Adding, Not Subtracting: An Alternative Perspective on Health
For a long time now “health” has been defined by subtraction: removing weight from our bodies through rigorous exercise and removing foods from our plates. This method has proven to be ineffective as it has contributed to slowed metabolism (the…
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Practice Self-Care: Taking Charge Of Your Health And Wellbeing
Anti-aging is a hot topic, and for good reason.
Increasing scientific knowledge reveals that an anti-aging lifestyle keeps our bodies and our minds young much longer than has traditionally been thought.
Because of this, more and more people of all…
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Reinvent Yourself: Build the Future You Imagine
Do you wish you were different? Better?
More successful?
Like to be thinner? Have better habits? Have more energy or feel more positive about life?
Time to take a look at what REALLY matters to you…
Bottom line:
Everything you…
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Transform Your Eating Habits: Focus on Adding Nutrients Instead of Subtracting Foods
A Healthy Diet
When it comes to trying to eat a healthier diet, many of us focus on subtracting the “bad” foods from our diet. We cut out sugar, fat, gluten, grains and processed foods, thinking that this will automatically…
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Create Healthier Eating Habits by Adding, Not Subtracting
Dieters and health-seekers talk freely about food elimination diets. They report leaving grains, or dairy, or meats out of their diets. Then, they debate which foods should be removed from your menu. But have you ever considered a food addition…
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An Eating Plan That Avoids Restriction And Focuses On Addition
The fitness industry is swamped with diet plans that promise things that even the genie from Aladdin’s lamp couldn’t grant. Even worse, every single one focuses on a restriction and rules that peg you into a camp of people that…
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Leptin: The Hormone Behind Hunger and Weight Regulation
A recent survey showed that many people believe they are living a healthy lifestyle even though two thirds of us are overweight and one third of those obese. Most people believed it was a lack of exercise that contributed the…
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Yes, You Can Have a Garden
If you have never grown vegetables before and always wanted to grow your own food, but don’t have the time or space for a full-size outdoor garden – container gardening is a good place to get started. You don’t need…
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Delicious Homemade Carrot Cake Ice Cream
Who doesn’t love ice cream? No one I know. But ice cream doesn’t always love us…at least the ingredients in commercial ice cream. They are, for the most part, not healthy!
The only way to get healthy ice cream is…
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Are You Building Your “Defensive Army” or Tearing it Down?
For optimal health and wellness it’s ultimately important that we are including foods that are rich in antioxidants.
Antioxidants are substances such as vitamins that help to prevent free-radical damage to the body by neutralizing the oxidation process and reducing…
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