10 Easy Healthy Snacks
Snacking is hard. This is an easy list of healthy, delicious snacks that are targeted for easy prep and kids! Let your kids choose one of these snacks to keep the sugar down and their healthy way up!
Indiscernible Sugars Inside Our Food That We May Not Be AwareDietitians today have really gotten on the bandwagon in terms of agreement about the harm sugar brings to the human body. We’ve gotten used to eating vast amounts of sugar so that our own bodies are basically fueled by it. If we would use fat as our primary energy source we would experience a newfound energy and also a much more lucid mind.
5 Strategies for Staying Fit and Healthy During the HolidaysFitness and nutrition are important year-round, even during the holidays. With a few smart tips, you can stay on track to keeping a healthy you.
Alternative NutritionThis article deals with food and the poisons that goes with normal food stuff. Also, what to do if you don’t want to consume that food.
Folic Acid Benefits – 3 Large Reasons We Need It!Perhaps you have seen folic acid in a multivitamin or food product and wondered why we need it. This article shares 3 very important reasons you should be consuming it daily.
What Is Biotin Good For? 5 Ways We Use It!Biotin is common in multivitamins and in some food products. Discover what it is good for and if we really need it.
How Much Sugar Is OK for You?See how easy it is to get far more sugar in your diet each day than you think you are getting? Certainly, if you have a weight problem, cancer, or any chronic disease, take the time to get a close look at your sugar consumption.
Dish Up Nuts, Seeds and Legumes for Good HealthIn looking at food trends for the coming year, Nielsen research indicates that ninety-one percent of people say they snack daily and snacking is on the rise among all age groups and genders. And I am encouraged that folks are focusing more on snacks that are rich in nutrients like nuts, seeds and legumes–choices that earn high marks from me. These three foods are readily available nutrition powerhouses. They are excellent sources of protein, low in saturated fat and sodium; they are cholesterol free and good sources of fiber.
Easy Tips for Plant-Based Entertaining and VisitingHow to combine your healthy plant-based eating habits with entertaining, visiting, and other social gatherings? Here are some easy tips for the upcoming holiday season!
What Kind of Milk Should I Be Drinking?For hundreds of years, the only type of milk available was that that came from an animal (most often cows, goats and sheep). Today there are many non-dairy milk alternatives available, each with a different nutritional profile, flavor, color and texture. Milk alternatives are not actually “milk” per se, but more of a “juice”– an extract from a certain plant source.
Simple Solutions for the 3:00 CrashOh snack foods… In general, they are complete crap and offer little to nothing in the way of nutrients, just calories and sugar.
6 Foods You Need to Add to Your Diet in 2015This year, instead of focusing on what to get rid of in your diet, let’s focus on some things you need to ADD to your diet. Most of the time, we’re thinking about all the things we CAN’T eat. What if we all just started focusing on the things we need to be eating more of, instead of the things we need to be eating less of? The more healthy goodness you include, the less room there will be for the not-so-healthy options.