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Wellness Articles by Terri
Evidence-based, health and wellness articles and resources you can trust. Connect the dots between Scripture, science, and your health to reclaim your health and take back your life.
Stop Shooting the Firefighters: Your Body’s Protective Design
Imagine a fire breaks out in your neighborhood. Firefighters rush in. They’re doing exactly what they were trained to do—containing the blaze, limiting the damage, protecting what can still be saved. Now imagine someone blames the firefighters for the fire and starts...
Intestinal Permeability: What Leaky Gut Really Is (and Isn’t)
For years, I dealt with daily diarrhea, bloating, cramping, and pain that were disruptive and impossible to ignore. Practitioners labeled it IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), more a symptom bucket than a true diagnosis. I underwent an upper GI series with dye. One...
Fiber and Blood Sugar Regulation: The Natural GLP-1 Connection
GLP-1 medications promise weight loss and better blood sugar control by mimicking signals your body already knows how to produce. What most people don’t realize is that the relationship between fiber and blood sugar regulation is one of those built-in signals. Your...
Cortisol Belly Fat: How Stress Changes Where Your Body Stores Fat
You're eating clean, exercising regularly, maybe even fasting—but the weight around your middle won't budge. What if the problem isn't what you're eating or how much you're moving? What if it's stress-related cortisol belly fat—and your body is deciding where your...
Anti-Inflammatory Recipes by Terri
Delicious, nutritious, and anti-inflammatory recipes. Gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, refined sugar-free, and peanut-free as well as many Paleo and Autoimmune (AIP) compliant recipes.
Gluten-Free Chicken-Fried Steak and Gravy (also Dairy-Free)
One of my husband’s favorite dishes is chicken-fried steak. My father loved it too, so we often had it when I was a child. But honestly, my mother’s chicken-fried steak wasn’t very good. She used Crisco (ugh), and I never liked her milk gravy. I didn’t have it for...
Easy Persian Soup with Potatoes, Eggs, and Ghormeh Sabzi Herbs
This easy Persian soup combines the aromatic depth of dried ghormeh sabzi herbs with creamy potatoes and silky egg ribbons. The result is a nourishing bowl that’s elegant enough for guests yet simple enough for a weekday breakfast. Additionally, it comes together in...
Easy Egg-Free Buffalo Sauce (Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free)
Finding egg-free buffalo sauce can be tricky. Restaurant and bottled versions typically sneak in egg or butter. This recipe gives you that classic tangy, spicy buffalo flavor using just Frank’s RedHot, avocado oil (or ghee), and a simple arrowroot slurry to create the...
Homemade Cranberry Orange Sauce – Fresh, Easy, No Refined Sugar
Easy cranberry orange sauce in 15 minutes—fresh cranberries, orange, and honey with no refined sugar.
Media Articles & Podcast Appearances
Evidence-based articles written for media outlets, covering medical conditions, functional medicine approaches, gut health, inflammation, and prevention. Links open on external sites.
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