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Sol Natural Health, Remote Practice, Atlantic, IA (2026)

06/18/2026

High Triglycerides isn't a Heart Problem (They're a Metabolic One)

Your doctor said your triglycerides are high and talked about heart disease.

But here's what they're really seeing: Your body is struggling to handle energy.

High triglycerides are almost always a sign of insulin resistance developing. Your cells stopped listening to insulin, so your pancreas pumped out more and more. Your liver got overwhelmed and converted excess glucose into triglycerides. Now your triglycerides are climbing.

But they're not the problem. They're the warning sign.
The triglyceride number is the smoke. Insulin resistance is the fire.
Most doctors focus on lowering the number. I focus on fixing what caused it.

Here's how I actually interpret triglycerides:
I don't look at them alone. I look at:

Fasting insulin – Is it elevated? That's insulin resistance showing up before your glucose gets weird.
Glucose + HbA1c – What's your actual blood sugar pattern? Are you dysglycemic?
HDL cholesterol – Is it low? That's tied to your triglycerides and tells me about your metabolic flexibility.
Liver enzymes (ALT, GGT) – Is your liver stressed? A congested liver can't process fat efficiently.
Inflammatory markers – Is chronic inflammation driving this?

When I see high triglycerides on your bloodwork, I'm asking: Why is your body struggling to regulate energy?

Is it blood sugar dysregulation? Mineral depletion affecting glucose metabolism? Poor sleep tanking your metabolic flexibility? Chronic stress overwhelming your system? Inflammatory foods creating metabolic chaos?

Once I find the actual cause, we fix it. And your triglycerides drop naturally.

You don't need a statin. You need your metabolic health restored.

Message me or schedule a consultation. I'll run your HTMA and functional bloodwork, show you what's really happening with your metabolism, and build a plan to actually fix it.

Your body's trying to tell you something. Let's listen.

06/18/2026

You're Crashing Your Own Hormones (And You Don't Even Know It)

Your hormones don't just happen. They're directly influenced by what you eat every single day.

Here are five foods silently destroying your hormone balance:

Seed oils (canola, soybean, vegetable, corn) –Highly processed and oxidize easily, creating inflammation that destroys hormone signaling. This shows up as high inflammation markers on your bloodwork. Switch to olive, avocado, or coconut oil, or grass-fed butter, or Ghee

Soy products – Most is genetically modified and packed with phytoestrogens that mimic estrogen in your body. If you're already estrogen dominant (which I see constantly on HTMA), soy makes it worse. Your calcium shell gets tighter. Your symptoms get worse.

Sugar – Blood sugar spikes crash your adrenal glands and trigger insulin resistance. Elevated fasting insulin + normal glucose on your labs? That's this. Sugar dysregulation is one of the biggest hormone disruptors out there.

Conventional dairy – Added hormones and antibiotics interfere with your body's natural hormone production. Your liver has to work overtime to process it. Look at your GGT on bloodwork—if it's elevated, your liver is already stressed.

Alcohol – Even small amounts burden your liver, which clears used hormones from your body. When your liver is sluggish, alcohol creates estrogen buildup and metabolic slowdown.

Don't forget environmental xenoestrogens – Plastics, pesticides, personal care products, and conventional food are all leaking synthetic estrogens into your body. They mimic real estrogen and contribute to estrogen dominance. Choose organic when you can, ditch the plastics, and read your labels.

Here's what I see:
Women come to me with hot flashes, mood swings, fatigue, and brain fog. They think they need hormone therapy. But when I run their HTMA and bloodwork, I see mineral depletion, liver stress, and estrogen recirculation caused by what they're eating and what's in their environment.

One change shifts everything.

Remove one of these foods and watch what happens to your energy, mood, and hormones.

But here's the thing—if you want to know exactly which foods are crashing your specific hormones, I need to see your pattern. Your HTMA shows me your mineral status (critical for hormone metabolism). Your bloodwork shows me your liver function and inflammation levels.

Message me or schedule a consultation. Let's look at what's actually happening in your body, not just guess based on what worked for someone else.

Your hormones aren't broken. They're just responding to what you're feeding them.

