With the New Year comes the time of punishing diets or “detox” to make up for the indulgences of the festive season. And while the idea of starting afresh and clearing out the system and your life from what did not work the previous year might be a positive and powerful one, when it comes …
Emotional Eating is one of the most common reasons why people cannot lose weight or sustain healthy eating habits. You may have been there yourself. You have been on your best behavior most of the day, eating your veggies, reducing your carbs, or maybe even counting calories, and then after dinner, you get tempted by …
ntuitive eating is a way of eating that follows your natural cues and is opposed to diet culture and obsession with calories. In intuitive eating, we rediscover our natural rhythms and the pleasure of food. Food becomes nourishment and self-care. Important health organizations like The British Heart Foundations are recommending intuitive eating as a healthy …
Everyone’s libido is different, and it can even decline as you get older. But, in some cases, external factors such as medication, mental health, stress levels, and even your sleep habits can cause a premature lapse in your sex drive. This, in turn, may have an impact on your relationships and your metal wellness. Sex …
Everybody seems to be a bit diary intolerant these days, including me. Whether this depends on the farming conditions ( from antibiotic load, cattle stress hormones, grains feeding) or not, it is difficult to say, but if you feel that cow’s milk is a bit heavy to digest, almond milk can be a delicious alternative. …
Springtime is now here, and with the warm weather comes the need to detox from the heavier and mostly cooked winter meals and favor more raw and fresh ingredients. Raw vegetables maintain intact heat sensitive vitains like Vitamin C, and have a enzymes that can aid your digestive system. This is a simple and easy …
Vitamin C is one of the most important vitamins for the body. It is a major anti-oxidant and its involved in more than a hundred cellular reactions. It helps iron absorption, and collagen formation ( yes it is anti-aging that is why it is often added to anti-aging creams), supports the immune system and liver …
When shopping for healthy fruits and vegetables it is always difficult to know which are best to buy organic and which one are OK to bought conventionally grown. The EWG, the Environmental Working Group is an American organization that annually publish a list of the most pesticide ridden fruits and vegetables and the least pesticide …
I love crudites. They are great for using up vegetable leftovers, increasing the amount of vegetables in your diet, as a healthy snack option, and a fantastic aid to weight loss. They will fill you up with fibers and nutrients, increasing the sense of satiety, so important in weight loss and management. My advice is …
Our mental attitude to food has sometimes the same impact on our diet that the quality of the food we actually eat.We often use food as an antidote to anxiety, boredom, as a reward for an accomplishment, or as an act of love or self-loath. Here are some easy tips, that can help you reflect …
