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Antioxidant Foods and How They Can Help You
No doubt you've heard about antioxidants before, but have you ever wondered what they are or how they help you? This article explains the ins and outs of antioxidants, and lists some excellent antioxidant-rich food choices to enjoy.
Healthier Options for Your Favorite Comfort Foods
There's no reason to ditch those favorite foods when you're embarking on a healthier lifestyle. Adapting the foods you love in new and healthy ways can be quite simple. Here are a few ways to modify some common favorites into delicious, nutritious alternatives that leave you feeling energized and satisfied.
Preparing for Cold & Flu Season — How to Start Boosting Your Immune System Now to Get Ahead of the Curve
This year, experts have warned us to be ready for cold and flu season amid the coronavirus concerns. Ideally, the best thing you can do is boost your immune system to minimize or even prevent your chances of getting sick with any illnesses floating around. The sooner you start boosting it, the more prepared it will be to take on intruders and keep you healthy. Here's what to do to be ready!
5 Healthy Options at Fast Food Restaurants When You’re on The Go
When you're trying to be intentional about living a healthy life, you might think fast food is entirely off the table -- but it doesn't have to be. Even registered dieticians and nutritionists zip through the drive-thru lane or order fast-casual eats sometimes. The difference is in what they order, though. While it's best not to make a habit of eating quickly prepared foods, sometimes it's necessary. These five options will help you make the healthiest decision possible.
5 Benefits of Eating Sweet Potatoes & Tasty Ways to Enjoy Them
If you love sweet potatoes, I have some good news -- sweet potatoes love you back with their robust nutrition profile. They've got everything you need to round out a healthy meal, including fiber and loads of vitamins and minerals. Orange and purple varieties give you even more antioxidants to keep you healthy and youthful, inside and out. While you might know they're a good-for-you option on your fall plate, you may learn a thing or two about sweet potatoes with these five benefits.
5 Healthy Warm Drinks to Cozy Up with This Fall
Winter is just around the corner, but before the frigidness sets in, enjoy the crispness of autumn and make something warm to cozy up with. All that sugar in those favorite coffee shop drinks you love is off the table if you’re trying to stay healthy. You can stay on track with these five options. Each one will give you the warm fuzzies with zero guilt -- and they're even beneficial for your health!
6 Ways to Use Your Fall Apple Bounty
The fall apple bounty will soon be bestowed upon us, and no matter how much you love apples, chances are you can't snack on all of them before they go bad. And once you've grown tired of pies and applesauce, what will you do with the rest? Here are a few innovative ways to turn healthy and nutritious apples into healthy and nutritious recipes.
The Best Ways to Ease from Summer to Fall
As the seasons change, our moods tend to shift, as well. Some people welcome autumn, while others mourn the end of summer. It's not just seasons changing though — we're changing too. Especially with all we've been through this year, it's especially important to give yourself extra grace during this shift into the next season. These quick tips will help you ease from summer to fall in the most positive way. Reflecting on the positives and releasing negativity is always an excellent way to move forward from one season to the next.
Healthy Green Smoothies, Fall-Style!
Smoothies are often forgotten about during the colder months. Your body usually begins to crave those warm, grounding foods such as soups, stews, and root vegetables. This can often mean putting off your green smoothies until the weather warms up again, but you don’t have to! You can still enjoy the fall flavors in your green smoothie as a quick breakfast or a filling snack. Get ready to make these fall-style smoothies that pack in the nutrients perfect for starting your day off on the right foot or curbing cravings during snack time.
Long-Lasting Healthy Habits We Can Take from the COVID-19 Outbreak
While much has changed since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, experts still tout many healthy habits that we all should have been doing long before. But the more we know, the better we become. Here are five long-lasting healthy habits we should carry on even after the pandemic has cleared up, and a good reminder as we soon head into cold and flu season.
Fast Facts on the Mediterranean Diet
If you want to eat things you enjoy eating and feel great while looking after your health, you could try the Mediterranean Diet. Noted as one of the healthiest and most sustainable diets in the world, it is easy to follow, leads you down a healthy path for heart health, and is delicious. You can barely even call it a "diet" because most diets are unreasonable, unsustainable, and unhealthy overall. This is truly a way of life you can stick to and enjoy.
7 Hacks to Stay Healthy During Your Next Vacation
For most of us, this summer is a strange time. You likely dreamed up your summer vacation while you were cooped up in the cold winter months. Instead, there's a pandemic causing many far-and-away vacations and cruises to be canceled. That doesn't mean you can't go exploring somewhere a little closer to home though -- like somewhere in or near your own town. If you're worried about staying healthy when you leave your house, here are 7 hacks to keep up good health while you have a socially-distanced outing.
Healthy Date-Night-at-Home Ideas for a Safe and Fun Night In
Depending on where you live, things are opening back up again. And in other places, they're tightening back down. Even if your favorite haunts are up and running, you might not feel compelled to dine out like you usually would on a date night. Even if we aren't free to roam as we like, it's still entirely possible to have fun date nights at home. Instead of waiting until all of this is over to start date nights back up again, we have five healthy date-night-at-home ideas to have a safe, fun, and healthy night at home.
How To Ditch Your Soda Habit
Any habit can be challenging to give up, but soda can be especially tricky, given its addictive nature. If giving up soda has been on your mind lately, I want to assure you there's a slow way to do it. Baby steps often get us to our destination in a far more lasting way than trying it cold turkey. In this article, we share some alternatives to help you make the switch.
What are Nightshades and Are They Good for You?
It's never too late to start taking extra mindful care of your skin. Here's a quick list of the things you should aim to eat daily to ensure beautiful skin from inside out!
What to Eat for Glowing, Radiant Skin
It's never too late to start taking extra mindful care of your skin. Here's a quick list of the things you should aim to eat daily to ensure beautiful skin from inside out!
Pro Tips for Shopping for Healthy Foods
These tips help me to shop smart, get the healthiest foods available, and save money while doing so.
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