Part of the problem with processed foods is their widespread presence in the grocery store. No longer is the store packed full of fruit, vegetables, dairy and meat; now it’s stuffed with highly processed junk foods. Healthy foods are slowly getting pushed out. Just take a look the next time you are in the vegetable section. Increasingly, prepackaged, plastic-wrapped foods are ... Continue Reading
Recognizing the 15 Most Common Fake Foods
From olive oil to honey to cinnamon, caviar to milk, here’s a guide to the most common fake foods. This post from Bon Appetit shows you how to identify food frauds! We are generally trusting eaters. A server brings a dish: It must be what the menu says. But labels can lie, and when it comes down to it, can you really tell the difference between one whity flaky fish and the ... Continue Reading
The 29 Ways The French Keep A Slim Body
Want to eat, drink and stay slim, without depriving yourself and spending hours in the gym? Here are 29 food habits to pick from the French. This post from MindBodyGreen.com has put together 29 food rules we can learn from the French to stay slim. In France, time-tested food wisdom, health and pleasure will never be overruled by modern fads that don't work. No wonder the ... Continue Reading
8 Ways You May Be Doing More Harm than Good to Your Body
Below are eight of the most common “healthy” habits I see most often that are actually wreaking havoc on people’s body and in their mind. One thing is certain, the closer we can eat food as we find it from the earth, the happier and healthier we will be! With all of the information that comes at us every day, it is hard to know what exactly is and is not a healthy habit. We ... Continue Reading
11 Tips to Eat Food, Enjoy It, and Still Love Yourself
Here are the top 11 tips to help you eat healthy food, enjoy it, and love the skin you’re in every day. You know that friend who seems to just eat the food that she wants, when she wants, and never seems to be on a diet and looks great? No, she's not taking diet pills, she may just know how to eat. I’m not talking about rules or diet plans, I’m talking ways of being while ... Continue Reading