10 Non-Scale Health Goals Learn how to set health goals that don’t involve a scale or your weight. A few weeks ago I shared a post about weight loss and why there are so many other things to focus on when it comes to eating well or working out. Although the scale can be a…
Why Your Gut is a Key to Your Health Discover why gut health is the key to your health. Most people have heard the expression “you are what you eat”, but as we continue to learn more and more about the body evidence has become clear that in fact “you are what you absorb”. The gastrointestinal…
How to Eat Healthy on the Go Learn how to eat healthy on the go with these tried and tested tips. Whether it’s a busy day at work, a week of travel, or just your schedule getting a little too hectic, eating well when life gets busy can be tough for the best of us.…
5 Food Additives to Avoid A list of common food additives to avoid. Ever pick up a product in the grocery store to read the ingredients and encounter words you’ve never even heard of before? You’re likely not alone. With hundreds of approved food additives on the market, it is difficult for even the savviest…
Why Weight Loss Isn’t Your Goal Discover why weight loss is not your goal and what to focus on instead. Weight loss is hands down the most common goal in the health and fitness industry, and if I was to venture a guess, I would say it is the least achieved goal as well. Sounds weird,…
How to Make Your Freezer Work for You Make your freezer your best friend with these freezer meal tips! If you didn’t already know, freezer cooking is a thing. Beyond meal prep and batch cooking, your freezer is probably the most useful appliance in your kitchen and freezer cooking is the best tool you can add…
8 Signs Your Blood Sugar is Out of Whack Cravings? Tired? Brain fog? Here are common signs your blood sugar is disrupted. Blood sugar is a common topic when it comes to health and wellness, and one I frequently bring up myself. Be it constant cravings, low energy, or mood swings, blood sugar plays a…
56 Code Words for Sugar From fructose to corn syrup, here is a list of the different names for sugar. When you are trying to make healthy diet changes, there are plenty of different ways you can approach it, however I think most experts would agree that removing added sugar is one of the best changes…
Why Cooking is Self-Care Discover why cooking is self-care and how you can include it in your daily routine. Self-care has become a very important topic of conversation. Our lives are hectic and busy, people are stressed out and burning out, and mental health issues are on the rise in the form of anxiety and…
How to Indulge Without Overindulging Struggle to find balance? Learn how to indulge without overindulging. One of the biggest challenges we face living in a culture of abundant food is finding balance within. With constant access to food, especially the indulgent types, it can be difficult to learn how to indulge without overindulging. For myself…
Why You Shouldn’t Fear Saturated Fat Here is a case for saturated fat, what it is, and why it’s actually good for you. Like many, I spent years of my life avoiding fat in my diet, specifically saturated fat. I grew up in a household full of low-fat or fat-free products and entered adulthood doing…
How to Make Your Health a Priority Learn how to make your health a priority with these simple yet effective tips. Even though most people know that they should be making their health a priority, not everyone does. Between work, family, friends, kids and busy schedules, too often, focusing on our personal health falls to…
32 Healthy Meal Prep Ideas Healthy meal prep ideas for breakfast, lunch and dinner! A little forward planning goes a long way when it comes to eating well, so here are 32 healthy meal prep ideas to help ensure you are set up for success. There are a lot of benefits to meal…
The Benefits of Eating Local Food Here are 8 benefits of eating local food! The buy-local movement has grown tremendously in recent years and with good reason, the benefits of eating local food are plenty; from nutrition to environmental and community reasons, now more than ever it is important to support your local farmer: here…
How to Sweeten Food Without Sugar From sweet potato to vanilla, here are 8 ways to sweeten food with sugar! If you’ve got a sweet tooth, you know how hard it can be to cut sugar out of your diet completely. That sweet and satisfying taste is highly addictive so removing it altogether is a…