Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

An Empty Nest Shouldn’t Mean Empty Nutrition

An Empty Nest Shouldn’t Mean Empty Nutrition By Tamara Duker Freuman, MS, RD, CDN (www.TamaraDuker.com), March 2013 An NYC-based registered dietitian who specializes in digestive disorders and food intolerances After spending two decades shopping for food, planning meals, cooking and thinking about everyone else’s dietary needs, you find yourself in an empty nest, and with [...]

Adventurous Grains to Set You Gluten-Free

Adventurous Grains to Set You Gluten-Free Healthy cooking is a passion: just like the love of good food, it’s a great feeling to know you’ve served up a side of “good for you” with your family’s favorite meal. Sometimes, allergies mean we need to modify our diets even further. The words “gluten intolerance” used to [...]

Grow Your Own Superfruits

Grow Your Own Superfruits  Superfruits — fruits that are exceptionally rich in vitamins and antioxidants — are popular ingredients in a variety of healthy foods. Fortunately, although “superfruit” connotes something rare and exotic, a surprising number of these plants, including aronia, elderberry and goji berry, are hardy shrubs that can be grown right in your [...]

The Sweet Truth Behind Honey

The Sweet Truth Behind Honey  How much do you know about the honey bear bottle in your pantry? With recent confusion over pollen and filtration, the National Honey Board (NHB) wants to clarify any misconceptions surrounding this natural ingredient with harvesting, filtration and nutrition facts about honey. With more than 300 varietals of honey in [...]

Detox Your Home This Spring

With spring’s welcome arrival, there’s no better time than now to start thinking about detoxifying our homes. As we begin the annual spring cleaning purge, how can we be sure that we aren’t leaving behind a house filled with stealthily hidden toxic chemicals that can unnecessarily harm us, our families and our pets?   This [...]

Reboot and Reset Yourself

Reboot and Reset Yourself By Joel Harper Well, we’ve started of with fulfilling our goals for 2013. Right?   We are 3 months into this year and it’s back to business with your workouts. First off, you need to take stock of your current mental state. Are you feeling a dip in your energy level after the [...]

In Mom’s Kitchen: Vidazorb®

The company’s motto is “You Are What You Absorb” and it is so, so true – when nutrients, vitamins and minerals can be properly absorbed from your food, and waste products broken down properly, it means a healthier (and happier!) you! “Mom” recently had the opportunity to try a new chewable probiotic supplement called Vidazorb®, [...]

Will Green Coffee Beans Really Help You Lose Weight?

Will Green Coffee Beans Really Help You Lose Weight? First, let’s start by saying that green coffee beans aren’t necessarily “green,” which is to say organically grown. You may be able to find beans that conform to your eco-friendly standards, but in general you should assume (unless otherwise noted) that these coffee beans and their [...]

Boosting Your Metabolism for Winter Weight Loss

Boosting Your Metabolism for Winter Weight Loss For many people, weight loss is a greater challenge in the winter than in other seasons. Changes that we make to our health habits during the winter slow down our metabolism; in consequence, we burn fewer calories. If you’re struggling with weight loss this winter, what can you [...]

5 Green and Natural Flu Remedies for Children

5 Green and Natural Flu Remedies for Children The flu season is definitely upon us, and if you’ve paid any heed to the news over the last couple of months you’ve likely already gotten flu shots for the whole family. Unfortunately, there seem to be several strains going around, which means you and your kids [...]

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