If you have ever decided that you want to drop a couple of pounds, be more active or work towards looking and feeling healthier, then you must be familiar with the common recommendations geared for fat loss. Everyone will tell you to drink more water, get at least eight hours of sleep, eat more vegetables…
How to Start a Low Carb Diet
A low carb diet helps to limit the number of carbohydrates that a person consumes. Carbohydrates, or carbs, are one of the three main types of food that your body needs to work properly – they give your body energy. The other two food groups are protein and fat. Your body is able to either…
The Best & Worst Low Carb Foods
What exactly is a carb? A carbohydrate, or a carb, typically occurs naturally in foods like fruits, vegetables, milk, nuts and grains, while others are added to processed foods in the form of starch or extra sugars. Our bodies work to convert carbohydrates into sugar, or glucose, as foods are digested, which is the main…
Nutrition for the Traveling Athlete
Travel is a normal part of life for most of us, but this is especially true for professional athletes. Traveling away from home brings on various disruptions, distractions, changes in schedule and exposure to different foods that can significantly impact strict eating habits. Some of the biggest nutritional challenges faced by the traveling athlete include:…
Top 10 Nutrition Tips for Athletes
If you are an extremely active person or a high-performance athlete, your diet will greatly vary from that of the average person. Olympic athletes, basketball players and other sports enthusiasts follow very rigorous training schedules, but they make up for the physical exertion with specialized diets that help them maintain their energy and focus, stay…
Healthy Eating When You’re Older
As we celebrate a new birthday every year our bodies age even if our minds don’t, which means that it’s even more important to continue to maintain healthy eating and fitness habits, so we continue to feel our very best at every birthday and milestone. It’s normal to become less active with age, which means…
Gut Friendly Foods
Gut health, or stomach health, is important for overall health – your gut is home to a whopping 40 trillion bacteria that is hard at work powering your entire body! These microbes are responsible for the way you store fat, how you balance glucose levels in your blood, how you respond to hormones that make…
Pro-Inflammatory Foods
When your body experiences inflammation, it’s usually not the greatest thing – it can cause a range of unfavorable symptoms and it can result in chronic conditions. On the other hand, it does kick your body into high gear and stimulates healing when you are feeling sick or have been injured. Chronic inflammation that is…
Eat This, Not That – Hidden Sugars
Eating too much sugar can expose you to a lot of negative health problems like diabetes, liver issues, obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, cavities and much more. There are two main types of sugars to look out for in your diet: Naturally occurring sugar comes from food like corn, peas, sweet potatoes, fruits, dairy,…
Top Five Healthy Food Trends to Watch
We are all about keeping up with the latest food and wellness trends, after all we are in the business of helping our clients achieve their health goals to weigh less and live longer! In the same way that fashion trends come and go, the health food industry is constantly evolving and coming up with…