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Nutritious Meal Strategy for the Holidays
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.
4 Tips to Minimize Holiday Sugar Overload
Cookies and candy, holiday goodies and cocktails oh my. Sugar is everywhere! How to navigate the sugar overload that will keep coming all the way into the New Year?
Here are 4 tips to avoid monumental weight gain and the health hazards of holiday inflammation.
Good Mood Orange Foods: 8 Pumpkin Breakfasts
Eating more rainbow vegetables and fruits boosts mental fitness and brain health. Each color is caused by specific phytochemicals with powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory properties. Orange and yellow fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins, and carotenoids. An easy way to eat more orange foods is to put pumpkin into your breakfast.
What I Wish I’d Known about Brain Health
Cognitive decline is not inevitable. We can reduce the risks of degenerative brain diseases.
This is what I wish I had known when my beloved daddy was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. With all I’ve learned, I can help others improve their brain health. Changemaker that he was, my amazing father would love that.
7 Delicious, Nutrient Dense Lentil Salads
These colorful nutrient dense lentil salads are an easy delicious way to eat more carbs from nature. Select one to try each week for the next 8 weeks of summer! Which one will you start with?
10 Nutrient-Rich Pancake Recipes
Boost your brain health by eating more carbs from nature. These pancakes recipes are a great way to transition from refined flour/baked good breakfasts to more plant carbs and macronutrient balance. Using whole-grain flours, add fruits, veggies, nuts or seeds and top with good fats from nature.
Change Your Carbs to Boost Mental Health
Did you know carbohydrates are found predominantly in plant foods? Refined carbs – pasta, bread, processed foods, even ground grains (flour) – are a relatively recent food development.
By choosing carbohydrates from nature instead of refined human-made carbohydrates, you will reduce inflammation and get more brain essential nutrients.
Love from the Inside Out
How could I possibly write about food and nutrition this week? I retreat into therapeutic practices I learned as a nutritional therapist.
We cannot change events outside our control. What we can change is how we feel inside. Self-care is not selfish. It is essential. Turn inward and unfurl your love from the inside out.
Choose Better Fats to Boost Mental Health
What fats are you are eating? One of the best steps you can take to improve your mental fitness and protect your brain is to pay attention to the types of fats you are giving your body.
4 Reasons to Choose the Farmers’ Market
Farm fresh! Better for your health and the planet. An opportunity to help preserve farmland and green spaces. A way to keep money in your community.