food
Take Time for Intuitive Eating
If you are feeling diets and diet advice are coming at you from all directions, they are. We have the very prescriptive, but popular Keto and Paleo diets. There are diet books, supplements, advertisements and news to sift through while you hope you can find the one diet with a painless answer to weight loss.
Are Energy Bars Healthy?
Once marketed only to athletes, energy bars have gone mainstream. If you’ve cruised any grocery store recently, you’ve seen them—usually displayed near the candy bars. They come in a wide array of flavors and their packaging is full of health claims—but are these snacks healthy or are they nothing more than a candy bar dressed
Binge Eating? Take Control
We all have certain foods and situations where we can’t keep ourselves from eating a lot of whatever it might be and with great enjoyment. It might be a bowl of nuts, a bag of chips, or home baked cookies. How frequently we enjoy eating with abandon can be a set up for frustrating weight
Food Fight
Cali Duke, a 28-year-old mom and account representative from Hailey, Idaho, broke out in head-to-toe hives a few years ago, she thought it might have something to do with medication she was taking for a kidney infection. But doctors tested her and found no allergy to the drug. Even after she was finished with the
Project Healthy Me
Take this as a nudge, maybe a not so gentle nudge, to think about your diet and physical activity habits. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the best, where do you score yourself? If you are not happy with your score, you may need to start a serious project to win back
Food Stories
Food possesses a special magic in our memories and traditions. The food we like or don’t like may be preferences we learned from family members before us and those around us. Food is deeply emotional and connects to a basic need for survival, health, comfort and social interaction. Food stories tell about family traditions, how
Too Good To Toss
Do you give a little shudder when you throw away food that might have been perfectly fine a few days ago? I do and if I can get my husband to do it, my guilt isn’t quite so painful. Now I’m on an inspired mission. I’ve resolved to be more intentional about creatively working leftovers