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Clean Eating: Watermelon Cooler Helps Beat the Heat!

Yours truly, The Clean Eating Coach, has a love affair with watermelon, one of may favorite summertime treats. Growing up, I really wasn’t a big fan — I found it to be too, well, watery.  Plus I wasn’t a fan of all those big black seeds.  Fast forward many years later (my husband swears it read more

Filed under: Antioxidants, Beverages, Prevention, Summer, Watermelon, clean eating | 5 Comments

Self-Awareness & Vibrant Health: Are You Tuned In?

Last week, yours truly, The Clean Eating Coach, had the opportunity and pleasure to spend the weekend at Kripalu Yoga Center in Lenox, MA for several days of self-awareness, self-discovery and sheer joy.  The trip was instigated by my friend Molly who wanted to get several friends together from different parts of her life for both fun and renewal, read more

Filed under: Aging, Prevention, Self-awareness, Self-care, Shingles, Stress Management, Tuning in, clean eating | 2 Comments

National Wear Red Day: Wear Red, Eat Red!

If you haven’t already heard, today is National Wear Red Day, an opportunity to increase awareness about women and heart disease and encourage more women to learn about why taking care of our hearts is so vitally important. I don’t have to tell you all the reasons that as women we don’t always take care of ourselves read more

Filed under: Antioxidants, Heart Attack, Heart Health, Heart disease, Prevention, Vegetables | 1 Comment

10 Ways a Clean Eating Advocate Can Help You!

While I was recovering from surgery this summer, yours truly, Wendy Battles aka The Clean Eating Coach, had plenty of time to sit around and contemplate life, health and what it means  to sustain a clean eating lifestyle long term that helps to prevent chronic disease.  One of the common demoninators that I always come read more

Filed under: Healthy Meals, Prevention, clean eating | 7 Comments

Clean Eating: Part-Time Vegan as Path To Better Health

A few weeks ago yours truly, The Clean Eating Coach, came across a headline in the Washington Post’s Clean and Fit newsletter that caught my attention, “More Meat-less Meals.”  It suggested that one approach to a healthy, clean eating diet is to become a part-time vegan.  The article talked at length about well known  food writer and author Mark read more

Filed under: Meal Planning, Prevention, Vegan, Weight loss, clean eating | 4 Comments

What Are You Willing To Do To Prevent Chronic Disease?

Yours truly, Wendy Battles, The Clean Eating Coach, is focused on one idea these days — PREVENTION.  Chalk it up to the fact that as I hit my mid-40s, I can’t help but notice subtle changes in my body — I’m storing a bit more fat and I don’t lose weight as quickly as I used to.  read more

Filed under: Aging, Exercise, Optimal Health, Prevention, clean eating | 4 Comments

Clean Eating: Find Your Kitchen Groove & Infuse Some Fun

As the Clean Eating Coach, when I work with my clients on how to make clean eating a lifestyle (not just another fad but something that sticks), we often talk about the importance of finding your own clean eating groove in the kitchen.  Like so many things in life, it’s easy to try something out read more

Filed under: Food preparation, Fun, Healthy Meals, Prevention, clean eating | 1 Comment

Clean Eating Happens Over Time, Not Over Night

When I heard my husband recently say, “were doing a great job of clean eating, aren’t we?” I knew that I’d struck pay dirt. Even though we’ve been practicing clean eating for quite some time, his realization about our lifestyle really solidified that not only is he doing it (and liking it) but that his awareness read more

Filed under: Farmers' market, Healthy lifestyle, Prevention, Whole Food Nutrition, clean eating | 8 Comments