health

Don’t Buy Nutrients

February 19, 2013

Have you noticed that packaged foods at the grocery store don’t advertise the product in the package, but instead highlight which nutrient happens to be hot at the moment? Milk advertises CALCIUM. I’m not knocking milk and it does have calcium- about 300mg for 1 cup. However, it’s a common misconception that it’s the only [...]

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Mastering My Metabolism Post Baby

November 21, 2011

Goooooooooooooood morning! I’m awfully cheery for getting up at 5:30am.  I know some of you do that everyday (kudos), but I am not one of them.  I prefer 6:30-6:45, but my sweet little one decided she was hungry at 5:20ish. C’est la vie! It was a good weekend, filled with a little shopping, a little [...]

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Best Foods For… A Metabolism Boost!

October 7, 2011

Metabolism can be a tricky thing to master.  It is a product of genes, lifestyle, hormonal balance and more.  Eating a certain food won’t send your metabolism soaring if you aren’t doing the other necessary steps to maximize it, but there are foods that help boost your metabolism to give you an extra calorie-burning edge. [...]

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Healthy Living Doesn’t Have to be Extreme

July 18, 2011

Healthy living has endless definitions.  Some people define it as eating vegetables with dinner and not smoking.  For others, it means being vegan and running marathons.  I like to think of myself as falling somewhere in the middle. My idea of healthy living has also evolved over time.  I remember thinking dipping tortillas is cheese [...]

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Battle of the Bacons

May 20, 2011

Every once in a while I like to look a little deeper into the reasoning why some foods are considered ‘obviously’ more healthy than others.  I really enjoyed doing this with potatoes and sweet potatoes. Today, I want to tackle another food battle- BACON. I love the salty crunch of bacon.  I don’t eat it [...]

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Why am I eating?

May 3, 2010

I am a big fan of quotes. It is baffling to me how much motivation and clarity I can find in a few short words spoken by someone I don’t even know. Take my latest “favorite” for example… “If hunger is not the problem, then eating is not the solution.” Duh. That makes sense, right? [...]

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The wonderful problem you never knew you had

April 26, 2010

The secret is out, and if you haven’t heard it yet, hear it now- You do not have to starve yourself to lose weight! In fact, if you do, it is going to hinder your success. I used to see a lot of people that had troubles losing weight because they loved double cheese burgers [...]

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Fat… Not such a bad word after all

April 20, 2010

Thank goodness the days of extremely low/no fat diets are behind us! Let’s be honest, did anyone lose weight by following that regimen? According to several studies, the answer is no. In the 1960s, Americans ate 45% of their calories from fat – and only 13% of us were obese. Now, while most of us [...]

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The scoop on the Subway Scoop!

April 13, 2010

Some people may already be utilizing the new lingo “Scoop It!” at their local Subway, but for those you aren’t or haven’t even heard of it (I know I’ve seen it on the Biggest Loser), I’m sure you will soon. What is it? The “Scoop It” campaign refers to having the bottom half of your [...]

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Through my Husband's eyes

April 5, 2010

When most people find out what I do, their first reaction is to look at my husband with sympathetic eyes, because surely all he gets to eat is wheat germ and sprouts. I have a great time trying to convince them we eat more than just “rabbit” food, but somehow no one is convinced that [...]

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