Super Bowl Sunday Top Five for Keeping it Healthy

What are your plans for Sunday? If you’re like 114.4 million Americans who made the 2015 Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks the most watched event in American TV history[1], you’ll be doing some of that very same epic viewing this Sunday, too. But before you settle into that couch bedecked […]

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Bringing Healthy Food into Food Deserts

Can Fast Food be healthy? Yes. If chefs Roy Choi and Daniel Patterson have a say in the matter! In an article in last week’s LA Times, there was an inspiring piece about something we need to see a lot more of: fresh healthy food being made accessible in areas known as food deserts. Food […]

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February is National Heart Month: How Healthy is Yours?

Aside from celebrating it by giving your loved one heart-shaped chocolates, what are you doing to protect your ticker? In all seriousness, tuning in to heart health is a top priority. Uncontrolled high blood pressure is a leading cause of heart disease and stroke as more than 67 million Americans have high blood pressure[1]. Hypertension […]

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Naturally Fresh

Sounds great, doesn’t it? What do you think of when you read this phrase? I’d like to say I think of crisp lettuces, fresh from the garden, a homemade all veggie juice or perhaps a raw kale salad with some wild salmon sashimi. Notice what all of the above have in common? No packages. So […]

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DIY: Growing Your Own Food

A sprawling hillside with cows grazing in the foreground and an acres-long plot of land with every veggie you could imagine… the mere thought of the image is calming and relaxing. But the reality of actually maintaining a garden of that magnitude- eek! How could one go about undertaking such a huge responsibility? Even more […]

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An Interesting New Take on Protein Powder

You’ve ditched the soy (hopefully), you’ve taken a break from the whey and you’re allergic to eggs (or following an auto immune protocol, leaving eggs on the do not eat list). So where does that leave you if you’re looking for a way to whiz up a delicious homemade, healthy shake to go? One of […]

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