Aug 18, 2017 | Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Recipes
People who are using fruit to boost their health generally gravitate toward berries. Raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and others are rich in antioxidants and beneficial polyphenols, and they deliver nutrients while having a low glycemic (sugar) impact. In case...
Aug 10, 2017 | Food as Medicine, Healthy Eating, Nutrition
While there’s certainly merit to limiting large intakes of commercialized juice and dried fruit — particularly among those who are insulin resistant, sedentary, and have other factors that can wreak havoc with glycemic control — some fruits in their whole form can...
Aug 4, 2017 | Family, Healthy Lifestyle, Holistic Health, Nutrition
WATER. We’re sure you understand the importance of drinking it, so we won’t keep you long. Water is to your body what oil is to your car. We literally cannot function without it. Let’s brainstorm some ways you can keep you and your family running...
Jul 28, 2017 | Healthy Lifestyle, Holistic Health, Power of Prevention, Toxins
It’s probably happened to you already this week – you leave a half eaten apple, banana or avocado on the counter and it starts to turn brown within an hour. Or perhaps you’ve left a bicycle outside in the rain and watched it rust, or seen a copper...
Jul 21, 2017 | Family, Healthy Lifestyle, Natural Medicine
The upside to summer is more time spent outside. The downside is increased exposure to outdoor irritants and allergens, like biting insects, poisonous plants, and skin-damaging sunburns. Here are 4 all-natural remedies to keep on hand that will help you and your...
Jul 14, 2017 | Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Recipes
Summer salads are quick, easy, and don’t heat up the kitchen. They may contain dozens of ingredients, or just three — a simple caprese salad with tomato, basil, mozzarella, and a light drizzling of balsamic & olive oil is still one of our favorite summertime...
Jul 6, 2017 | Holistic Health, Supplements, Vitamins & Minerals
What are omega fatty acids? Fatty acids are important for all systems of the body to function normally. There are two fatty acids, known as Essential Fatty Acids (EFA), that your body does not produce on its own. In other words, EFAs have to be ingested through diet,...
Jun 30, 2017 | Food as Medicine, Herbs that Heal, Holistic Health, Natural Medicine
Sweet-toothed friends, rejoice! Fennel is here to hold your hand through your mid-afternoon or post-dinner sugar cravings. The seeds of a fennel plant are a wonderfully sweet, licorice-flavored spice that offer a wealth of nutritional benefits. They are best known for...
Jun 22, 2017 | Healthy Eating, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition
Think back to your most productive workday in the past week. Now ask yourself: On that afternoon, what did you have for lunch? When we think about the factors that contribute to workplace performance, we rarely give much consideration to food. For those of us battling...
Jun 14, 2017 | Gut Health, Microbiome, Toxins
We often think of our skin as being a protective layer that keeps out toxins and other substances that are bad for us. In actuality, it acts more like a filter, keeping some things out but allowing others to permeate through the skin and into the bloodstream. While...
