Healthy Eating
Here, you’ll find the knowledge and power you need to restore your body to its healthful, natural state. You’ll be able to achieve your genetic potential at your own pace. What this site isn’t about is masking pain and suppressing your symptoms with pharmaceuticals—instead, you’ll learn how to identify the root cause of those problems and give your body the “nutraceuticals” it needs to create noticeable, positive changes.
From The Blog
Putting Some Pumpkin into Your Life
Fall is here, and so are pumpkin-flavored everythings: pumpkin coffee, pumpkin oatmeal, pumpkin granola bars, even pumpkin rice cakes. (And of course pumpkin beer.) Unfortunately, most of these commercially made pumpkin foods don’t contain much real pumpkin. If you do...
Brain Foods for Kids (Adults Too!)
No matter how old you are, you want your day to get off to a great start. Kids especially need good fuel for their brains from the minute they wake up all the way through to the evening—that homework won’t finish itself! Besides, if they aren’t able to pay attention...
Autumn = Apples!
Happy first day of fall! During the fall months, orchards start bursting with apples, from tart apples meant for baking to sweet apples meant for snacking. Some apples are red or pink; others are yellow or russet. Some varieties are even pink when you cut them open!...
K.I.S.S.S. – Keep it Simple Summer Snacks
Summertime means traveling in the car, outdoor concerts and events, and taking kids to the park or the pool. With so many activities happening, you’re bound to get hungry along the way. If it’s a really hot day, you might want to take along a small cooler, but...
Ripe & Juicy: Making the Most of Summer Fruit
Summer time is fruit time! Berries are bursting, peaches are perfect, and melons are mouthwatering. Whether you’re looking for a quick snack or planning a picnic, summer fruit tastes good and is good for you. Bonus point: compared to tropical fruits like bananas and...
Easy Swaps & Ideas for Going Gluten-Free
If you’re thinking about trying out a gluten-free lifestyle, summer is a great time to give it a go—with seasonal produce filling market tables and farm animals producing their best eggs, butter, and cheese, it’s a snap to switch your main ingredients from processed...
Spring Cleaning Your Produce
Warmer weather is finally here! You can spring clean not only your house but also your produce by looking for organic, which is produced without synthetic pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or fertilizers. Organic produce isn’t irradiated or treated with industrial...
My Favorite Way to Save on Healthy Foods
I LOVE Thrive Market! Why? It offers something for anyone and everyone who want to eat healthier and live well. It has a really nice, curated mix of products to choose from that are the best-in-class of organic, nonGMO, vegan, raw, paleo and gluten free. However you...
Fun Toppers for Spring Salads
It’s spring and lettuce is in full bloom! Whether you’re a fan of open-head lettuce like red or green leaf, crisp lettuce like Romaine, or buttery lettuce like Bibb or mâche, the toppings make the salad. In the mood for bitter arugula or hearty baby spinach? The...
Quick & Healthy Snack Ideas To Go
Sometimes you’re on your way out the door and don’t have time to make a meal, and other times you’re just getting home from a long day and can’t wait to eat. Good thing it’s easy to grab something quick and satisfying! Whether you make your own grab-and-go bites or...
Simple DIY Gourmet Broth
Even though it’s almost spring (finally!), there’s still a slight chill in the air, so why not make soup? It’s surprisingly easy to use leftover veggies, bones, shrimp shells, and even cheese rinds to make your own broth for soups, plus it’s free. Wait—better-quality...
Avoid These 4 Things and Be Healthier
#1 - Avoid Aluminum Aluminum is a highly toxic metal. Large numbers of aluminum molecules enter food that is cooked, covered by, or stored in aluminum pots, pans, cans, and foil. Teflon coatings (also toxic) do not prevent aluminum from leaching into foods. Aluminum...
Bone Broth for Health
Want to improve your skin? Want to improve your digestion? Want to improve your overall health and vitality? The amazing nutrients and healing capabilities of bone broth can help you with all of the above. Want to eat bone broth but don't have time to make it? I am...
Creating a Healthy Holidays
Many people get nervous around the holidays because they think they need to avoid everything and won't have any fun if they are trying to eat healthy. The good new is, healthy eating around the holidays can also be delicious eating! It’s also less expensive than...
The Scoop on Squash: Summer and Winter Varieties and Uses
Crisp fall days are here! Cooler weather brings plenty of produce possibilities, from the last of summer favorites like tomatoes and corn to cruciferous veggies like broccoli and cauliflower that prefer not-so-hot days and nights. The summer-to-fall shoulder season is...
Use Your Melon
Whether you like to let the juice trickle down your chin or you’d rather have a seed-spitting contest, everybody loves eating melons during the summer months. You can find melons in just about every color, size, and flavor—some easily weigh 10 pounds, while others are...
10 Creative Ways To Make the Most of Summer Fruit
Ripe peaches, sweet strawberries, juicy plums—summertime means an onslaught of fresh fruit at delicious prices. Now what to do with all this bounty? It’s just too good to pass up! Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to enjoy your favorite fruits now and later. The...
Make Food Fresh—Spring Clean Your Pantry!
When spring rolls around, we think about cleaning our houses from top to bottom (which I have been doing the past two days!), but what about the pantry? Jars roll into corners, bags get pushed to the back, everyone keeps ignoring the hominy…time to spring clean the...
10 Money-Saving Tips plus my NEW and Favorite Way to Save on Healthy Food!
Sales and coupons are great, but remember that sometimes bargain foods may not be quality foods. In that case, you need to choose between paying a little extra to enjoy dinner now or spending less to eat foods that could very well lead to medical expenses in the long...
Planning + Prepping = Healthy Eating!
Sounds simple right? Well it is and it isn't. It is because if you do it then it works! However, I know all the excuses in the book because I have used them myself time and time again. I am too tired, too stressed, too busy, don't know what to make, don't want to...
Cold Days, Warming Spices
Baby, it’s cold outside! Time to warm up with spices like ginger, cinnamon, and cardamom. Long valued for their rich flavors and healing properties, these fragrant spices have the added benefit of making you feel warm from head to toe. Need to get your blood...
Do you feel alone, stressed, and out of balance with your health? {Help is here…}
This Valentine’s Day & beyond: Say YES to LOVING YOURSELF and CHANGING YOUR HEALTH! Your health is your wealth and without it I find many women struggle to enjoy what should be simple. They feel confused and overwhelmed on what the best solution is to increase...
Your gut: where health starts and healing begins!
Gut dysfunction can be linked to virtually every disease and can cause conditions like fatigue, depression, food sensitivities, chronic pain, allergies and more. The Heal Your Gut Summit from January 18-25, will help you understand how these conditions are by and...
Festive Holiday Beverages Made Easy
If you have a slow cooker that’s been languishing in your basement since the 80s, it’s time to haul it out and put it to work this New Year's Eve! Some of the season’s most party-friendly beverages can simmer happily in a slow cooker while guests enjoy a relaxing...
Healthier Holiday Treats & Sweets
Holiday treats don’t have to equal holiday guilt (or pounds)—it doesn’t take much effort to transform traditional favorites into healthy new favorites. All you need to do is focus on individual ingredients. Use unrefined oils, not vegetable oil; opt for whole-grain...