Hidden sugar: You are probably eating sugar frequently without realizing it. The average North American eats 150 pounds of sugar each year even though sugar has been linked to a ton of health problems. Much of that is hidden sugar. Two hundred years ago, people only ate two pounds per year. No wonder sugar-related problems are on the rise! These include heart disease, diabetes, and cancer just to name a few. What is sugar and where is it? Sugar [...]

Notice the good around you and feel better Picture someone who is having a hard day. What do they look like? Slumped posture, downcast eyes, small. Now picture someone who is feeling great. What do they look like? Head thrown back, upright posture, smiling, dancing eyes. You are a whole person: body, mind, spirit, nutrition, and environment. All aspects impact the others. How you feel inside impacts your body, as you could so easily identify in the above [...]

When coming up with a perfect snack, I believe a food must fit most of these criteria: delicious, fast, simple, and portable. But when you add “healthy” or “weight-loss” to that list you often take out the “delicious” part and replace it with "tasteless," "cardboard," and "completely unsatisfying." Right? Here are my five best weight-loss friendly snacks that aren't just nutritious but also delicious! What are my criteria you ask? They have to be nutrient-dense whole foods where [...]