Two-thirds or 67 percent of calories consumed by children and adolescents in 2018 came from ultra-processed foods, a jump from 61 percent in 1999, according to a 2021 Journal of the American Medical Association study.

This episode is for you if you've ever been concerned about the amount of sugar and processed food your kids have been eating! Or if you're confused about how to read labels in the grocery store. Small changes go very far.

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Raquel and Kristin discuss FIVE ways an "ALL OR NOTHING" mindset sabotages our lives.

As moms, we often think we don't have enough time for the things we want to have time for like working out, home cooking and quality time with friends and family! But what if we drop the ALL OR NOTHING mindset and realize all our efforts count? We might not need as much time as we think.

This episode is for you if you think you don't have enough time for the important things in your life!

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In this second episode, Raquel shares how as a fitness professional training hundreds of women, she felt like something was missing for her clients. In Raquel's attempt to empower women in her custom Fit Mom Camp, she realized these women were on the "hamster wheel" of fitness. After getting great results and transforming their bodies, they'd end up right back where they started.

Raquel discovered that fitness was only a piece of the puzzle in their path to wellness and that mindset played an integral role. She added functional medicine coaching to her arsenal to help moms create sustainable changes leading to better health through a functional medicine lifestyle.

This episode is for you if you're frustrated by your fitness inconsistencies.

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~Kristin & Raquel

In this first episode, Kristin shares her personal journey of how functional medicine changed her life and saved her family's health. She talks about how functional medicine:

This episode is for you if you've been curious how living a functional medicine lifestyle can heal chronic health issues for you and your family.

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~Kristin & Raquel

Are you aging well as a middle aged mom? Do you find yourself feeling overwhelmed by all things wellness? —losing weight, gaining muscle, reducing stress, finding time to exercise, getting sound sleep, feeding yourself and your family healthy meals –  it goes on and on. 

Meanwhile, what do we REALLY want?? To look great, to feel great AND BE our best. YET let’s face it, there’s almost too much health information out there, and life as a mom is challenging—we often put ourselves last! 

How can we make a change when change seems so overwhelming and aging seems to be happening at an all record speed?

Join functional medicine certified health coaches and NJ moms Kristin Brucker and Raquel B. Cartagena (also a certified personal trainer and older adult fitness specialist) as they help you age on your own terms!

Functional Medicine Coaching Moms podcast will feature practitioners, health coaches, skin specialists and nutritionists to name a few – all from a functional medicine perspective. 

There will also be candid conversations with moms; everyday moms, sharing what actually works and what they are still struggling with. 

The goal of this podcast is to simplify healthy lifestyle change for mid age moms.

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