I remember when most of my veggie friends were stuck with a plain pasta dish or boring green salad when eating out. But vegetarian food has come a long, long way in the last few years and that’s definitely not ...
I remember when most of my veggie friends were stuck with a plain pasta dish or boring green salad when eating out. But vegetarian food has come a long, long way in the last few years and that’s definitely not ...
There may be some truth to the old New York proverb: ‘A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat’! Known as ‘the stinking rose’, garlic has been used since ancient times as both ...
A spoonful of sugar may help the medicine go down, but a spoonful of honey is the medicine it seems. This liquid gold can be traced back 8,000 years to Stone Age drawings and has been used ever since as ...
Milk is something you probably don’t spend too much time thinking about. When you walk through the dairy aisle in your local grocery store, you likely just grab the jug or carton you’ve always bought and rarely think twice. But ...
Coconut water is getting some serious attention lately. Fortunately, it deserves all of its praise. Long touted for its health benefits in its home in tropical countries where it’s available all over the place (literally growing on trees). And more ...
You may have heard how great dark chocolate is. You may even have used its reported health benefits to give yourself permission to tuck into a giant slab of chocolate every so often. After all, how great is it to ...
Raise your hand if you avoid soda, candy, and high fructose corn syrup? Everyone, right? I wish I could see all your hands raising right now. By now, we know to avoid this kind of sugar because we’ve learned how ...
I’ve talked in the past about the paleo diet. While I really love what it sets out to do, like all other diets, I think it has a few issues. One of the most difficult aspects of paleo is figuring ...
From the beginning, let’s be clear: the low residue diet is not some trendy, fad diet promising to help you lose weight. This diet is intense, and is used for a very specific purpose. The low residue diet is carefully ...
If you aren’t a vegetarian or a vegan, you probably come across something called “processed meat” on a regular basis. And whether you eat it or not may make a big difference in your health. These meats are everywhere, as ...
Hi, I’m Mike. One of my biggest passions in life is nutrition, and after getting my Personal Trainer Certification and Fitness Nutrition Certification from ISSA, I wanted to create a site where I could help readers live a healthy and nutritious life. I believe we control our destiny, and we can choose to live a long and healthy life by eating right and treating our bodies with respect.