Porsia Wellness

04/28/2026

Yes it is work, but the alternative isn’t all it’s cracked up to be!

04/26/2026

I’ve been wanting to do this post for awhile now. Understanding a diet with no sugar can have some common pitfalls and this is just one.

It is a misconception that switching to gluten-free is a better choice for your health. The ONLY people that it is healthier for are those with celiac’s disease or those allergic to gluten.
When it comes to metabolic disease control, we are combating the plethora of diseases fueled by SUGAR. I am linking an article from the Diabetes Association explaining why gluten-free is not diabetic friendly. In short, gluten is what gives food a certain “structure”; so in order to remove that ingredient, it must be replaced with another ingredient. Generally, ingredients used for this purpose are high carbohydrates, which increase blood sugar in the body through glycolysis. Side note: sugar is often added to gluten-free products (as it is to all foods) just to make the taste more appealing.

Below is a pic of a popular gluten-free bread, the bread I buy, and a product that I have found that is good for baking.

So what can you do to keep high carbohydrates like bread? The key is insoluble fiber. Keto diets refer to this as Net Carbs (carbs-fiber=net carbs). If you replace wheat with a product you get high carbs - if you replace wheat with a product that is a mixture of carbs and high insoluble fiber, you get lower net carbs resulting in lower blood sugar. Another side note: you should ALWAYS test your blood to see how you metabolize your foods, after all, this journey IS individualized and based on how YOUR body reacts!

I replaced most of my flours with nut flours for years (which is another issue all together) but baked goods never came out good. Now I use this flour instead. (Remember, if you are using a product with added fiber, you should increase the liquids in your recipes!!! And drink plenty of water daily 😉)

In conclusion: Challenge your beliefs about gluten-free and see if it really is a healthier option for YOU! 🍞

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02/24/2026

Truth.

07/26/2025

If you are in the area, stop by for 10-minutes - It’s gonna be a rainy day out, so why knot? 😆

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Did you know that our office clerk, Rebecca Porsia is a Licensed Massage Therapist? She is and she is offering our campers the opportunity to have 10 minute seated massages for $10.00 this Sunday, July 27th from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Stop by the office today or tomorrow and schedule your massage! She is donating the money to Camp Good Days!

06/28/2025

Massage therapy can help release emotions and bring relief to aches and pains. It’s all about the body-mind connection!
When was your last massage?

06/09/2025

You have to understand your current way of eating to be able to make the changes that will make a difference in your health.
All bread is not created equal!
Gluten intolerance might be more of a glyphosate issue…
Gluten-free bread generally has MORE carbs than its counterpart and can actually increase blood sugar levels making it a bad alternative for diabetics.
Need help weeding through the “Eat this - Not that” myths? Let’s talk!

04/25/2025

Are there really any healthy restaurants out there? Sure there are tons of restaurants that consider themselves healthy. But this is the biggest area of personal frustration since my cancer diagnosis. So here comes my “IMHO”

Let’s start with why this should matter more. In America alone approximately 1in8 women will have breast cancer; 1in4 men will have prostate cancer; 1in11 will have diabetes; 1in3 will have per-diabetes; and 4 out of every 10 are obese. These are random facts to segway into Metabolic Disease, but these are only a very few.

What is a metabolic disease? According to Britannica, “ metabolic disease, any of the diseases or disorders that disrupt normal metabolism, the process of converting food to energy on a cellular level. Thousands of enzymes participating in numerous interdependent metabolic pathways carry out this process. Metabolic diseases affect the ability of the cell to perform critical biochemicalreactions that involve the processing or transport of proteins (amino acids), carbohydrates (sugars and starches), or lipids (fatty acids).”

And what is the #1 thing that can change metabolic disease? DIET! And yes, diet IS considered a treatment of many diseases.
So, when I discuss why it’s important for restaurants to understand what actual heathy foods are, it comes from the staggering statistics of just how many Americans, struggling with diseases, are eating out nowadays. If you’d like to know more about these trends, here’s on interesting article: https://www.usfoods.com/our-services/business-trends/american-dining-out-habits-2024.html

But back to my point. You can offer the best of salads, smoothies, grass fed meats, etc, but most restaurants use sugar in all of the recipes. At the very least, their condiments like catsup, mayonnaise, dressings, sauces all contain sugar. Soups…sugar. Drinks...sugar. Breads…sugar.
And let me be specific here - gluten-free is NOT healthy bread! It is bread that does not have gluten, which is bad for most people’s digestive systems and dangerous for Celiacs Disease; However, it is still HIGH IN CARBS and the only form of carbohydrate that does not effect blood sugar is fiber (that is why some folks count net carbs which = carbs-fiber). If you look at the ingredients of Udi’s gluten free bread, you will see many other not-so-good ingredients, including sugar.

When it comes to therapeutic levels of ketosis, here are some of important things.

-You need a LOT of healthy fat - but you must be careful with too much dairy, ie butter, cheese, cream, (lactose=sugar) There are blood markers that can guide you to how your body tolerates dairy.

-You need to moderate your protein. ie meats, fish & eggs, (proteins can be converted to glutamine, which also increases blood sugars).

-Breads, pastas, potatoes, fruits, rice, oats, beans/legumes… these are all too high for good keto #’s.
The only fruit I have are berries - and I’m talking 3-4 blueberries, NOT a pie’s worth….

And then there are desserts. I don’t recall a single restaurant serving anything without sugar as dessert. Now, firstly it can be done (check out the Sweetish Chef 🫶🏻) but my trick most days is to order a cappuccino while others indulge. I would love to see a restaurant offer Fat Bombs as a dessert 🤔

Today I had breakfast out. I was excited to see keto-friendly bread on the menu. However, when I inquired what it was, they said they no longer carry it because no one was buying it. First and foremost you need to know why it is an important option, and second, you need to know how to properly market it and educate people why it is the healthier option. You don’t need to be eating Keto to benefit from it, but if you are eating Keto for disease, anything else is not an option.
So I ordered 1 egg with cheese, and a whole avocado. The owner came out to offer me 2 eggs and half an avocado because he didn’t feel right charging me $10 for my avocado (which I had already paid for without complaint, I might add). I started to explain that I needed fat, not protein because I’m on a ketogenic diet, but was somewhat rudely told that he didn’t need to know my specifics, that he knows all about the ketogenic diet.
Well I’m pretty sure of two things: keto to him is dirty keto, NOT therapeutic keto; and he has no idea what I have been through for 4 years.

04/25/2025

So here’s a little update on my last post about my cookbook/recipe adventures. My first attempt at tweaking a meatloaf recipe quickly became chili when I increased the fat content to my keto ratio.
After a lot of attempts to right this recipe, I decided that I can’t fit all the oil (fat) into the recipe without losing the “loaf.” So what was my solution? It is something that is often used in therapeutic ketosis for children…
You put it in their drink!
Look closely and you will see my shot of oil that I downed at the beginning of my meal. There really isn’t a strong taste to all oils, especially avocado, sunflower, MCT; and this was a mix of “bottom of the bottles” 🙂
It’s a great TIP when you are aiming for therapeutic levels of ketosis for metabolic wellness and disease control.

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04/19/2025

I’m baaaaaack. Fully reinstated after my 5 year pandemic hiatus. 🙌🏻
For now…I won’t be doing deep tissue again until I gain back some of my own strength from my personal issues… and I’m still figuring out the logistics of “when” and “where,” but this is a big step towards where I am heading on my journey to empower others, like myself, facing metabolic diseases. Stay tuned…