Archive for the 'General Health' Category

Ways to Beat the Summer Heat

Don’t let the summer heat affect your ability to stay on track with your healthy eating goals. Here are a few tips to keep eating healthy when things heat up: Meal prep in advance: try scheduling 1 hour a week to prep meals by washing, slicing produce, marinating meats, or assembling ingredients into freezer bags […]

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How to Get a Handle on the Holiday Food Blitz

Now that Thanksgiving is over,  the holiday season is truly in full swing. Preventing weight gain over the holiday season is challenging when there’s a food blitz everywhere. Here’s a few tips to help you get a handle on the holiday food and prevent weight gain: Use an online tracker or wearable device:  Keep track of food […]

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Go Meatless Once a Week

Meatless Monday has become a global movement.  Eating a meatless meal once a week helps people to reduce their consumption of meat. It’s really a very simple premise: cut out meat for the day. There’s plenty of evidence to show that going meatless at least part of the time is  good for our health. It’s […]

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Keep Your Exercise Plan Going Strong

Whether you need to lose weight or manage a condition such as pre-diabetes, having a solid exercise plan is essential. Getting and staying motivated to exercise is a real challenge many people face. If you have this challenge, there are a few simple things that you can do to keep the momentum going. Think about […]

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Got A Fussy Eater? Help Is On Its Way

Are you or someone you love a fussy eater? Do you like a carefully chosen variety of food but you don’t want those foods on the same plate? Does your gag reflex surface if you see various foods mixed together on your plate? If you answered yes to the questions above you may have brumotactillophobia. […]

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Probiotics for Summer Beverages

Lately I have been getting questions about probiotics.  Probiotics are live bacteria and yeasts that are good for you, especially your digestive system. There is a wide variety of probiotic supplements and foods. Today I thought I would introduce two options for probiotic beverages. Most people know about the probiotic benefits of yogurt, but two lesser […]

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Eat More Vegetables the Easy Way

We have all heard this: we need to eat more vegetables! People who follow a weight loss or calorie restricted diet are used to hearing about all of the foods that they cannot eat anymore. It’s nice to know that there foods that they can eat more of! That’s where vegetables come in. Vegetables in […]

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Practical Tips For Reducing The Sugar In Your Diet!

Our modern, hectic and stressful lives make it very difficult to eat a balanced diet. You know that too much sugar is not good for you but you don’t know how to banish it from your life.  Sugar is added to just about all processed foods and you rely on them too much to feed […]

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March Is National Frozen Food Month

March is National Frozen Food Month and traditionally that means that certain brands will offer new products, coupons and discounts during the month.  Their goal is to increase sales and brand recognition but your goal should be to learn how to use frozen food to supplement your diet of fresh and canned food. In some […]

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August is American Adventures Month

August is American Adventures Month. The United States of America is a diverse country with lakes, deserts, plains, mountains, canyons and land yet undeveloped. There is so much to see and appreciate but what happens when you can’t take an adventure right now? Your entire family can embark on an American Adventure by celebrating our […]

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