Healthy Lifestyle

Foods to increase your energy and mood! What we put into our mouths will make or break your smile on the happiness scale. Healthy diets not only have a tremendous effect on our bodies long-term, they also do short-term. Healthy foods can not only cure diabetes, obesity and heart disease, they can also increase energy…

A new University of Iowa study showed apples, or more precisely a waxy substance called ursolic acid that’s found in apple peel, made mice gain less weight. According to lead researcher Christopher Adams, MD, “Ursolic acid ups muscle and brown fat, which boosts calorie burning.” The UI study, published in the June 8 issue of the journal Cell…

When you hear the word “diet” what comes to mind? For most of us we think of weight loss, usually a short-term program established to shed a few pounds and help you meet a desired weight goal. However, this is really not the correct meaning of the word and is for sure not the correct…

Hemp seeds are a nutty food source considered by leading researchers to be one of the most nutritious superfoods on the planet! It has been said to be nature’s highest botanical source of essential fatty acid – which tops it above flax or chia seeds. They are very small and I use them much like I do Chia seeds which…

A gluten-free diet is a diet that excludes foods containing gluten. Gluten is a protein complex found in wheat (including Kamut and spelt), barley, rye, and triticale. Corn and rice also contain gluten but are considered gluten-free, as the gluten in these species does not cause celiac disease.  A gluten-free diet is the only medically…

Artichokes are naturally fat free and very low in calories. Although the petals have nutritional value, the hearts are the most nutritious part and contain numerous nutrients that deliver several health benefits. They are rich in vitamin C, potassium, folic acid and magnesium. They are also loaded with antioxidants and contain a healthy portion of our daily fiber count. One medium…