someone who didn't have experience in the industry & to go get a job at a restaurant.
I was also in a low place. I had lost my former partner to Cancer,...