Category: Nutrition
All About Acai – The Berry That Beats All Berries
It’s hard to turn a corner without running into a product or advertisement touting the amazing benefits of the Acai Berry. Pronounced ah-sigh-ee, the berry itself has been around thousands of years and consumed largely in the Amazon. This powerful berry finally made its way to mainstream culture in the 1990s. Today you can find [...]
The Many Benefits of Eating High Fiber
If your diet is rich in fiber, you’re probably eat fairly healthy. Most foods that are inherently rich in fiber are good for us in many, many ways. Most of us, however, don’t get nearly enough of the rough stuff. In the US, fiber intake hovers somewhere between 10 and 15 grams – at the [...]
Amazing Everyday Foods Your Body Will Love
Almost every unprocessed food has inherent nutritional value. Loaded with vitamins and minerals, the right foods do a great job keeping your body healthy. Check out how these common conditions can be aided by some superstar everyday foods. Lower Cholesterol A recent study conducted at Florida State University showed a 23% decrease in LDL (bad) [...]
An Easy Recipe for a Perfectly Simple and Healthy Snack: Hummus
I owe a lot to hummus. Hummus has saved me many, many times from mid-day cravings that could easily send a person diving deep into a stack of faux-cream-filled pastries and trans fat-laden chips. Well, maybe that’s a little dramatic, but I’ve certainly made hummus a staple in my every day diet. Garbanzo beans are [...]
Discretionary Calories
Sunday morning I met a few girlfriends for brunch. We have a standing date, every six weeks, to catch up and enjoy some good food. Six weeks may sounds like a long stretch, but throw work, kids and travel into the mix and those six weeks fly by. Our restaurant of choice, called Fork, was [...]
Healthy Diets vs Diet Foods
We all know it’s important to eat healthy – even if we choose not to do so. I try to eat as healthy as possibly as often as possible. Sure, there are exceptions, but that’s life. For the most part I do the best I can to make sure that the foods that I put [...]
Do You Recognize Any of These Emotional Eaters?
Are you hungry? No? Then why are you eating? Yes, you absolutely should keep food in your stomach every four hours or so during throughout the day, but if snacks and unconscious eating rule your day, they’re ruining your diet! 1) The Boredom Eater: You’ve finished a meal and the tank is completely full. A [...]
Chicken Vegetable Curry: Eat it up and reap the benefits!
I love curry. I could probably eat something with curry every day. The recipe below, Chicken Vegetable Curry, is one of my favorite ways to enjoy it! It seems like people fall into one of three different camps when it comes to this spice: 1) They like it 2) They don’t like it 3) They [...]
Super Food Trail Mix Combinations
One minute. That’s about all the time it would take to grab a handful of a few of your favorite trail mix-able ingredients, throw them into a bag and call it a day. To save a little time, I put together a list of a few great ingredients that can be mixed and matched to make [...]
Fight Off the Food Hangover
If last night left your feeling a little over-indulged, there are a few things you can do to feel a better. Excessive sugar or too much salty or fatty foods are a sure-fire ways to wake up the next next morning feeling sluggish or bloated.What’s more, eating too much the day before can really throw [...]
