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Pumpkin Sausage Penne Recipe

For our first Friday of Fall, I’d like to share with you a festive and cozy recipe of mine. With pumpkin season and chilly nights just around the corner, I think this dish will bring you joy.  Made with turkey sausage, whole wheat pasta, and natural seasonings  it makes  for a guilt free, comforting meal. 1lb Turkey Sausage 2Tbls Minced Garlic 4 oz Canned Slice Mushrooms ¾ C White Wine 1...

Add Color to Your Diet!

Next time you hit the supermarket challenge yourself to add 3 new colors to your basket! There is more out there to help you nutritionally then your typical greens and yellows. Try some of these colors to boost your nutrition: Purple and Reds: Anthocyanins protect the brain, heart, and eyes                          EX: apples, grapes, blackberries etc. Orange: Beta-carotene...

Meat and Nuts to Start Your Day!

Improve mental clarity, increase energy, control your appetite and reduce cravings throughout your day by switching to this morning staple of meat and nuts. Studies support the balancing effect of nuts and the greater feeling of satiety, and less late night eating with high protein diets.  Try one simple dietary change and switch to meat and nuts for breakfast!   Tweet

Bee Pollen—A Superfood

We all love our honey, but what about the benefits of raw bee pollen? Not only should famous athletes take raw bee pollen to promote strength and endurance but everyone can reap its benefits. Bee pollen contains 22 amino acids including the eight essential ones, 27 minerals and the full gamut of vitamins, hormones and fatty acids. Most importantly, bee pollen contains more than 5,000 enzymes and coenzymes....

Top 5 Dietary Guidelines

Follow these top 5 dietary guidelines to stay healthy and refreshed! 1. Eat whole natural foods 2. Eat only foods that will spoil, but eat them before they do 3. Eat whole naturally-produced milk products from pasture-fed cows, preferably raw and/or fermented, such as whole yogurt, cultured butter whole cheeses and fresh or sour cream. 4. Eat naturally-raised meat including fish, seafood, poultry,...

Top 5 Dietary Dangers

Avoid these dietary dangers to keep your body healthy and refreshed! 1. Don’t eat commercially processed foods such as crackers, cakes, TV dinners, soft drinks, packaged sauces etc. 2. Avoid all refined sweeteners such as sugar, glucose and high fructose corn syrup. 3. Avoid white flour and white rice 4. Avoid all hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats and oils 5. Avoid all vegetable oils...

Vegetables to cook or not to cook?

Many believe that you get the most nutients out of your vegetables when consumed raw, however when cooking some vegetables you are making some nutrients more available. Research from Cornell University found that although some nutrients may be destroyed (particularly vitamin C), cooking increases the availability of other cancer-preventing phytochemicals, ultimately increasing the overall antioxidant...

Cod Liver Oil

    Cod liver oil provides fat-soluble vitamins A and D. Supplements are a must for woman and men months before conception, and woman should continue this during pregnancy. Cod liver oil is rich in EPA and DHA. EPA has an important link to localized tissue hormones while DHA plays an important role in the proper functions of the brain and nervous system. If you have diabetes or consume a...

Pack a Healthy School Lunch!

With school starting back up it is very important to make your  kids stay healthy and energized for a day of learning. Many of us are working and find it hard to find the time to pack a daily meal, but with these tips we can plan ahead and make this stress free. - Keep it simple! Kids normally don’t like something gourmet so keep it simple - Make sure to find new ways to add protein to the lunch...

Tips for Dining Out

To start your dining out experience in the right direction skip the bread basket and go for a garden salad. When it comes to your main meal dont go for the entress with pictures as these oily shiny foods are meant to speak to your stomach. Don’t be afraid to modify any of the entress and if you have questions, speak up and ask! For big portions ask for a to go box right away and put half of...