Here’s the secret to sticking to a clean diet – make sure you always have something in the house that makes it easy to fix meals and snacks. It’s easy to get tempted by fast food, takeout or even the convenience food section at the grocery store when you’re hungry with no easy to prepare food in the house. … [Read more...]
Why Mom Need to Care For Themselves
I had an interesting conversation with a friend recently, who is a mom of a grown adult. She is at a point of dealing with some health issues in her own life and she expressed the concern that it is hard to take the time and spend the money to help herself, ie self-care. It reminded me again of how … [Read more...]
Book Review: Keto by Maria and Craig Emmerich
I received this review copy in exchange for an honest review. I read a lot of health books. And most of them are good. I learn a few things and I put them on my shelf as good reference books. But every once in a while I read a special book – a book that changes my life. Two years ago I read a book like … [Read more...]
What is Clean Eating?
Image by Pellini@ Morguefile.com Clean eating is a diet that focuses on natural, mostly unprocessed foods. When we talk about diet, we’re not talking about the latest and greatest weight loss program. In this case, we’re talking about a way of eating. The focus with a clean diet is on fruits, vegetables, … [Read more...]
Boost Your Metabolism with Healthy Fats
For decades we did everything we could to cut fat out of our diet. The end result is that we were getting fatter and fatter in the western world. Dietary fat was cut out of our foods in an effort to reduce bad cholesterol and prevent heart disease. Instead we gained weight, and with it created a slew of … [Read more...]
The Case for Real Butter
Let’s talk about butter. It’s been a staple food for thousands of years, yet somehow it got a bad rep in the 50s or 60s and we were told that our butter and animal fat consumption in general was the reason heart disease was on the rise. The end result was that we were encouraged to eat a low fat diet and if … [Read more...]