Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Here’s why… Maintains Healthy Weight: The foods you eat to “break-your-fast” determine the type of fuel your body takes in and the kind of nutrients it will be more sensitive to. Therefore, if you “break-your-fast” with fat, it will be much easier for your cells to utilize and effectively burn fat. Supports Good Energy Levels: The foods you eat in the morning lay the foundation for ...
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“Low-Fat” is Making You Fat & Sick + 3 Myths About Fat
Thanks to fantastic marketing and our addiction to sugar, we’ve fallen into the trap of misguided nutrition! And unfortunately for many, it’s making us fat and sick. In 1977, the government began telling Americans to eat less fat. They “believed fat was leading to heart disease, obesity and high cholesterol.” Then, in the mid-1980s, the production of low-fat products began replacing the fat in the product with carbohydrates and sugar. Of ...
3 Tips to Safely Detox in All Stages of Life
Many of you have asked if it's safe to detox when pregnant, while nursing, during chemotherapy, when taking other medication, when battling chronic disease and on and on. So, I asked my sweet friend and expert, Nicci Culver, to share how you can safely detox...no matter your stage of life or what health challenge you walking through. Nicci is a nurse, a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and an expert in helping people detox through nutrition, ...
Improve Your Morning Routine + 4 Smoothie Recipes
The alarm goes off and suddenly you find yourself in a frenzy looking for clothes, packing lunches, making breakfast, asking your kids to brush their teeth for the 400th time, hunting down shoes and discovering the homework that little Johnny didn’t tell you about. Sound familiar? I don’t know about you, but it’s been a bit more difficult to get into a morning breakfast routine after the winter break. I was even left in tears once ...
Why Infertility Is so Common & 5 Steps to Prepare for a Healthy Pregnancy
Infertility is a heartbreaking disease! According to the National Institute of Health, a minimum of 20% of men and women cannot conceive naturally. Many are told that there is no hope other than the expensive option of Artificial Reproductive Technology. And although this reproductive technology has blessed many parents with babies, it can be like sweeping the sand under the rug, as it does not address the underlying issues of the reason ...
How Eating More Fat Will Reduce Your Stress & Improve Your Libido
It should not come as a surprise that the current environment in which most of us live or work is stressful! Whether it is financial stress, the stress of caring for an ill family member, the demands of parenting, or high expectations placed upon us from our work place, we consistently are in a "fight or flight" mode. Ultimately, this contributes to poor physical and mental health. I have always prided myself on handling stress fairly ...
Protein Pizza
How would you like a very quick and easy homemade pizza recipe?! In fact, there are 2 great things about this recipe...other than the incredible taste: This pizza is nutrient dense, full of healthy protein and fat and completely devoid of grains and sugar. It takes only 20 minutes to make, not including the baking time. So, any busy momma or full-time working super woman has the time to make it. PrintProtein PizzaYield 2 ...
