Practical holistic nutrition tips, recipes and education for healthy lifestyle to improve energy, manage weight, eat healthy during holidays and events, and stay accountable to your health goals.
Why Healthy Lunchbox? School has been in session now for several weeks. My picky 5th grader likes to take a lunchbox to school and I started to notice many food items coming back mostly untouched. When questioned, I expected the same usual response about not having time to eat between chatting with his pals, but I […]
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Sun exposure is great for your brain, bones, and skin. It can improve mood and sleep quality plus relieve stress. It provides all these benefits due to its ability to create vitamin D. (Learn more about Vitamin D here.) However, too much sun causes sunburn, blisters and can create flu-like symptoms or headache. Prolonged over-exposure
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Bone broths are loaded with collagen and gelatin, which are good for skin and joints and instrumental in healing the digestive lining. It’s also loaded with anti-inflammatory amino acids, vitamins and minerals which makes it a healthful remedy for nearly every ailment. Try these simple bone broth recipes! Bone broth is more simple than you
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From keeping blood moving through your veins and supplying life-giving oxygen to all of your cells, your heart is a pretty important organ. This February while you’re expressing love to others don’t forget to love your own heart. Just when you thought you understood cholesterol— HDL is good, LDL is bad—it turns out it’s not quite
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Holidays got you feeling busy and stressed? Take it down a notch by finding some peace during meal time. Mindful eating optimizes digestion, reduces stress and tells your brain that you’re full. To prepare your body for digestion you must be in a relaxed state – in the “rest and digest” mode of your nervous
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Feel centered and grounded during the changing fall season with nutrient-dense foods especially fats. Yes, fats! Healthy fats are nourishing, keep you full, provide steady energy and are good for your brain and hormones. Enjoy raw nuts and seeds, coconut, olives, avocado, and wild salmon. Cooked food with root vegetables and warming spices also signify
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Happy Holiday Season! I’m compiling my favorite healthy holiday recipes here. Whether it’s hosting, entertaining house guests or bringing a dish to share, the holidays CAN be healthy. And that includes desserts too! I’ll be updating this blog over the season, so check back for any new updates. Wilted Kale Salad 1 bunch of kale
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Bugs Bunny had it right. Carrots are good for your eyes because they contain beta carotene (part of the carotenoids family), but that’s only part of the story. Beta-carotene is an antioxidant which converts into retinol, or vitamin A. It’s the vitamin A that is essential for eye health since it maintains the health of
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Loving Your Liver We think of our liver when we think of detoxification but your liver also does so much more. It is responsible for about 500 functions including: Hormone balance. Vitamin D production. Formation of proteins that carry nutrients all around your body. Digestion including the production of bile which breaks down fats. (Fats
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It’s no secret that healthy eating includes home cooked meals and lots of vegetables. I always recommend that my clients eat vegetables with breakfast. But who has time to cook veggies before work in the morning? Success comes from planning ahead and batch cooking. Batch cooking is making large batches of food to eat with
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