Healthy on a Shoestring

Basket of ProduceThere is a common, though unfortunate, belief that health eating costs too much money. I’m here to tell you that eating healthy meals is entirely within your reach. Here are some tips to keep your grocery bill low.

Shop locally
Explore your local farmer’s market. Organic foods tend to be less expensive when bought locally. Foods that are in season are usually better quality and lower priced than out-of-season produce that is grown in hothouses. Read more

Age Prevention 101

ChoicesMen and women have searched for the secrets for delaying the aging process for centuries. Have you joined the hunt?

How many products have you purchased to reduce wrinkles, improve skin tone, increase energy? You know the drill. I’ve been there and I recently cleaned out several jars and bottles from the bathroom cabinet that I realize aren’t going to be a magic fix. Read more

Keep Swapping!

Change is goodWhich of the food swaps that I recommended in the last newsletter have you put into practice? Just one would be a good start. I’d like to hear how it is going for you.

Swapping to gluten-free foods, stepping away from dairy, and trading your salt shaker contents will reduce your levels of inflammation, remove the influence of bovine growth hormones, and balance your body’s mineral and water balance.  Read more

Let’s Swap Foods!

Change AheadWe talked in my last post about ways to make your New Year’s Resolution effective. You don’t want to be in the 92% who abandon their resolution before it has any effect.

We also talked about selecting smaller changes to make on a consistent basis rather than trying to make a major change that you find unsustainable. I gave you some general ideas and would now like to explore some more specific ingredient trades for you to nibble on.
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A Resolution Sustained!

New Years ResolutionAll my life I’ve heard people making New Year’s resolutions … and the jokes about how long those resolutions hold up. I’ve made and abandoned New Year’s resolutions enough that I was reluctant to make them any more. And I was not alone. I’ve read that only 8% of people keep the resolutions they make at this time of year.

So why is it so difficult to keep the resolutions that we make? Is it because they are often made as brash statements without a plan to carry them out? Or because they are unsustainable?

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