Sometimes, let’s be honest, salad’s can get boring. We know they are healthy, and that we should eat more of them, but sometimes that chicken and broccoli Alfredo just looks ten times more appetizing. But with the plethora of recipes on the internet, salad-eating can be as fun and creative as you want! Because we’re not […]
Diets high in unhealthy fats and sugar aren’t good for you – clearly. It’s common knowledge that eating junk food, fast food, or other high fat/sugar diets regularly can cause some serious health damage, including increased risk of heart disease and diabetes. But what happens when you indulge in junk food for a couple of […]
We recently wrote about how you should stop eating sugar (because you’re sweet enough already). And we still mean it. However, sometimes we all want something sweet. Nothing completes a delicious, savory meal like a sweet dessert (even just a small one). So how do we get around the whole “don’t eat sugar” thing? Well luckily, […]
When I was little, I remember my Grandpa calling my Grandmother ‘Sugar.’ He called her that almost exclusively, to the point where I thought her two names were Gams and Sugar. And I get it, sugar is sweet, and my Grandpa (as did the rest of the world) thought Gams was just the sweetest thing […]
The problem of obesity is growing in western countries like never before [1]. Our three biggest killers: heart disease, cancer and strokes are strongly correlated with obesity. Today we will discuss a very difficult question: what drives the obesity epidemic? The premise of this post is that the way we typically think of weight gain […]
Nutrition effects every part of our body (it’s obvious, I know, but say it anyway). Our friends at TopCounselingSchools.org weigh in on how nutrition and food can go to your head and impact your mental and emotional health. I’ll let Brietta from TopCounselingSchools.org take it from here. While it’s common knowledge that certain foods influence your […]