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…
Health Benefits of Nuts “Can I still eat nuts?” This is the first question most of my clients ask when I modify their food plans. Most people tend to remove nuts from their diet when trying to lose weight because they think nuts are high in fat. This holds some…
What to Eat for Lower Blood Pressure The Harvard School of Public Health reports that high blood pressure (also known as hypertension) is responsible for about 395,000 preventable deaths in the U.S. each year. Blood pressure is a measure of the pressure that exists inside of your blood vessels…
What to Eat to Beat a Cold Never curse a cold or treat it with lab made drugs! Why? Because it is nature's way of telling you that there is waste matter (mucous) built up in your body that needs to be eliminated, not treated. A cold is the result…