“I’m new to Clean Eating…Where do I start?” This is a question I’m often asked – and when I look back at my own transformation story, I realized just how important it is to let people know that it can be both an enjoyable and challenging journey. Transformation Tuesday #2 – Rachel Maser – #TransformationTuesday Making Read More!
Taking positive steps towards improving your health is always a good thing, whether monumental efforts or small changes. Changing your diet, having a more active lifestyle, and cooking nutritious meals for the family takes you one step closer to a lifetime of health. In order for these efforts to be truly effective and life-changing they have to become habits. Want Read More!
“Studies tend to show that in terms of weight loss, diet plays a much bigger role than exercise,” Philip Stanforth, professor of exercise science at the University of Texas. Here’s a very common scenario: Someone (let’s call her Judy) sets a goal to reach a certain weight within a particular time frame. Judy gets ready with Read More!
“If hunger is not the problem, food is not the answer.” Stress makes you feel sad, angry, uninspired, tired, on edge, and hungry. It can eat you up, and make you want to eat needlessly too. What’s scary is you won’t even realize how it sneakily changes your otherwise healthy relationship with food. Did you Read More!
For most people, finding the best clean eating items in the grocery is as simple as following a shopping list. But, cooking can be another challenge altogether. If you’re eating clean, it is important to know how to benefit most from your fresh produce and pantry goodies by using healthy cooking methods. You’ll be surprised – Read More!
Sugar, in all its forms, is not an illegal drug. But, you can definitely consider refined and processed sugar ‘toxic’ to a certain degree. Think about it: When you don’t get your dose of sugar in a day, you feel anxious and uncomfortable. Your energy level hits rockbottom when you don’t get your ‘required dose’. It makes you Read More!
Inflammation in your body means your immune system is fighting off an intense battle against microbes, chemicals, and other foreign bodies that it recognizes as ‘harmful.” Redness and swelling may develop, and you may experience pain, fever, a loss of appetite, and headaches among many other symptoms. When it constantly recurs, inflammation can lead to Read More!
Bacteria in your food? At first, it sounds like an odd idea. But, with more research taking place each year about natural probiotics, bacteria in your food can be the next best thing to have with your morning lemon water. What kind of bacteria are we actually talking about here? You may have heard or read about Read More!
Health food enthusiasts rave about its amazing properties. It has carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. Honey offers such a wide variety of benefits that it’s been dubbed as ‘liquid gold’ – a salute to its color and the many treasures it holds as a health food. Here’s a quick list of why honey should Read More!
We are always in search of something that will improve our health and well-being. It can be something we can do, somewhere we can go to, something we can apply or put on, or better yet, something we can eat. Among the many natural options that has seen a ‘revival’ in health circles nowadays is Read More!
