Are canned foods nutritious? Last week I was able to spend a few days in Indianapolis, Indiana for a special bloggers' event, Refreshingly Real Farm to Can Tour, where I was able to seek the answer to that question. I saw first hand the process of food going from the farm to the canned product you ...
General Nutrition
Should You Worry About Glyphosate in Your Food?
Should you worry about glyphosate in your food? Read and decide for yourself. Glyphosate has been in the news a lot lately. In a landmark lawsuit last month, DeWayne Johnson was awarded $289 million dollars in damages caused by the Monsanto's Roundup (in which the main ingredient is ...
Best Multivitamin for Women
Women and men are different. Let’s face it; sometimes it feels like we’re from different planets. We have different caloric needs, our bodily functions vary and our health priorities don’t always match up. It only makes sense that when a woman is searching for a supplement regimen; she looks for the ...
7 Signs You Might Need an Iron Supplement
You might need an iron supplement and not even know it. Being iron deficient can have a profound effect on our health. I experienced this first hand in an extreme way eight years ago. Between having my daughter Meghan and son Luke, I had a pregnancy that ended in a missed miscarriage at 12 weeks ...
MegaFood Kids Daily Multi Review
There are a few questions I get really frequently, over and over again. One of them is: “Do your kids take vitamins?” And it’s promptly followed by “Which brand?!” A few months back I wrote about why the answer to the first question is YES. So the answer is yes, my kids do take ...
Is Healthy Eating Enough? Why We Use Supplements and MegaFood Multivitamin Review
Do you ever feel like there’s so much contradictory information out there, that your head spins anytime you try to make a decision for your family? You just want to do the right thing, what’s best for you and your family, but you don’t know what that is because Expert #1 says one thing, while Expert ...
How to Plan for Eating a Bigger Variety of Foods
I'm as guilty as the next person of eating my favorite foods over and over. Hardly a week goes by that sweet potatoes don't pass my lips. Nearly every day I eat a banana. Even though I do eat my favorite foods a lot, I also am cognizant of eating a wide variety of foods and helping my family do ...
3 Healthy Homemade Gummy Bear Recipes to Try
Collagen is the most abundant protein in our bodies. A long-chain amino acid, it's made up of the individual amino acids glycine, proline, hydroxyproline, and arginine. The only place you'll find collagen in nature is in animal tissue (bones and connective tissue). So why am I talking about ...
75 Ways to Be Healthier This Year
Being healthy is a broad term. It can relate to what you eat, how much you exercise, if you're overweight or underweight, if your brain is sharp, how much stress is in your life, and even your level of happiness. All of these things work together to create a person's level of health. Two years ...
Golden Milk Turmeric Tea Recipe
Golden Milk Turmeric Tea, made with turmeric, is a powerful anti-inflammatory drink that may ease depression symptoms, build heart health, relieve arthritis symptoms, and more!This post was originally published in 2015. I love the way blogging connects me to so many people everywhere. Last year, ...
Cold Busting Soup
This Cold Busting Soup recipe is just what the doctor ordered if you're feeling under the weather!I'm on a little bit of a soup kick. I try to vary my recipes and not do things like bring you soup recipes two weeks in a row. Whoops. What can I say? The weather started getting chillier and as I ...
I F**king Hate Cancer and it Fuels Me
I can't have a healthy living blog and not write about cancer. So much of what I do here is fueled by my hatred, my absolute hatred, of this disease. Does it fuel you, too? Does it motivate you to keep the course in your healthy lifestyle? Look around your family and your friends, the people you ...