Foodie Friday: Avocados
I think Hass avocados are awesome and in today’s “Foodie Friday” I’ll tell you why! Hass avocados could be even more beneficial to our health than we previously knew. According to a preliminary study conducted by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 2001-2006, 14,484 adults ages 19 and older) and the Hass Avocado Board [...]
5 Ways to Improve Bad Eating Habits
Even the seemingly best eaters have at least a few bad habits that must be managed. There are no people who are naturally good eaters; everyone must learn how control their desires while balancing this with the needs of their body. Here are the secrets to controlling your problem eating behaviors! 1.) Chain-Breaking: You need [...]
Top Tips to Sleep More and Stress Less
Most of us don’t get enough sleep a day. Sleep is essential to the body and mind. If we don’t get enough of it, our mental and physical functions may become impaired. Sleep requirement is different in different stages of life. A one year-old requires around 14 hours of sleep a day, a five year-old [...]
Top Tunes Tuesday: The Classics
Top Tunes Tuesday is a new series where I give great music finds to help you stay motivated through your workouts! Sometimes in the middle of a tough or long workout you really need that great, motivating song to push you through. More often than not, I find that those inspiring songs are the classics, [...]
5 Simple Swaps for Coffee Lovers
When trying to cut calories and eat healthier, your morning cup o’ joe doesn’t have to be that one thing you’re going to try to eliminate completely to try to cut calories. If you’re a coffee lover, can you realistically imagine a morning without coffee? Below are 5 simple swaps you can make in your [...]
Foodie Friday: Almonds
What’s the best nut to eat? I’m asked that again and again, and my answer is always the same. Packing more protein, calcium,fiber, vitamin E, niacin and riboflavin than any other tree nut out there, almonds are my hands down favorite! During the low-fat diet craze, one of nature’s most wholesome and nutritionally dense foods was ruthlessly [...]
6 Simple Flavor Boosters
It’s a real shame that a lot of people think that eating healthy has to taste bland, especially since there’s so many ways you can enhance the natural flavors of real food! Sometimes all it takes is adding that little extra ingredient to an otherwise “boring” salad for it to become extraordinary. Instead of adding [...]
3 Easy Ways to Reduce Anxiety
When summer is just around the corner, the last thing I need to feel is anxious. Do you ever have that feeling of unease about something you just can’t put your finger on? Whether it’s too much thinking ahead or a mile-long to-do list, it’s distracting! Here are my top three tips for going from [...]
Top 4 Reasons to Shop Organic
Earth Day has just passed and Farmers’ Market season is here…what better time to kick off the season by considering reasons to shop organic? Although they tend to be a little more expensive, their prices are reasonable and their health benefits for us and our environment are simply nonnegotiable. Free from exposure to harmful chemicals [...]
10 Easy Ways to Cut Calories to Get Your Swimsuit Body
April showers bring May flowers…which constantly remind us that we’re less than one month away from swimsuit season! It’s never too late to give your eating habits a makeover by making small changes that would lead to big differences. Say it with me now: “Small changes make BIG differences.” Below are 10 ways you can [...]
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