Convenience. Food. What comes to mind when you pair these two words together? Chances are, it’s not pretty. Accordingly, even the definition on Wikipedia[1] is right in line with what you might expect: convenience food, or tertiary processed food, is food that is commercially prepared (often through processing) to optimize ease of consumption. Such food […]
Read More ›I fell in love with the Paleo approach over ten years ago, when I first learned that it was my ticket to pain-free, stomach-issue free, high performance living. A simple approach of eating fresh, local foods and avoiding highly processed, packaged items not only made sense, it was easy to follow and made me feel […]
Read More ›All this week, I’ve focused my blog posts on family. Getting the kids eating right, exercising as a family and tuning in to what type of overall regime might best suit the whole family is key in ensuring everyone is on board, healthy and bonding as a family unit at the same time. There’s one […]
Read More ›We all want what’s best for our families. Whether we’re talking about a spouse who may need to lose a few pounds or kids who are having trouble concentrating at school and have been diagnosed with ADD, we’ve got to consider what everyone’s eating as a fundamental part of both behavior as well as overall […]
Read More ›There’s something quite magical about the summertime. As a kid, in addition to the obvious- no school- it means long hours of sunshine to play outside all day long, swim team at the lake, or tennis or whatever the sport(s) may be and simply running, hopping, leaping, skipping, jumping and riding bikes. In a word: […]
Read More ›When we talk about back to school time, it’s not just the little ones to consider. How about the ‘kids’ who are going off to college? In addition to all that leaving home to begin the university experience has to offer; independence, soul searching and personal growth, there’s another factor that comes into play: the […]
Read More ›Has going grain-free proven to be your ticket to better health? Or maybe cutting out that dairy has finally given you respite from that nagging chest congestion and those unsightly pimples you used to have on your chin all the time? And you can certainly see a trend between when you upped your veggies and […]
Read More ›I’ve been a dog-lover all my life. I grew up with dogs, I rescued dogs in college and to this day, I am a very proud dog Mom of young Preston, five months old, shown above. Those of you who’ve been reading my blog for a while may recall our two older Weims, Graham and […]
Read More ›Cramping up on that run? Eat more bananas; you’re probably short on potassium. Feeling dizzy when you stand up too quickly? Sounds like orthostatic hypotension, also called postural hypotension, is a form of low blood pressure that happens when you stand up from sitting or lying down the technical term for low blood pressure and […]
Read More ›When it comes to fruit, there seems to be two camps. There are those who classify fruit and veggies under one heading and proudly say that they eat loads of fruit each day (but don’t mention the fact that their veggie consumption pales in comparison). Their kids start the day with freshly squeezed orange juice […]
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