I Am Worth It – Challenge #1
If you’re in the habit of eating fast food regularly, we challenge you to go one week without it. With a little bit of pre-planning and a trip to the grocery store at the beginning of the week, you can prepare your own “fast” meals and skip the junk food. Breakfast Get up 15 minutes …
Sweet Potatoes: Guilt-free and Good for You
You might be under the mistaken impression that you shouldn’t eat sweet potatoes because not only are they potatoes, but they’re sweet to boost! Fact check: a sweet potato is not even …
Superfood! Chia Seeds
Tiny, but mighty, chia seeds are a nutrition powerhouse. They’ve been used by the Aztecs and Mayans since as far back as 3500 B.C. and the word “chia” in Mayan actually means …
Help your Heart, Help your Gut – Eat Walnuts
A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition has found that eating 2 to 3 ounces of walnuts every day helps improve your gut health and lowers your risk of heart disease. …
This for That – Healthy Food Swaps
The key to healthy eating is to take in foods that are nutrient-dense instead of those that are calorie-dense but low on nutritional value. Another way of looking at it is to focus on giving your body what it needs and not what is harmful. Foods that are lacking in important nutrients and enzymes make …
January 30, 2020
Eat to Lose Weight
One of the basic truths about losing weight is that you need to burn more calories than you consume. 3500 calories equal approximately 1 pound of fat, so if you cut 500 to 1000 calories a day from a typical diet, you should lose 1 – 2 pounds per week. There are many additional factors …
March 18, 2019
Vitamin D(efense)
Vitamin D affects nearly every cell in your body and its importance to your health is difficult to exaggerate. Vitamin D plays a role in: Healthy bones, including preventing osteoporosis – it helps your body absorb calcium Lowered risk of diabetes – improving your body’s sensitivity to insulin, thereby reducing insulin resistance Reduced blood pressure …
May 31, 2019