“On average, we eat over 2 1/2 pounds of sugar weekly, adding up to over 150 pounds of sugar annually in the form of sugary soft drinks, sweetened juices, cookies, cakes, and pastries, and hidden in processed and prepared foods . Compare that to our ancestors just over 100 years ago: They ate only 5 [...]
Today we’ve got a guest post from Katherine Frank from Evolution Catering. Katherine started her healthy meal delivery service in 2008 and has since served thousands of ready-to-heat meals to busy Bay Area families. They focus on local, mostly organic ingredients and deliver the meals the day they are made. If you’re in the Bay [...]
Here are some more snacks that you can mix and match for a 100 Calorie Pack (from Hungry Girl Goes at Weight Watchers): Almonds Each serving of about 14 whole unsalted nuts has 100 calories. Pistachios Each serving of about 25 dry-roasted unsalted nuts has 100 calories. Popchips Each serving of about 16 chips [...]
Today in Wellness we have a guest post from our friend Lori Frederic, The Balance Guru. Lori specializes in personal training with an emphasis on corrective exercises that balance the body, and improve body pain and function. We asked if she’d help us break down the most important steps to losing extra weight and being healthier [...]
I am not a breakfast eater. I will on occasion have brunch out as a treat, but in general I skip breakfast. The problem with this is invariably by about 10:00 am, after getting kids up, ready, off to school, I am starving. And when I am starving I make bad choices. I eat cookies [...]
I used to crave caffeine or sugar as a pick me up until I found my happiness in a bottle. I know what your thinking and things haven’t got that bad…yet. I’m talking about coconut water, not coconut flavored Malibu rum. I have been a coconut water fan for quite some time now. Though I used [...]
I have been training to be a child advocate for my county. Children who enter the court system due to abuse or neglect generally have a number of people who are assigned to them – a social worker, a therapist, sometimes a foster family. As a court appointed child advocate, I’m one of these people [...]
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