Top Recipes for December Monthly Meal Plan As the holiday shopping season gets underway, many of us find ourselves short on time and long on “to do lists.” Now is a great time to make sure that you have a monthly meal plan ready to go for December. A monthly…
What is the Real Shelf Life of Food in Your Fridge? It is a common belief that healthy eating is expensive. Although choosing quality ingredients can cost a little more, the true expense comes when you buy premium food only to have it go bad! To cut down on your…
Happy Thanksgiving from Total Gym! Give Thanks For each new morning With its light FOR REST AND SHELTER OF THE NIGHT For health and food For love and friends FOR EVERYTHING THY GOODNESS SENDS ~ RALPH WALDO EMERSON ~ On behalf of the Total Gym family, we want to wish…
Best Tasting Smoothie Recipes As a naturopath and personal trainer, I know my clients will never achieve the results they are looking for without a diet that contains the necessary nutrients for lots of energy and a strong immune system. This comes from eating whole foods, something most people do…
Monitoring Your Sodium Intake What is sodium and where does it come from? Sodium is a naturally occurring mineral that our bodies require to live. Animals too require sodium to live, hence the need for salt blocks for some animals. This is also why there is naturally some sodium in…
Why Lactose Intolerance is Increasing What is Lactose Intolerance? Lactose is the natural sugar found in milk. Lactose intolerance is caused by not having enough of the enzyme lactase in your gut to digest this milk sugar; this is different than a cow’s milk or diary milk allergy, although some…
The Time of the Day You Are Most Likely To Cheat on Your Diet What’s the best time of the day to have your “cheat meal” while dieting? What a strange question, right? After all, why are you actively thinking about cheating on your diet in the first place? Also,…
One-Pot Meals that Your Family Will Love If your day consists of getting the kids ready for school, going to work, then dropping the kids off at their after school activities, you’re probably getting home at a time when the idea of preparing dinner is exhausting and simply not feasible.…
For Your Heart: A Plant-based Meal Plan If you’ve ever found yourself eating fast food because you were hungry and didn’t have anything planned for a meal, you’re impulse eating. Planning your meals in advance helps avoid this diet pitfall and provides a number of other benefits. When you plan…
Eating These Foods Could Make You Bloated. When it comes down to it, an excess of gas is what causes most bloating in your system. The first symptom of excess gas is a puffed out stomach. As the stomach expands, the gas puts pressure on your organs and this can…