Your Mood. Your Responsibility.
Eat your way to a happier day without throwing away your health and wellbeing in the process with these 10 delicious and nutritious natural mood enhancers.
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When people talk about dieting, they often talk about cutting calories. But what are calories exactly? Read my complete guide to understanding calories to find out. Who knows, you may not be consuming enough!
You've probably seen various diet plans that promise success as long as you follow their suggested calorie limit.
Calorie-based diets are founded on a simple transfer of energy. You measure how much energy goes into your body, then compare that to how much energy you burn.
While this seems like a sensible plan to get in better shape, many people still struggle when counting calories. Read my complete guide to understanding what calories are and how they affect your health to stay informed about the characteristics of calories so that you can utilize them properly.
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Do you get tired and have no energy after a meal?
Do you experience a mid-afternoon energy slump?
Do you have difficulty focusing, get irritable or cranky for no reason?
Have you been diagnosed with pre-diabetes or diabetes?
Do you want to prevent such a diagnosis in the future?
If so, read on to discover what a blood sugar imbalance looks and feels like, the problems associated with blood sugar imbalances, and why you should care.
I will also provide practical steps you can begin today, to help control your blood sugar levels naturally.
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Don't like your vegetables much?
You will in this version of my meatloaf recipe!
What are you waiting for?
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Give it a try with some delicious organic pasture-raised chicken.
What are you waiting for?
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Please, please do not use a farmed salmon variety. It is environmentally destructive, the taste is abhorrent as is the overall nutritional content.
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I hope you enjoy this dessert as much as we do. If you have any leftovers it can easily be refrigerated in an air-tight container for up to 3-5 days. Freeze if longer.
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Present-day life has stressful demands, and so to keep up we multitask, aided by ubiquitous technology, we're always ready to tweet, text and email. While our devices have encouraged people to do more tasks simultaneously research paints a different picture and it's that multitasking is actually less productive, reduces performance and devastates the brain and body. If you consider multitasking a buzzword for a state of constant interruption then this shouldn’t land as a surprise.
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Have you noticed increasingly more people are trying to avoid gluten? Have you ever wondered why?
Does it seem like everyone around you is suddenly allergic to gluten?
Do you wonder if you should give up gluten?
How do you know if going gluten-free is right for you?
Have you noticed that increasingly more and more people are trying to avoid gluten?
Have you wondered if gluten-free products are healthy?
Have you given up gluten or been wondering if you should?
Read this week’s blog post to discover the real truth behind gluten-free products and what you should look for when shopping gluten-free.
If you are trying to live a life without gluten, it may be exciting to see more gluten-free options available to you every day. But be aware that not all gluten-free products are created equal. Please be mindful that many of them are still processed and contain unhealthy ingredients, making them not such a “healthy” alternative. Read on to find out more!
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If you're having trouble kickstarting healthy habits, it may be time to see a certified nutrition specialist. Here are the benefits of seeing one.
A certified nutrition specialist is well qualified to advise people on their nutritional needs. Prevention, they say, is better than cure. But people sometimes manage to wait until there is a condition to manage.
You know an apple a day keeps the doctor away, and you know you should drink 2 litres of water every day. You are slim and your nutrition tips come from your favourite celebrity. Why would you need a certified nutrition specialist? In spite of the availability of knowledge, most people still exceed recommended trans fats and sugar levels. And most beliefs you have about your nutrition are myths.
If you're having trouble kickstarting healthy habits this new year, it may be time to see a certified nutrition specialist. Read on to discover the benefits of seeing one today.
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Health Over Indulgence: It's Time to Choose Health
It's one thing to indulge occasionally. It's quite another to eat a nutrient-poor diet every day. Together, let's choose health overindulgence. Find out how!
As we welcome this new year and all the opportunities we hope it brings, we reflect on what is good in our lives along with what could be better. We abandon the past and hope for only good fortune, peace, and love for ourselves and the ones around us.
We also often think about change. We ponder what has not served us in the past and what improvements we would like to see in the future. A new year provides a new slate and the opportunity to start fresh. To grow. To change. To love better. To live better. To feel better.
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Are you too busy to eat healthy?
Does it feel like cooking healthy meals takes too much effort and you just don’t have time to figure out what to eat?
Do your cravings get the best of you and throw you off track?
Do you have a food allergy that makes it hard to figure out what to eat?
If you’ve tried and failed to get your eating habits in check, then you know how frustrating trying to eat healthier can be. You work so hard but feel exactly the same week after week. You probably wonder, what am I doing wrong?
Undereating, overeating, or failing to properly balance your meals can make it impossible to make progress. Dieting, starving or depriving yourself can do much more harm than good. Choose either an Anti-inflammatory meal plan, one for Diabetes, or one for optimal Cognitive Function.
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Learn 3 easy steps to hack your way through cold and flu season this winter. The first is…
Vitamin C is an antioxidant that quenches free radicals and speeds wound healing, in addition to being necessary for collagen formation.
When we start to feel a cold or flu coming on, vitamin C will give our virus-fighting immune system a boost. It is found in citrus fruits like grapefruit, lemons, mangos, papayas, oranges, and pineapples, as well as in green vegetables like asparagus, avocados, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, collards, and kale.
In supplement form, a buffered vitamin C is unlikely to cause stomach upset, while Ester-C is easily absorbed. In either form, vitamin C helps other antioxidants keep their potency and helps their absorption in the body.
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For anyone interested in switching to a whole-food-based eating plan, it can be overwhelming.
The first challenge lies in giving up some of your favourite foods. The second challenge becomes what you can eat instead.
Whether you have chosen to follow more of a Paleo, ketogenic, plant-based, or low-carb high-fat eating plan or if you are simply looking to improve your overall diet for general health benefits, the healthy food swap guide below should provide plenty of healthier options for you.
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