Are You Digesting Your Food? 4 Tips to Improve Your Digestion

Improving digestion is a vital for good health. By eating mindfully, incorporating fiber-rich foods, chewing thoroughly, and managing stress you can support your digestive system and enhance your overall well-being.

Eat Your Water

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Did you know that water is the most common nutrient deficiency in the U.S. population? Dehydration shows up as fatigue, foggy thinking headaches, constipation, and mood imbalances. Protecting yourself from chronic dehydration is not just about getting adequate water intake, but about how well your body absorbs water.

3 Food Tips for Better Brain Health

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Your food choices can protect your brain health. Choose good fats from nature, swap refined carbs with carbs from plants and minimize sugar and refined grains. You will give your brain the essential nutrients it needs, AND you will lower inflammation that is linked to poor mental health and cognitive decline.

Eating for Mental Wellness: Good Mood Foods

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Struggling with anxiety, or mood swings? Discover how nutrient-dense, whole foods can help reduce anxiety, and improve mood. Learn the best foods for mental wellness.

4 Detox Salads

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Your body is constantly detoxifying -- literally taking out the toxins. The problem is it is often overwhelmed by inflammatory foods. By eating more of these salads more regularly, you displace inflammatory foods. Loaded with nutrients to help remove toxins and waste, these salads will aid digestion, elimination, and improve your immune system.

January is for Detoxifying

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January is an opportunity to reset, to detoxify my kitchen, my body and my family through renewed menu planning and cooking. Our bodies have a miraculous capacity to detoxify, but we’re exposed to a staggering amount of toxic chemicals. Add unhealthy eating and our detoxification system becomes overwhelmed and we can get sick. So let's reboot to stay healthy!
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Fragments of happy childhood memories, an ember of love that glows anew every December connecting us again. And through me, my mama and my daughter. Love fills my heart and overflows. Sharing our gingerbread magic to wish you and yours Love and Light this holiday season.

4 Holiday Anti-Inflammatory Soups

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‘Tis the season of overeating. Reduce inflammation in your body with these with nutrient-dense soups. Loaded with spices and vegetables rich in anti-inflammatory properties these soups support your body's natural detoxifying abilities These immune-protective micronutrients also boost your immune system's defenses.

Nutritious Meal Strategy for the Holidays

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Fail to plan and plan to fail as the saying goes. It is very true about eating nourishing foods during the holidays. If you don't have a couple of nutritious meals planned, you are likely to overeat foods that are not good for your body and you won't feel well. A key strategy to reduce weight gain and give your body the nutrients it needs is to have a simple meal plan.