06/16/2026

I'm sorry you've been taking iron for over a year and nothing has changed. Well you might feel better in the beginning because you were so depleted that

Here's what almost no one is willing to say:
More iron isn't always the answer.
Sometimes the iron is there — your body just can't use it.
Sometimes the cofactors are missing.
Sometimes inflammation is locking it away where it can't get to your tissues or it can be from low stomach acid, a sluggish liver, or a copper imbalance can all block iron from getting where it needs to go.

Here's the part that trips people up: when you start supplementing iron, you might feel better almost right away. More energy, less fatigue, a little life back in you. That feels like proof it's working, right?

Feeling tired isn't always an iron problem. Sometimes it's a "my body can't use iron properly" problem. Big difference.
The real answer is figuring out why it's not working and that lives in the labs no one's been reading right.

This is exactly the work I do and can find the root cause! No more bandaids.

5 spots open this month.
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06/12/2026

When a client emails me to say she’s down 20 pounds in just a cpl of months, her supplements are consistent, her eating is dialed in, and she’s just doing fantastic ….. that is what makes my heart sing!!!

This is what happens when the body finally gets what it needs. She did the work. I just helped her figure out what that was.

If you’re ready to feel this good, let’s talk. Send me a DM or drop a “YES” in the comments to grab a free discovery call.

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06/12/2026

You're on thyroid medication.
Tired, foggy, flat. You're functioning, but you know this isn't living.

Here's what almost no one tells you:
The medication gives you the hormone.
It can't make your body use it.
And when your body is living under chronic stress, it converts that hormone into a blocker instead of fuel.

You don't need more medication.
You don't need a higher dose.
You need someone to look at what's actually blocking the work the medication is trying to do.

This is exactly the work I do. I dig to find the root cause.

5 spots open this month.
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06/10/2026

Can we talk about something that doesn't get said enough?

If you're on an antidepressant or you've been on one for years, I want you to hear this first:

It is not your fault. You were handed a prescription at one of the hardest moments of your life, and you trusted that it would help. That makes complete sense.

But here's what most people were never told.

SSRIs don't fix depression. They don't address why your brain ran out of what it needed. They work more like a dam — holding serotonin in the synapse a little longer — but they do nothing to help your body actually make more of it. And over time, they quietly deplete the very nutrients required to do that. Magnesium. Zinc. B vitamins. Vitamin D. The building blocks your brain runs on.

They can disrupt your gut — where 90% of your serotonin is actually produced. They can flatten your emotions, tank your libido, wreck your sleep, and leave you feeling like a version of yourself you don't quite recognize. Not broken. Not ungrateful. Just... not you.

And then there's the part that breaks my heart the most.

When people try to come off them — even slowly, even carefully — the withdrawal can feel exactly like the depression coming back. The anxiety. The heaviness. The "see, I told you I needed it." Doctors call it discontinuation syndrome. And it is so frequently mistaken for relapse that people end up back on the medication for years longer than they ever intended.

You deserved to know that from day one.

These medications have their place. For some people, in some seasons, they are genuinely lifesaving. I'm not here to take that away from anyone. Always work with your doctor before changing anything.

But I am here to tell you that there is so much that can be done to support your brain, your mood, and your nervous system at the root — through the way you eat, the way you move, the minerals you've been depleted of, and the gut that's been quietly struggling underneath all of it.

If you're on antidepressants and you feel like something's still missing — you're not wrong. Your body is trying to tell you something.

And if you're working with your doctor to eventually wean off and you want nutritional support to make that process smoother and safer — that's exactly what I'm here for.

You don't have to white-knuckle this. You don't have to just "manage" it forever.

There's another layer to this story, and I'd love to help you find it.

👇 Drop a comment, send me a DM, or visit the link in my bio to learn more about working together.

— April | Sol Natural Health
Certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner

06/10/2026

They won’t remember every word you said… but they’ll remember how you lived.

If you want disciplined kids be disciplined.
If you want kind kids be kind.
If you want confident kids become someone who keeps promises to themselves.

You’re not just raising them.
You’re showing them what’s possible.

