Reach Wellness • Jennifer Allen Newton, Health Coach

06/18/2026

Do not drink this and please don’t let your kids anywhere near it!

Crumbl just launched “Dirty Sodas.” Finally, some honest marketing.

One of these drinks contains 186 grams of sugar. For reference, that’s equivalent to:

- Almost 5 cans of Coke
- 2 pints of Ben & Jerry’s
- 29 Krispy Kreme donuts
- 40 Oreos
..except you’re drinking it through a straw.

The American Heart Association recommends no more than 25 grams of added sugar per day for women and 36 grams for men.

This one drink delivers roughly 5 to 7 days’ worth of added sugar in a single sitting.

And your body knows it.

When you consume that much sugar at once, your blood sugar spikes violently, triggering a massive insulin response. Your liver gets flooded with fructose it can’t process, converting it directly to fat. Your dopamine system lights up like a slot machine, making you crave more.

This is a metabolic wrecking ball that sets the stage for insulin resistance, fatty liver disease, type 2 diabetes, and chronic inflammation.

“Dirty Soda” might be the most accurate product name I’ve seen all year.

Please do not drink this.

06/15/2026

This is so good! As a health coach, I see a lot of this and help people find their most effective ways to deal with it.

06/13/2026

This is a good overview. I went the Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach route, and I’ve never regretted it. Not only did it prepare me for National Board Certification, I learned from some of the top minds in functional medicine and I developed a deeper, richer understanding of systems approaches to health that consider the interrelationships among mind, body, environment and social supports. I love my work!

Both roles support behavior change, but they’re built on different frameworks.

Certified Health Coaches typically focus on lifestyle habits, goal setting, and accountability.

Functional Medicine Certified Health Coaches build on that foundation with a deeper understanding of systems biology, root-cause approaches, and personalized health strategies.

They are often trained to work alongside clinicians, supporting clients as they navigate more complex health challenges, while also being well-positioned to establish and grow private practices.

Same foundation, but different level of depth, scope, and integration.

06/01/2026

"The world works best when everyone gets to live as they truly are. So if you ever feel out of place, remember:
you're not broken, you're just beautifully different, and that's something the world needs."
- Jodie Foster

05/27/2026

"If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate. Give into it...whatever it is, don't be afraid of its plenty.
Joy is not made to be a crumb."
- Mary Oliver

05/07/2026

"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work:
you don't give up."
- Anne Lamott

04/28/2026

True!

04/20/2026

"Creativity is not the possession of some special talent. It's about the willingness to play."
- John Cleese

04/19/2026

Happy Day to You!

Let us plant the seeds in our minds that we would like to grow and blossom.

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