Friends, Many people now a days are really trying to reduce their sugar intake and that’s a good idea due to the fact that many of our packaged foods today contain hidden sugars. Consider sodas, sports drinks, ketchup, salad dressings, “healthy cereals”, yogurts, even seeemingly healthy foods contain a whopping amount of sugar in many…
Eating Whole Foods
Want to Get Your Kids to Eat Their Veggies, Get Some Veggie Plates!
A study involving 235 preschoolers focused on whether or not a fun veggie plate would make a difference regarding nutritional snack consumption. The first group ate their lunch on the colorful food plates while the other half was served on plain white plates. The end result was that kids ate more than 36% of their…
Best Grillable Vegan Meats
Hi friends! Well, with Father’s Day just around the corner I thought I would share some of our favorite grillable meats. Most dads love to grill out and theses vegan meats are amazing! It’s unbelievable how far veggie burgers have come from the days of the unrecognizable veggie “hockey puck” that tasted very bland to…
8 Myths vs Hype from Forks Over Knives! This is kinda funny..
Hi friends, We wanted to share this great quick read about the most common questions associated with a plant based diet… some of these will make you laugh! It’s not to poke fun but just make light of some of the main concerns that plaque many of us or our loved ones at why or…
The Power Plate
Hi friends! Hope everyone is having a great week. I wanted to share some information on The Power Plate and its amazing health benefits. Do any of you remember the old food pyramid? It was basically a pyramid of different foods the the USDA recommended we should incorporate into our diets. At the bottom of…
6 Science Based Benefits of a Vegan Diet
Hi friends! Hope everyone is having a great week and ready for the weekend. I read an article recently about 6 science based benefits of a vegan diet from Authority Nutrition and I wanted to share it. There are so many different “diets” out there and truly this is more of a lifestyle change and not…
The Truth About Whole Grains!
I know there is so much confusion these days about what to eat and what not to eat… especially when it comes to “carbs.” Some people might be inclined to avoid eating whole grains (and you should if you’re in that tiny segment of the population that has celiac’s disease) because they think that grains…
