Sweet Potato Parmesan Bake
I know many of my readers LOVE sweet potatoes and I do, too! The versatility of the sweet potato is wonderful since you can have a baked sweet potato, mashed sweet potatoes, sweet potato fries, and many more. Here is a delicious recipe the whole family is sure to enjoy while being a nutritional powerhouse […]
Corporate America Making Food Healthier and More Affordable
I’ve recently been given a very unique opportunity to help millions of Americans eat healthier foods at affordable prices and I’m very excited to share the news with all of you. Walmart, the nation’s largest grocer, launched a five-year healthy foods initiative in 2011. Walmart committed to helping American families put healthy, affordable food on […]
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10 Tips to Improve Your Heart Health
February not only belongs to the warm and charming Valentine’s Day but also American Heart Month. Unfortunately, heart disease is an all-too-familiar group of heart-related illnesses including coronary heart disease that claims the lives of approximately 600,000 people each year according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. But this is only a daunting […]
Go Fresh This Winter With This Tip!
If you’re anything like me, you prefer fresh food over packaged. You’ll easily bite into a fresh ripe peach over a canned peach any day. Most people associate eating fresh, local produce with the summer and fall months as farmers markets seem to be everywhere you go. But what do you do in the winter? […]
Happy & Healthy Labor Day!
That’s right, you hear it here first. This Labor Day, make it a happy AND healthy one! And let me let you in on a little secret…it’s not as hard as it sounds. I have put together a list of some of the easiest ways to sneak in those fabulous nutrients into your extraordinary Labor […]
Go, Grow, Glow Principal for Healthy Living
You may think that nutrition is too difficult; that there are too many rules to keep in mind. Yes, there are a lot of target numbers, exceptions, nutrients, and more, but really it is simpler than you think. How you feel when you are eating well is the ultimate way to track your nutrition. Instead […]
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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 […]
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 […]
8 Ways to Get Kids Involved in the Kitchen
Between Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move Campaign and Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, wonderful nutrition messages about getting our children involved and excited about real, nutritious food are starting to get out there. Seeing young kids who were unable to identify a potato, eggplant or even tomato was certainly an eye-opener for me! One of the first steps […]
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5 Keys to Losing Fat Fast for Spring Break
This is the time of the year when many of us pack up and head for the heat during spring break. If you are wanting to get bikini-ready fast to look your best, here are some tips to help you shape up quickly! 1. EAT ENOUGH PROTEIN. How much is “enough”? Aim for at least […]
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