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 ...
General Nutrition
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A Guide to Probiotics and the Best Probiotic Supplements
Probiotics is a buzzword these days that everyone is throwing around, but a lot of people don't know exactly what they are or why we need them. And when it comes to shopping for the best probiotic supplements, it can be overwhelming even knowing where to start. This guide to probiotics will help if ...
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 ...
Do You Really Know How Much Sugar You’re Eating? 12 Foods with Added Sugar
If you've decided to cut back on sugar, you need to be aware that there are more foods with added sugar than you might think. Grocery shopping probably takes me longer than most because I never put a new product in my cart without reading the ingredient label. I want to see exactly what I'm going ...
Healthy Living: What is your WHY?
Healthy living is a decision. A choice you make somewhere along the way, usually a decision that's propelled by something. An event in your life. An article you read. Something your friend told you. The way you feel. Something ignites your desire to live healthier. My question for you today: ...
How to Sweeten Coffee without Sugar
The year was 2006 and I'd just read multiple books and articles about the detrimental effects sugar has on our body. I decided I was cutting it out of my diet, cold turkey. My biggest fear was the coffee. At that time I drank my coffee with copious amounts of CoffeeMate French Vanilla creamer (I ...
How I Save $130 a Month Buying Organic Food at Costco
A little over a year ago, a new Costco was built close enough for our family to consider buying a membership. We hesitated taking the plunge, not sure if we'd save enough to justify the cost of membership. We'd been members years ago when we lived in Arizona, and ended up rarely using it. That, ...
What I Ate Wednesday (& an Update on Weight and Calorie Counting)
I thought it'd been a month since I shared a What I Ate Wednesday post. I just looked and it's actually been two months. Isn't it funny how time slips by like that? Before we know it, it's going to be HalloweenThanksgivingChristmas! Yikes. Last time I shared I talked to you about calorie ...