healthy eating

10 Health Foods that Aren’t Healthy

No matter what foods you choose to eat it’s wise to read the labels before you make the purchase. Any food manufacturer can and will advertise that their food product is the healthy choice but it’s up to you to be sure those statements are true. Know what ingredients to look for and which ones to avoid.

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Eating a Rainbow

by Maura Knowles

I am feeling SOOO inspired! I taught my first healthy cooking class through an incredible non-profit organization, Equitable Roots via Worksusa.org, to a group of teens last night and they were INCREDIBLE!

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How We Got Fat – The Story of Too Much Energy in Packages Too Small

by Brad

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Do you remember the old days when food was scarce and we risked our lives every time we went outside to get some? Neither do I, but our genes do. We’re hard wired to choose calorie-dense foods.

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Nutrition News – A Random Round Up

by Brad

Today I’m going to take a little bit of a different approach and talk about a few different topics real quickly. They all tie together to reinforce the message that Nature is pretty cool. We’ve been blessed with incredible foods that can fuel and protect our amazing bodies; no chemicals, GMO nonsense, or artificial garbage necessary.

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When Perfect Eating Eats Away At Us

by Dr. Corey Schuler, MS, DC, CNS, LN

Healthy living is simple, right? Eat right and exercise. Done and done. However, with the ever expanding information in nutritional science, and purveyors of specific dietary tribalism and dietetic dogma, a new challenge has arisen. A condition known as orthorexia nervosa is not even a diagnosis code yet, but it is indeed very real.

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Three Ways to Spring Clean Your Diet

by Kelli

Spring is definitely here, and summer is not far behind. As the temperatures are rising I’ve been feeling a shift in what foods I’m craving – does that happen to any of you? I’m feeling a craving for more raw than cooked foods now. Along with the rest of the Spring cleaning we do, Spring cleaning your diet is a good idea because your body’s needs change according to the season.

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Why Counting Calories Will Never Get You Healthy and To an Ideal Weight

by Isabel De Los Rios

You’ll never achieve your ideal weight by counting calories. If you’re counting calories to lose weight or just trying to eat healthy, stop the madness! Calorie counting is time consuming, depressing and completely unnecessary. It’s simply about being mindful of what you eat.

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Confused For, and By, Vegans Once Again

by Brad

It happened again last week. We’re at an event where food’s involved. We try to be really mellow about without saying a word as we load our plates with plant-based food and skip the meats and creams. Almost inevitably comes the question from someone watching us, “Are you guys vegan?” We object to the mistreatment of animals on their path to our plates. But sadly the vegan label doesn’t reflect our deep concern about how food affects a person’s health.

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Review of The Diet Solution Program

by Brad

Review of The Diet Solution Program: The Program that Promises Fat Loss along with an incredible amount of Health and Vitality. With so many weight loss programs out on the market and on the internet today, what makes this program any different than all the rest? Before talking about the program, I think it’s important […]

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Catching up with Fooduciary (Part II): Shot in the Arm

by Kelli

Finish getting caught up with Fooduciary. Find out what we found in New Zealand and Australia, and share with us what gives you a boost in life.

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Sweet Potato and Lentil Curry Casserole (V,GF)

by Kelli & Brad

This is an easy dinner, and one that the whole family will like. It’s also a good one to serve when you have your non-healthy eating oriented friends over for dinner. The curry ads a fun kick to the dish that makes this dish memorable.

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Fruits that Fight Diabetes

by Kelli

Exciting new evidence in 2010 suggests that eating some fruits can actually help reduce the risk of developing diabetes and help you manage it if you already have it.

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Eating Local in Costa Rica

by Kelli

How do you eat local in Costa Rica? That’s a good question, and one we’ve been on a hunt to find an answer to since we got here two months ago. We’ve been surprised at what we’ve found.

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