Be the example they can’t ignore.

Health is another aspect we need to show our kids. Despite living in one of the wealthiest nations in the world, Americans are getting sicker, not better. As of 2023, 76.4% of U.S. adults, roughly 194 million people reported having at least one chronic condition, and over half had two or more. The United States carries the highest rate of multiple chronic conditions of any wealthy nation, despite spending far more on healthcare than its peers.

This is trickling down to our kids. WE HAVE TO STOP THIS TREND!

If you are lost or do not know where to start or what changes need to be made. I can help!! Reach out to get your health and your family’s health on track!

06/09/2026

Do You Really Need All These Supplements?

I get this question constantly: "Can't I just eat better instead of taking supplements?"

And I get it. Food first is always my approach too.

But here's the reality: Your body is so depleted right now that food alone often isn't enough to catch you up.

Think of it like this: If you become critically anemic, your doctor doesn't just say "eat more spinach." Or if you're diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, your doctor might prescribe metformin to help your body process glucose while you work on diet and lifestyle changes. If you have a severe infection, your doctor prescribes antibiotics. The antibiotics don't permanently fix your immune system—your body does that. But without the antibiotics, the infection spreads and damages you. The medication is temporary support that gives your body time to recover and heal itself.
Same thing with what I do.

Your HTMA shows me you're severely depleted in magnesium. Your bloodwork shows your zinc is tanked. Your copper is through the roof. Your body is literally begging for mineral restoration.
Can you eventually rebuild this through food? Maybe. But it would take years. Meanwhile, you're exhausted, your blood pressure is high, your digestion is broken, and your hormones are dysregulated.

Supplements aren't forever. They're a bridge.
Once your minerals are restored, your digestion is healed, and your nutrient status is optimal—you need way less supplementation. Most of my clients eventually cut back significantly because their body can finally absorb and utilize food properly.

But right now? Your body needs support to catch up.
Food is the goal. Supplements are the tool to get you there.
I use quality brands because I'm not wasting your money on garbage. Every supplement I recommend is therapeutic and targeted to your specific depletion pattern.

You're not broken because you need supplements. You're depleted because your environment, stress, and modern food system have drained you.

Let's restore you back to health. Then we can talk about doing it with food alone.

06/08/2026

You don't need a 30-day detox.
You need someone to actually look at your bloodwork.

Your liver is the best detoxer on the planet. The real question isn't "should I cleanse it" ....it's "why isn't it keeping up?"

The answer lives in your blood. And until someone reads it through the right lens, you're just guessing.

No more green juice cleanses.
No more $300 supplement protocols from someone who's never looked at your labs.

This is the work I've been sharpening with functional blood chemistry and it's why my clients finally stop guessing.

5 spots open this month.
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05/28/2026

Your Medication Isn't Healing You

Be honest! Is there a medication you've been on for years that hasn't actually fixed anything??

Your numbers look "normal." Your doctor says keep taking it. But you still don't feel good.

Here's why: Medications manage symptoms. They don't reverse disease.

Your blood pressure medication keeps your numbers in range—but it doesn't fix the mineral imbalances and blood sugar dysregulation actually causing high blood pressure.

Your cholesterol drug lowers your number, but it doesn't address the inflammation and glucose chaos creating high cholesterol.
Your thyroid medication replaces hormone, but it doesn't restore why your thyroid stopped working.

You're in range. But you're not healthy.

And while you're taking these, they're depleting the very minerals you need to heal. Statins deplete CoQ10. Blood pressure meds deplete magnesium and potassium. Acid reflux meds block nutrient absorption, just to make a few..... When your labs look good doesn't mean you're healing.

What if you actually fixed what's broken instead?

When you restore minerals, stabilize blood sugar, heal your gut, and reduce inflammation—your body often doesn't need the medication anymore.

True health isn't managing symptoms forever. It's feeling good without the drugs.

I find the root cause using HTMA and functional bloodwork. Once I see what's actually broken, we fix it. Not manage it. Fix it.

If you're tired of taking something that keeps you "in range" but not alive, message me or schedule a consultation.

Your body wants to heal. Book your free discovery call today
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