July 28th, 2009
Anyone can benefit from a diet rich in anti-inflammatory foods that focuses on the healthiest of eating. Anti-inflammatory foods tend to focus on fresh produce and whole grains and can also help us lose weight.
I’ve been a big proponent of eating less congesting foods — meat, dairy products, sugar, fried foods, anything refined — and
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Filed under: Antioxidants, Fruit, Healthy Meals, Healthy lifestyle, Locally Grown Food, Meal Planning, Vegetables | 3 Comments
July 14th, 2009
These days I don’t go very far without bringing my Vitamixblender with me. It’s such a handy tool for whipping up healthy treats when you’re away from home and when you’re traveling by car, it’s so easy to put it in the trunk and away you go! If you don’t know about the Vitamix, it’s
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July 10th, 2009
Even though I’m not exactly an angel when it comes to eating when I’m on vacation (I mean honestly, who really is?), there’s still a part of me that maintains some semblance of healthy eating so all is not lost when I get back home.
And that’s exactly how things unfolded this week when we were
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Filed under: Exercise, Fruit, Healthy lifestyle, Snacking, Weight loss, weight gain | 4 Comments
June 10th, 2009
No one can deny that it’s a whole lot easier to prevent disease then to recover from it.
So when my doctor called me a few days ago and left me a message about discussing the results of my recent blood work I was little apprehensive. Was I going to have good news or not? Would she uncover some
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Filed under: Greens, Healthy Meals, Healthy lifestyle, Heart Health, Meal Planning, Prevention | 1 Comment
June 9th, 2009
One of my biggest incentives to stay healthy is to prevent disease. It just seems to me that once you get a disease it’s so much harder to rebound then if you had just been preventative in the first place and really took care of yourself.
So If you’re serious about increasing your energy, preventing chronic
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May 19th, 2009
Much to my consternation, my motivation has been waning of late and my motivation mojo needs a fix.
Why? A whole combination of variables have come together to render it a bit lifeless – too much stress, getting shingles, not feeling my best and taking time to rest, insufficient exercise and a general malaise that’s so unlike
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April 29th, 2009
Last week on my free monthly teleclass on meal planning, we shared fantastic ideas about how to make cooking for one more fun and engaging. So many times we short-change ourselves with the notion that we’re not worth the time investment of cooking healthy items, or even finding a place to buy them already prepared.
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April 10th, 2009
You wouldn’t believe how many of my clients and people I meet tell me how little time they have to get or stay healthy. Really?
To me, being healthy is the key to everything in life. If I’m not healthy, I don’t have the energy or inclination to do what’s most important to me. I can’t
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