This post is sponsored by MegaFood®. All opinions, as always, are my own. Leaves are falling, temperatures are dropping and noses are sniffling. Seasonal changes can cause our immune systems to go a little off track and, sometimes, into a fast, downward spiral that can be hard to bounce back ...
General Nutrition
Are Canned Foods Nutritious? Recap of the Farm to Can Tour
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Anti-inflammatory Diet: List of Foods to Eat and Avoid
Chronic inflammation is linked to nearly every disease that plagues our society today. When our bodies are overloaded with dietary and environmental toxins, we switch on our immune systems and they don't turn off. An overactive immune system sends your body into a constant state of distress, and ...
How Much is a Serving of Vegetables or Fruit?
Am I eating enough vegetables and fruits? I mean really, am I? How can I be sure? Well the USDA says an active adult should get 10 servings of vegetables and fruit a day. I don't know about you, but I didn't know exactly what that meant so I had to research it a bit. Before we can really ...
