So how long has someone, somewhere been telling you to ‘eat your vegetables’? Probably forever. Starting with your Mom at home, then the healthy, balanced diet videos at school, today you hear it in almost every health and wellness book, blog and magazine article. And you know that fruits deliver healthy doses of nutrients and […]
First, this I not going to be another “you need to change your diet” or “you should exercise more” sort of post that gives you over-simplified solutions to very real and distressing mental health issues like depression and anxiety. As anyone who suffers from either one or both conditions will tell you, there’s no one […]
Whether you travel regularly for business, or you just go away on one vacation a year, there’s one thing about travel that isn’t so ‘enlightening’. For business or pleasure, when we travel, chances are high hat we relax our diet discipline and start eating and drinking more of the things that aren’t so good for […]
One thing’s for sure. There are many more healthy choices for packaged foods in the grocery store today than there were five or 10 years ago. Actually, there’s one more thing that’s absolutely for sure. The healthier choices in the grocery store probably aren’t as healthy as you think. But shouldn’t make you feel like […]
There might not be a better example of something that fits the adage ‘you can’t live with it, you can’t live without it’ than salt. Among its many benefits, salt helps to regulate the functioning of your internal organs and muscles. Without salt in your diet, your heart would literally stop. But people who took […]
Maybe you always seem listless, never having quite enough energy for anything and wanting to sit down at every opportunity. Or maybe you have great bursts of energy and then ‘crash’ later on, not feeling like doing anything but having a nap. Whether you constantly feel a lack of energy, or sometimes you’re just dragging […]