How does added sugar in food affect your health and well-being? Find our by reading this blog.

Making pumpkin seeds taste good can be tricky. Learn great kitchen hacks to best truss a turkey.

One of the biggest issues people have with healthy eating is time. I don’t have time to prep, I don’t have time to pack my healthy meal, I was out and about and didn’t have time to make healthy choices, etc.

What is Inflammation?

Inflammation is the body’s activation of immune and other cells in response to pathogens like bacteria, viruses, toxins and infections. In acute inflammation, the immune response eliminates the threat and then promotes repair and recovery. Symptoms include redness, swelling, warmth and pain.

Staying hydrated is automatic for most of us. That’s because our thirst mechanism stimulates thirst and drives us to drink when our bodies need more water. This mechanism decreases with age, making dehydration more likely in older people. Extra activity as well as summer heat increase our need for fluids.

With summer here, we’ve got lots of fruits and veggies ripe and ready right in our backyard (sometimes literally, looking at you gardeners!). Below are some tips to make sure you get your servings of fruits and veggies this summer

We are lucky to live in Southern California, where the weather is wonderful year round. This means we get to be outside all the time, and we can grow our own food!

Take out is easy and cheap, and cooking at home is hard and expensive, right? Wrong! Cooking can be easy and fun with the right tools and knowledge.

Emotional eating usually occurs when we are stressed, when we are experiencing feelings of loss, sadness, fear, loneliness, anger or worry. Some people eat when they are bored. It often comes with a loss of control, movement away from our usual schedule or routine. Sometimes people eat because they feel it’s something they can control. Sometimes it comes in the form of mindless eating after a stressful day. Sometimes it’s a comfort reaction, wanting to feel good. Our body craves the serotonin that comfort food and high sugar, high fat, or salty foods bring us.

Starting a new nutrition program can seem like a daunting task. It can seem like where you want to be is a long way off from where you currently are.

Our Balanced Habits Nutrition Program gives you the individualized support you need to make this transition as easy as possible. After all, it has to work for you and make sense for you and your family for you to stick to it!