Healthy Eating
Dipping Sauces: How Bad Are They for You?
Dipping Sauces: How bad are they for you? Sadly dipping sauces can often account for a huge majority of the calories from a meal. Most store ...
Coconut Flour -- Nutrition and Uses
Coconut Flour Do you love bread and other baked goods but are worried about the high carbohydrate content? Are you looking to add more fiber and ...
Six Foods That May Not Be What You Think
Sometimes looks can be deceiving especially when it comes to food. You might think you are making a “healthier” choice, but in realty, you ...
Cauliflower: A Low-Carb Rice Replacement
Rice is delicious and is possibly the one food that is enjoyed across every culture. However, oftentimes rice is consumed in oversized portions and is prepared ...
Reading the Label: Grass-fed vs. Organic Beef
Buying beef can be confusing in today’s grocery stores, with numerous claims about nutrition, antibiotics, hormones, and animal welfare presented on each label. With ...
How to Make Healthy Simple Swaps at Restaurants
It’s no secret that when you dine out, your meal is usually going to be higher in calories than anything you prepare at home. ...
7 Surprising Reasons You're Gaining Weight
If you feel like you’re doing everything right, from eating healthy to exercising regularly, and still gaining weight you’re not alone. The ...
Thanksgiving Favorites With a Healthy Twist
Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday. Filled with family and friends, it brings with it wonderful memories, laughter and joy. It can also be a holiday that ...
Staying Healthy During the Holiday Hoopla
Have a strategy. First, determine what options may be offered at the event you plan to attend. Is it just cocktails and appetizers or a sit-down ...
How to Combat Stress With a Healthy Diet
In biological terms, stress refers to the aftermath of a stimulus that disturbs our mental or physical equilibrium. Stressful events can trigger the “fight-or-flight” response. This ...
The Pros and Cons of Intermittent Fasting
Intermittent fasting has recently grown in popularity due to a fad diet called the 5:2 diet. It does not dictate certain foods to eat or avoid, but ...
Delicious Foods From Africa to Add to Your Healthy Diet
While living in Malawi and backpacking around sub-Saharan Africa, I had the opportunity to try many different foods that are not commonly available in the U....
5 Tips for Feeding Picky Eaters
After a long day, the last thing you want to do is wage war over vegetables at the dinner table. The good news is that getting ...
What Is Mindful Eating? 4 Ways To Incorporate It Into Your Life
Do you eat standing up or from the bag or while on the computer? If you are like most Americans, eating while multitasking is part of ...
How Do You Stock A Healthy Pantry?
It’s 5 p.m. and you’re exhausted and tried. You look in the pantry and find chips, cereal and cake mix. All of ...
Orthorexia: The Lesser-Known Eating Disorder
Disordered eating covers a broad spectrum of conditions, and many of us have heard of the more common types like anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating ...
What Are Phytonutrients and What Do They Do in the Body?
Phytonutrients are additional compounds (besides just vitamins and minerals) found in foods that are associated with health. Phytonutrients work in a variety of ways by improving ...
How Can I Get More Fiber in My Diet?
Sometimes it can be a challenge to get enough fiber in your daily diet. The Institute of Medicine recommends intake for total fiber for adults 50 years ...
Food Additives: Learn the Lingo!
Food additives are added to foods to improve the quality, affordability, shelf life and flavor. They prevent spoilage and increase nutrition. There are over 3,000 food substances ...
How Can I Make a Meal Plan for the Week?
One of the key components of eating healthy is to plan ahead, which increases the likelihood that you will be successful in achieving and maintaining weight ...
Recent Healthy Eating
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How to Make Smarter Food Choices When You’re Stuck in the Airport
One of the worst things about air travel (besides those tiny cramped seats) is the incredibly unhealthy food that seems to be in every airport. Most ... Read More »
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What Your Poop Says About You
Want to find out whether you're getting enough exercise? Eating healthy? Drinking enough water? Look no further than that turd you left in the toilet bowl. ... Read More »
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7 Indulgent, Low-Calorie Summer Treats
Summer is an insanely busy time of year. With all of summer’s activities monopolizing your time, eating healthy often gets put on the back ... Read More »
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Fourth of July BBQ Alternatives That Won't Ruin Your Diet
When it comes time to BBQ for this Fourth of July, it’s important to choose your dishes wisely. This will ensure your diet stays ... Read More »
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5 Healthy Ways to Tweak Your BBQ
Summertime brings blissful outdoor excursions and relaxing get-togethers with family and friends. It also calls for the most glorious three-lettered acronym in food: B-B-Q. Sun-soaked summer ... Read More »
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How to Tell if You're Malnourished
Malnutrition can occur from various causes and is the result of the body not getting enough of the nutrients that it needs. Malnutrition is not just ... Read More »
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10 Things You Never Knew About Poop
Poo — we all do it. Though it’s not exactly dinner conversation, it’s a good idea to know what’s normal ... Read More »
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6 Tried and True Ways to Save Money at the Grocery Store
Nobody likes to spend more money than they have to. While there are a lot of fixed expenses in your life, such as bills and rent ... Read More »
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The 5 Vegetables You're Not Eating (but Should Be!)
Whether you like them cooked, raw, fresh, frozen, canned, mashed, dehydrate, juiced or dried, vegetables are an essential part of a healthy diet. With so many ... Read More »
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The 4 Best Foods to Kick-Start Your Nutrition Plan
With New Year's resolutions right around the corner, you may be thinking of lightening up your diet. If you’ve packed on a few more ... Read More »
