Everyone loves snack foods! They’re convenient, inexpensive, and everything our food cravings are made of. However, these foods are usually highly processed, and often contain far too many calories, unhealthy fat, sugars, and sodium. These foods also tend to have little to no nutritional value, vitamins, minerals, or fiber. This combination is especially dangerous for … [Read more...] about The Effects Of Unhealthy Snacking On Health And Blood Sugar
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Improve Bone Health With These Superfoods
“If you want to grow big and strong, you’d better drink your milk!” We all grew up hearing it; we all know that calcium is essential for strong, healthy bones. While that is true, there are a few other players in the bone health game. We now know that vitamin D, vitamin K, potassium, and magnesium are just as crucial to bone health as calcium. This is because they help … [Read more...] about Improve Bone Health With These Superfoods
Does Eating Really Relieve Stress?
“Emotional eating” is triggered by stress, causing you to consume larger portions, or more unhealthy foods than you normally would. Food is the fuel that keeps the body running. Food is also a social thing; it should be fun, delicious and joyful! Finding the balance between eating what you need and eating what you want is essential for keeping health (and blood sugar) under … [Read more...] about Does Eating Really Relieve Stress?
Heal Your Gut (And Your Body) With These Tips!
New research has shown that the foods we eat directly affect the bacteria in our gut, thereby having a powerful impact on the health of the entire body. When your gut works better, your body works better. The home of an estimated 100 trillion organisms, your gut is the “second brain” of your body. The gut does everything from transforming food into fuel for the body, to … [Read more...] about Heal Your Gut (And Your Body) With These Tips!
These Food “Trends” Are Worth A Second Look
These days, it seems there are always new products being put on the shelves, and new trends being discussed in blogs. Gluten-free, paleo, Mediterranean, shakes, crackers, cookies, etc. Food trends are everywhere. There are a few food trends, however, that may be worth a second look. Fat Goodbye low-fat… fat is back! For decades, fat was made out to be the enemy of … [Read more...] about These Food “Trends” Are Worth A Second Look