Osa Integrative Health

A functional medicine nutrition practice rooted in the belief that your body is designed to heal and thrive.

Tag: weight loss

  • GLP-1 and your microbiome

    GLP-1 and your microbiome

    As summer draws to a close, I hope you have been able to return–in your heart or otherwise!–to an anchoring habit or comforting place, as we talked about in last month’s Bear Essentials. Now, as we are preparing to transition to the fall season, I’m shifting gears with the newsletter and starting a series of discussions… Read more

  • What’s really the fat-burning zone?

    What’s really the fat-burning zone?

    Dear Osa friends, We’re continuing our conversation about exercise this week with a look at fat-burning (fat oxidation in science-speak) and how we might strategize to optimize this with the type of training we choose. If you’ve ever exercised on any kind of aerobic equipment, you are probably familiar with the phrase “fat-burning zone,” because… Read more

  • Fiber & weight loss

    Fiber & weight loss

    Hello dear Osa Community! I hope you enjoy this round-up of a couple noteworthy things I’m reading and thinking about this week. First, I want to share a study involving one of my most favorite topics: fiber! If fiber doesn’t already excite you (and that’s understandable!), let’s see if this changes your mind at all.… Read more