It’s safe to say that excess sugar consumption has become a scary worldwide issue. It seems like every time you check a nutrition label or an ingredients list, sugar or some version of it, is staring you square in the ...
It’s safe to say that excess sugar consumption has become a scary worldwide issue. It seems like every time you check a nutrition label or an ingredients list, sugar or some version of it, is staring you square in the ...
While it’s true that we need carbs in our diet to give us energy and ensure that our bodies perform properly, we don’t need to be weighed down by too many of the wrong kinds of carbs. I’m looking at ...
I rarely eat out for lunch since most fast food is super unhealthy. Instead, I do a little pre-planning and make something that’s healthy, quick, and easy at home the night before. You may think you don’t have time to ...
When most of us think of food addiction, we tend to picture extreme cases like My 600 lb Life on TLC, which is partly because we associate the term ‘addiction’ with heavy substance abuse like drugs and alcohol. This makes ...
My vegan friends are some of the most dedicated and loyal people I know. I mean, it takes a lot to avoid all the delicious animal products abundant in our diets nowadays. Whether someone is a vegan for the health ...
We’ve all been there…you spend a weekend eating junk food and stuffing yourself will all kinds of nonsense, and then you have something like a junk food hangover and feel like total crap. Then you tell yourself, I’m going to ...
I love tomatoes. They’re great any way you prepare them, stewed, roasted, fresh cut with a slice of mozzarella cheese. I’m a huge fan. But every time I eat tomatoes I get pretty nasty acid reflux, and it stays with ...
After I learned about the Cookie Diet, I thought I had heard it all. However, my shock and disbelief was short lived because I soon learned about the concept of oil pulling. Although it may sound as strange as eating ...
Found in over 6,000 food and drink products, you might know it as Equal, NutraSweet and Canderel. It’s found in everything from diet sodas, breath mints and gum, to desserts, vitamin supplements, instant coffee, yogurt and cereals. One of the ...
Kale is having a moment right now. And while many other health food fads come and go, kale has been a steady player on the superfoods list. Honestly, I wasn’t a big supporter of kale when all my health conscious ...
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.