nutrition

Skip The Diet: Take A Mindful Approach To Nutrition In 7 Steps

While it is trendy to jump on the Keto, Paleo, or Atkins Diet, is it really worth it? Do you find restricting your diet or limiting what you can and cannot eat difficult to maintain over long periods of time?

Superfood 101: The Health Benefits Of Boysenberries

You might be surprised to learn that boysenberries are so closely related to blackberries that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has no separate listing for them. However, boysenberries are classified in the genus Rubus of the species R. ursinus x idaeus. The plant was originally bred by Rudolph Boysen, a California horticulturist, in 1923, but he ceased his experimentation when he sold his farm. Later that decade George M.

Chaos To Calm: 5 Tips To Improve Your Environmental Wellness

Spring is the season to clear out the cobwebs and nurture growth. It’s also the perfect time to check in with your environmental wellness—that is, your health as it relates to your relationship with nature and your environment. Environmental wellness is a holistic approach to maintaining your health, the health of those around you, and the health of our natural world.

Homemade, Holistic & Easy-To-Make Mother's Day Gifts

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, most people are scrambling for gifts. Despite what commercial businesses might tell you, most mothers appreciate time spent with their children more than any cheesy greeting card or last-minute bouquet from the grocery store. But second to time are homemade gifts, where a tangible amount of thoughtful time and effort went into making something for your mom. Here are seven easy, holistic, and fun gifts for your mom this Mother’s Day. Get crafting!

Fight Cancer With These 5 Spring Foods

Cancer is a horrific disease that continues to kill over 595,000 people each year. While there’s no cure for it yet, there are plenty of natural and dietary options that can help reduce your risk of being diagnosed. There’s no singular way to prevent cancer, but changing your habits can help.

5 Natural Remedies To Calm An Anxious Pet

Imagine feeling anxious: your palms sweat, your mind races, and you feel sick to your stomach. Sometimes anxiety comes out in the form of obsessive nail biting, while other times it rears its head in avoidance. Unfortunately, dogs can also have anxiety and while their paws can’t sweat and we don’t know for sure if their minds start to race, we do know the behavior that can come out: destruction.

Superfood 101: Chard!

Chard is in the family Chenopodiaceae, commonly known as the goosefoot family, in the genus Beta L. or beet P. This genus contains ten species of beets and two subspecies, one of which is chard, scientifically known as Beta vulgaris L. ssp. cicla (L.) W.D.J. Koch or chard P.

Ayurvedic Guide To Diabetes

Did you know that 30.3 million people in the U.S. have diabetes? That’s 9.4% of the U.S. population, according to the Center for Disease Control National Diabetes Statistics Report from 2017. And the CDC estimates that 7.2 million people in the U.S. with diabetes are undiagnosed (23.8%).

Healing Food Sensitivities: Taking The Test

I recently decided to have a food sensitivities test done in order to identify any specific foods that might be triggering responses in me.  I worked with an FDN-P nutritionist to order the test and then discuss the results.  This article is the first in a series that discusses that process.

How To Eat Healthy At Restaurants

When you eat a well-rounded diet of lean protein, healthy fats, fruits, and veggies, you probably notice the benefits. You feel more energized. You build longer and leaner muscles. Your hair and nails may even get stronger and shinier. Sticking to a healthy eating plan when you go out to a restaurant, however, can be tricky.