Nutrition 🥕
Pregnancy Nutrition: Beyond the Obvious
Pregnancy nutrition isn't just about eating for two, it's about nourishing two distinct beings with unique needs. Think of it as a delicate dance between providing for the baby's rapid growth while ensuring the mother's body thrives.
Beginner Vegetarian Cooking: White Wine and Mushroom Risotto
Risotto is an Italian dish made by cooking Arborio rice in a flavorful broth. This version is made with vegetable broth and white wine, and is full of nutritious mushrooms.
Top 10 Highest Potassium Foods & Recipes for Heart Health
10) Tomato: Tomatoes have 523mg of potassium per cup when cooked. That's 11% of your daily value of potassium! For a tasty recipe, try Garden Fresh Tomato Soup.
Cacao : A Healthy Legal High
Chocolate grows on trees? This may be news to some. Cocoa seeds from the Theobroma Cacao tree are the chief ingredient in chocolate, liquors, desserts and flavourings the world over. But when the same seed is ingested raw and relatively unprocessed, it is known as 'Cacao'.
Skittles : Unfit For Human Consumption?
Those who strive for healthier eating will be a little perturbed by news coming from California courts this week. A concerned citizen has launched a class action lawsuit against Mars Inc., makers of Skittles, accusing them of concealing information around an E number, E171.
Nutrition Myths Debunked : Separating Fact from Fiction in Healthy Eating
Nutrition myths are like junk food for the brain: tempting to swallow but not so good for you. Let's chew on some facts instead...
Intermittent fasting may be the ultimate mind/body punch
Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern. It can be a lifestyle, used as a nutritional tool or to simplify meal planning.
10 Nutritious Dishes You Can Make in 10 minutes or less
Banana Smoothie: Blend 2 frozen bananas, 1 cup of almond milk, 1 tablespoon of peanut butter, tablespoon of vanilla, dash of cinnamon. For thicker smoothies add half a cup of ice. For creamier smoothies, replace 1 frozen banana with a fresh banana.
Mad Honey : A Healthy, Hallucinogenic Buzz
Honey, the sweet viscous substance produced by bees and harvested worldwide, has unparalleled nutritional value. It is a regular at breakfast time and features in many traditional recipes. But did you know some bees produce a hallucinogenic version referred to as mad honey?
How To Sprout A Superfood Salad!
Dried beans, peas and lentils are ingredients enjoyed the world over. Known collectively as ‘pulses’, these hearty, filling components make up many traditional meals in various cultures. Did you know these shelf stable pods can be grown into a tasty superfood salad in just days? @
Get to know macronutrients, and don't be afraid to track them.
Counting or tracking macronutrients might sound like a fad and can seem overwhelming to someone just exploring the idea, but both of those myths can be busted.
How Marijuana Can Harm Your Digestive Tract: Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome
Many people claim marijuana gives them an increased appetite or "the munchies" and this may be because there is a little known connection between marijuana use and the digestive tract. This connection allows some people to use marijuana specifically to fight nausea.
We have to be OK with half-assing "wellness" sometimes
Sometimes we cling with white knuckles to a state of consistency in how we move, how we eat, our “wellness” routines, etc. only to realize we must sometimes let go and cede a bit of control.
Lycopene: Nature's 'Red 40' without the side effects
Two conversations are happening in the nutrition world that intersect: whether raw food diets are indeed better for you, and whether Red 40 (the dye in many junk foods) could have a link to hyperactivity. The answer to both is the same: Lycopene.
THM: A Practical, Sustainable, Nutritious Diet
If you've ever tried keto, paleo, Weight watchers, Atkins, Slimfast, Whole30 or any other fad diet but quickly burned out you may be looking for a plan that's easier (and healthier!) to maintain long term. One plan that's been rising in popularity is Trim Health Mama (THM).