Food, quite simply, can be medicine or poison. What’s really scary are all the ingredients running around dressed up like “food.” Walk the aisles of your supermarket, stop in a fast-food restaurant, or grab a soda from a vending machine and you’ll find cleverly costumed “foods” laced...
Halloween is the first holiday in the crazy end-of-the-year run of parties and holidays and treats and having every excuse in the book to be unhealthy. While other people are “scared” by the skeletons, goblins, ghosts, and pranks, I’m more scared by what traditional Halloween...
Halloween is the first holiday in the crazy end-of-the-year run of parties and holidays and treats and having every excuse in the book to be unhealthy. While other people are “scared” by the skeletons, goblins, ghosts, and pranks, I’m more scared by what the sugar...
I recently visited my family in southern Minnesota. Traveling – especially when traveling to visit family – can make it difficult to stay in a healthy eating rhythm. Here are some of the ways I've learned for how to eat healthy when visiting family, as well...
When you hold up an organic cucumber, you may ask, “Why buy organic? The conventional cucumber is cheaper, so why can’t I just buy that?" A visual inspection doesn’t reveal many differences, but there are huge differences — and they have a direct impact on your...
It is summer and everywhere I look I see blogs, social media posts, and a non-stop stream of information about sun safety and telling you what sunscreens to wear. It is true that having a fun and healthy summer does rely on safe sun exposure. But...