25+ of Our Favorite Fresh Salads!

When it’s too hot in the kitchen, opt for a salad! Here are a bunch of our favorites. Watermelon & Feta Salad Just the right amount of sweet and savory. Avocado-Chicken Salad Simple, fresh and delicious and packed with nearly 20 vitamins! Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad Quinoa is gluten-free, high in protein and one of the few […]

What Diet Is Right For You in 2021?

With the snow and sleet, January also brings a bombardment of information about the different diets which will make you thin, happy and healthy. It becomes very difficult to weed through the exaggerated claims and riveting testimonials. I support happy, and I know maintaining a healthy weight will decrease your risk of both long and […]

How to Avoid the Quarantine-15

It has been two days of homeschooling, and one thing is clear. This is unhealthy on many levels. It is not only the general health of our kids, who are unnaturally stuck inside and socially isolated, at risk. It is not just the already apparent damage to my sanity. It is our waistlines that may […]

5 Foods You Shouldn’t Eat…When You’re Sick!

Feed a cold, starve a fever. Or, is it, feed a fever, starve a cold? I can never remember, so I usually just go with my taste buds and feed both. But, what should you be eating when you are sick? Chicken soup would be the top hit if I surveyed a bunch of people. Toast or […]

The Perfect Plate to Avoid Cravings

I am taking a class in nutrition, something I wish was taught to me in medical school. I think at the time, BMI was new, we were shown how to calculate it for like 30 seconds, and then we went onto to neuroscience. Nutrition would have been far more useful for my career in primary care, […]

Best Diets for 2018

It is the New Year! What diet will you start?

Skinnier Magic Layer Bars

These seven layer (or magic) bars are a lightened-up version of the traditional recipe from amyshealthybaking.com. (Thank you, Amy!) They’re just as sweet, gooey and irresistible as the originals but are much nicer to your waistline! Ingredients 10 sheets (155g) chocolate graham crackers 3 large egg whites 6 tbsp (30g) reduced fat unsweetened shredded coconut ¼ […]

246 Calories … THAT’s IT?

I don’t like to exercise. I wish I did. I am jealous of people who socialize, destress and energize through physical activity, but this has never been me. I have never finished a workout (other than yoga) and thought, “Wow, that felt great.” I only think, “Whew, thank goodness that’s over. Where is my Snickers?” […]

Get Creative with Your Chia

It's time to outside the Smoothie. Check out the numerous uses of the all-mighty Chia Seed.

3 Tips to Reset After the Holidays

Resetting your health in The New Year does not have to be about Denial.