The amount of nutrition information floating around the internet is enough to overwhelm even the most educated. I created some blog posts to help break down different diets, best nutrition approach for beginners and more!
Organic, non-GMO, all natural, farm raised…these are all buzz words that we find on packaging these days, no matter what it is. We have so much trust in the food industry that if they product says “organic” then we assume it is healthy, but that is not always the case. The food industry has now […]
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Throw away your vegetable oil ASAP…I mean it. I consider myself to have a pretty flexible approach when it comes to health and wellness. I know not everyone can afford organic, and I know not everyone has the ability to buy healthy foods all the time, and that is okay. But one thing I will […]
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It can be overwhelming. I can be daunting. It can be the hardest thing you have ever done. But it doesn’t HAVE to be! Eating healthy can be easier than your mommas homemade cooking, but you might not think it tastes as good….at first. You can make every excuse in the book not to eat […]
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Yup, I said. You cannot cut food groups and see results. Why? Well, I will get into that in this blog post. What is important here is that, I have been there. I have cut food groups, cut calories, overtrained etc. and it put my body in a terrible place! So know, this information is […]
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Eating healthy when dining can be a scary task for those of you looking to start a healthy lifestyle. Cooking at home means knowing EXACTLY what is going into your food. But when at a restaurant, you never know what your food is being cooked in or how much of anything they are giving you. […]
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Since we are on the topic of foods and pesticides, I thought I would share the other side of the equation. Yes, the dirty dozen is the MOST sprayed produce on our supermarket shelves. But, the clean fifteen are also out on the shelves, and those are the LEAST sprayed produce items! If you need […]
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It’s no secret that a lot of our produce is sprayed with harmful pesticides like glyphosate and atrazine. These chemicals can wreck havoc on our bodies and cause inflammation which we know, is the number one cause of chronic disease. Well, we unfortunately cannot get away from these harmful chemicals without buying local or organic […]
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FIBER!?! Found in whole foods like vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds yet the average American is actually low on their daily intake. Why? Because the bulk of processed foods that we consume actually removes most of the fiber. We all know that we need said fiber, but do we know WHY? Because you know I love […]
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No, I am not saying you need to stop drinking all forms of alcohol and never take a sip again. I just want to shed light on the effects of alcohol in the body (and I don’t mean binge drinking effects, I mean just a casual drink on the weekends) and how it could be […]
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Cookies. Gummy worms. Bread. Donuts. Brownies. Snickers. Cereal. Cupcakes. Bars. Ketchup. What do they all have in common…sugar. Sugar is the culprit of a lot of todays health issues. And not just diabetes or heart disease. I am talking depression, brain fog and hormone disruptions as well. I know this all tastes, good, but it […]
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