Quick and Healthy Casserole Recipes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3XDbV4xMTs What is a casserole? A casserole is a complete meal in a dish that provides nourishment along with comforting childhood memories of enjoying a meal around your family dinner table. Depending on the ingredients you use, your casserole can either support your healthy-weight goals,…
Monthly Meal Plan for October As discussed in last month’s post, Creating a Monthly Meal Plan, the benefits of meal planning include saving time and money and helping you choose consistently nutritious meals. This month I wanted to give you an example to help plan out the upcoming month. The…
The Addictive Properties of Junk Food We can all relate to this feeling: you’re sitting casually watching TV and all of a sudden you have an urge for a late-night junk food snack. It starts small and you tell yourself that you’re not really hungry, that you really don’t need…
Post-Workout Drinks and Vitamin Enhanced Water Are Enhanced Water Products Really Good for You? Enhanced water products are beverages that are primarily water with additional ingredients, such as natural or artificial flavors, sugar, sweeteners, vitamins, minerals and other "enhancements." Sometimes they are marketed as sports beverages or “healthier” soda alternatives…
Red Wine Consumption and Health: The Truth About One Glass a Day Is a glass of red wine a day good for you? If you’re someone who skips the occasional drink thinking you’re protecting your health, you may want to give that notion a second thought. Although there is conflicting…
The Health Benefits of Coconut Butter What is coconut butter? Coconut butter is essentially a pureed version of coconut. Coconut butter differs from coconut oil in that only the fat of the coconut is used to make oil, whereas coconut butter is made from the fat and the flesh (or…
LOSE A DRESS SIZE IN 4 WEEKS: WEEK 1 http://youtu.be/2yb6xrhhXuw You’ve been invited to an upcoming event, and it requires you to dress to impress! You have your eye on a stunning new outfit, but now comes the hard part… fitting into it comfortably! I hate to break it to…
Creating A Monthly Meal Plan Planning meals in advance is one of the keys to a healthful lifestyle. However, it is a habit that is most often met with dread. For some reason the idea of sitting down and planning what we are going to eat for the next week,…
Low Calorie, High Energy Foods The way you feel is a direct result of what you put into your body. High energy comes from eating "whole foods" that offer good vitality and can be easily assimilated by the body. The more a food is processed, the harder your body has…
The Difference Between Egg Whites and Egg Yolks After reviewing the research, it is safe to say that consuming a whole egg is the best way to eat eggs. Years ago during the heyday of bad mouthing foods with cholesterol and fat components, the egg yolk was considered taboo to…