Watermelon is a summer favorite of mine, but it should be considered more than just a summer treat. This fruit is a nutritional masterpiece, loaded with many important nutrients and leads to health benefits. Below are some of the benefits you will reap from incorporating watermelon you’re your diet. Benefits: • Cardiovascular Health: Watermelon is […]
5 Ways to Spice Up Your Sandwich
Spice up your summer this year by spicing up your homemade sandwiches! That’s right. Sandwiches are great delivery vehicles for a number of health benefits including antioxidants, increased metabolism and overall a great way to maintain that summer bod you’ve worked hard all spring for. Toast that Grain! Some people who don’t normally like whole […]
5 Ways to Add Juicy Fruits to Your Diet
Fresh fruits are yummy AND healthy! The 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends that we should consume 4 servings of fruits per day. 1 serving of fruit is about ½ cup. The equivalent amount to a ½ cup serving is ½ cup fresh, frozen or canned fruit, 1 medium fruit (apple, orange, etc), ¼ cup […]
Study Alert: Link Between Pesticide Exposure and ADHD
As a mom to two young children, recent findings published in Pediatric journal were of great interest to me. According to a study conducted by Harvard University and the University of Montreal, in which urine samples were studied for over 1,100 children aged 8 to 15, for traces of organophosphate pesticide. Children with the highest […]
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Shining a Light on Vitamin D
The sun is out. The weather is warmer. Summer is almost here! With the gorgeous sunshine outside, it’s a great way to get your daily Vitamin D. Temperatures are rising and there are more hours of sunshine each day. Spring often is associated with increasing mood level, but there is another interesting health benefit accompanying spring… […]
Foodie Friday: Mangos
Sweet and tangy, mangoes are a fruit native to southern Asia that are in the same family as the cashew and poison ivy. Mangoes aren’t as common as apples or grapes, but this exotic fruit has become common in the United States. Today, it is grown in the Caribbean and Southwestern United States. Mangoes can […]
5 Healthy Burger Swaps
With the summer weather almost upon us, it’s time to get out the barbeque and invite friends and family over for backyard entertaining. While a lot of the typical summer barbeque dishes are not-so-healthy, there’s lots of little tricks you can use to make them healthier. The best part is that you still get to […]
Organic Foods Q & A
The craze over organic foods is growing, but what is it really about? There are plenty of questions regarding “green eating”, and I encourage you to look more into organic eating if this is something you are interested in learning about. 1.) What does it mean for a food to be organic? It is food […]
Summer Training: 4 Ways to Make the Most of the Heat
I’m definitely making the most of the spring season, but I know that a hot summer is waiting just around the corner. Here are 4 tips to consider as you revamp the way you move in June and July: 1. Get a new game plan With every new season, I like to change up the […]
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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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Foodie Friday: Tart Cherries
When I think of summer fruits, “sugar and spice and everything nice” comes to mind. However, that’s NOT the case with tart cherries! Unlike the sweet cherries that come mainly from the upper West Coast, tart cherries are grown primarily in the Northeast. Since we were children, we viewed cherries as a bonus, a reward. (Remember […]
