Lunch is not my favorite meal of the day. I literally despise trying to think of something to eat for lunch; especially in the morning when I need to get to the office. There was a time when I would just skip lunch and snack on whatever was in my desk drawer. When I worked […]
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Fats, friend or foe? There’s a war raging in the world of nutrition over that question. Yet, we’re the ones left in fat limbo trying to decide who’s right. Understand this, all fat is NOT created equal! What we do know, is that we need fat in our diet. Fat is
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Boosting your mood is something we know we can do by inhaling certain scents, being surrounded by different colors and listening to music; but did you know that you could boost your mood with food? Just like the scents of essential oils, food interacts with our bodies at the chemical level. This interaction
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Sugar: we have a love-hate relationship with sugar, wouldn’t you agree? As hard as we try, it seems almost impossible to determine how much sugar we are consuming on a daily basis. Sugar seems to be the “hidden” ingredient in everything we eat. No one has to tell us that sugar is NOT
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It’s Time to Eat! The countdown is on – Christmas is here and we’ve eaten our way through December. I’m stuffed – what about you? There’s more than a week left of the Christmas season and it’s time to savor all the joy that is so much a part of this time
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Roasted Pumpkin with Apples It’s Thanksgiving week and this is typically my last week of pumpkins. They seem to disappear from the Farmers Market after this week. Not to let the pumpkin season end too soon, I tried a new recipe I discovered this month. A few weeks ago, we attended a
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Stress is part of life, yours and mine, we all have some level of stress, right? We can experience various levels of stress from the temporary (acute), or the long-term (chronic). The temporary stress usually won’t mess with your health too much. It is your body’s natural reaction to circumstances, and can even
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My Favorite Autumn Foods Where has the year gone? I woke up this morning and October has come to an end. Not sure what happened to October – it was a blur of activity. Autumn has definitely arrived, and for all you busy moms the busy back-to-school season has quickly turned into
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Glycemic this and glycemic that. Does it really matter? Prior to 2013, I had never heard of the word “glycemic”. As a busy working mother, all I knew was that I was steadily putting on the pounds and no amount of cutting back was helping. I had turned my body into
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The idea of me having a food intolerance or sensitivity to a particular food never entered my mind. I’m not allergic to any foods and therefore assumed I didn’t have a problem. That was, of course, until I did a little experiment on myself. Food intolerance or “sensitivities” are a lot more common than most
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