Archives for November 2016
5 Healthy Mocktail Recipes
Whether you are doing Sober October, Sober Curious, or just looking for a fun alternative to traditional cocktails, easy healthy mocktail recipes are a great addition to your recipe collection. Although healthy mocktails get all...
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What to Eat Before & After Exercise
If you are anything like me, you have spent the last week glued to your TV cheering on the Olympians! Maybe even trying the wolf turn in your living room to see if it’s really...
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Ask Your Doctor For These Lab Tests Every Year
Have you ever felt a little “off” and hoped to find the answer with your doctor? Your instinct says to run lab tests, but you don’t know what to ask for or how to interpret...
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Does Grilling Cause Cancer? 6 Tips to Reduce Your Risk
Grilling season is officially here, bringing with it the irresistible aroma of smoky grill after a long day soaking up summer. Grilling is actually one of my very favorite healthy methods of cooking because it...
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Is It All About Macros?
Macros, calories, sodium, grams of carbs, percentage of fat, food trackers – these are all different ways that we use to asses how a certain type of food is going to impact our body. And...
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What to Eat Now: Cleansing Recipes for Spring
As we move into longer days and shed off a long cold winter it can make us crave feeling physically and emotionally lighter. Our bodies, brains and stress hormones have been working overtime and the...
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The Truth About Cravings
One of the biggest problems that people come to me with is is cravings. They start the day or week off feeling positive, motivated and in total control. However, by the end of the day...
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11 High Protein Snacks Under 200 Calories
If you look at hunger as a problem to be solved, protein is the solution to that problem. However, typically we reach for carbs (even the “healthy” ones) and then get confused why we aren’t...
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3 Simple Ways to Improve Your Microbiome
The importance of gut health has become a big topic of conversation. However, a lot of the ways to improve it seem out of our control (i.e. vaginal birth and breast feeding) or for some...
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