Experience a heavy sensation in your stomach after eating nuts? Have you noticed the next day that the nuts are in your stool? Even if you don’t show obvious symptoms, many argue, you may be compromising nutritional uptake by eating improperly prepared nuts or seeds. Phytic acid is the storage…
Is your child eating a bowl of genetically-modified Frosted Flakes for breakfast? What about MSG in their Cheez-Its? Or high fructose corn syrup in their Yoplait? Hidden ingredients in our children’s diets can make any parent lose their cool. Thankfully, the next round of The 30 Clean Family-Friendly Challenge focuses…
Dear Sugar, Once again we have reached our yearly break up. Every holiday season I allow you to come into my life ever so slowly. At first it is just a small taste here and there, but then you always have a way of sweet talking me into more. You…
It is essential to life and yet for some reason it seems to be a liquid that so many just refuse to drink. Why do I stress water? Because we need water for every type of cellular process in our body and for every organ to function. Even just 1%…
TAKEN FROM OUR THANKSGIVING DAILY DIGEST AND MODIFIED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE HOLIDAYS: TIP OF THE DAY: EARN YOUR HOLIDAY MEAL! Even though there is an opportunity for this year’s holiday meals to be your healthiest, we still know there is a tendency to overeat and also to forget…
December is in full swing! That means the holiday “cheer” is in full swing too. However, if you don’t plan ahead the stress of holiday parties, holiday shopping and holiday crowds can turn your “cheer”s into tears. With careful planning and using our smart tips, you can get through this…