10 Diet-friendly Freezer Treats

10 Diet-friendly Freezer Treats

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

Eating healthy can be a challenge in today’s fast-paced world. Finding fresh, wholesome snacks to supplement a busy lifestyle while maintaining proper nutrition isn’t always easy. Nutrition and ease of preparation are important to many people who are hungry for a quick snack but don’t want the calories or the…

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Sneaking in Nutrition

Sneaking in Nutrition

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

Preparing foods that are both nutritious and delicious is always a challenge. If, like most families, you have a picky eater or two, there are a few tricks you can use to boost the nutritional value of the foods your family loves. One such trick is to “sneak” or “hide”…

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Have a Healthy Mexican Fiesta

Have a Healthy Mexican Fiesta

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

Mexican restaurant food is a lot like a girl with a bad reputation. Everyone focuses on the faults without seeing the good qualities underneath. Contrary to the rumors, fresh, wholesome foods are lurking under the cheese and sour cream of a typical Mexican meal. To eat more sensibly and still…

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10 Reasons to Eat Apples

10 Reasons to Eat Apples

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

We all know an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but do we really know why? Truth be told, apples are good to the core for so many reasons. From dental health to cancer prevention, this fabulous fruit is truly a nutritional nosh that can improve health and stave…

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Health Benefits of Acai

Health Benefits of Acai

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

by B. StoneMaguire Acai (pronounced ah-SAH-ee) is a small, dark purple berry indigenous to the Amazon. The berries look like a cross between a blueberry and a grape but are actually quite different in structure, flavor and nutrition. Acai fruit grows in profusion in grape-like clusters on the tall, lean…

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Benefits of an Anti-inflammatory Diet

Benefits of an Anti-inflammatory Diet

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

There has been a blizzard of information about anti-inflammatory diets within the past several years, beginning with the anti-aging studies of Yale University professor Dr. Nicholas Perricone. He introduced the anti-inflammation concept into popular vocabulary in 2002 with his book, The Perricone Prescription, as baby boomers grew more concerned with…

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The 4 Tools Needed to Lose Weight

The 4 Tools Needed to Lose Weight

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

Ask most people what their New Year’s Resolutions were, and you’ll likely find a common answer to lose weight. With so many of us wanting to shed the pounds, why is the obesity pandemic reaching new heights? Weight loss tends to conjure up images of near starvation and tons of…

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