Flossing! That’s right, this simple act so many of us forget to do on a regular basis – if at all. For me, I floss several times per week and I am amazed at how much gunk comes out from in between my teeth. I try to floss before brushing but sometimes I forget and floss after I brush. If you don’t believe flossing does any good,
Read more →Every year about this time people in America (and other northern hemisphere countries) are urged to get the flu vaccine. The Center for Disease Control has such a successful marketing campaign that people demand it! More and more studies are coming out on the effectiveness and safety on vaccines and it makes me quite suspicious. Reasons I am choosing NOT to get the flu vaccine now… or
Read more →I just finished reading chapter 1 from the book Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink and I wanted to share with you my thoughts and some tips on weight loss. First off, I picked up this book as a recommendation from a peer of mine who is part of the CT Health Coach group I belong too. In order to better serve our clients, we are going to
Read more →Today’s post is brought to you by the Australian avocado, since of course, I am in Australia! I arrived here 12 days ago not knowing where the avocados here came from. Back at home in the states they either come from California or Mexico. And that’s a far distance to travel back to Connecticut! So I sought out to see how far my Aussie Avo had traveled.
Read more →Most people don’t think they need to worry about dehydration. To them, dehydration is something that happens to travelers in the desert when they run out of water. But there is a chronic form of dehydration that does not have the sudden and intense nature of the acute form. Chronic dehydration is widespread in the present day and affects everyone who is not drinking enough liquid. This
Read more →Article by RawMazing. I couldn’t agree more! Sometimes, we just need to remind ourselves why. Why we need to exercise, why we need to work on our diet. Why we need to incorporate more healthy, raw foods into our diet. Here are a few of my favorites: 1. When you start incorporating more raw foods into your diet, you are automatically starting to eliminate the foods that
Read more →It’s the third day in a row of record heat in the Northeast! If you are having trouble cooling down during this heat wave you may want to look into what you are eating. Your diet should be considerably different then what you eat in the cold winter months. There is a reason watermelon is everywhere in the summer! I just ate a nice cooling sandwich made
Read more →Purchase a tongue cleaner and use it with your daily brushing and flossing routine. I used to just use my toothbrush to scrape all the gunk off my tongue, but apparently that wasn’t good enough. While in nutrition school we were all given a tongue cleaner and when I used it for the first time I was horrified… or more appropriately… pretty grossed out! Now I’ll never
Read more →CHEW YOUR FOOD! Digestion requires a huge amount of energy to break down food. Chewing is the first step in this process. If we are inhaling our food without properly chewing we are missing out on a great energy opportunity! I admit I am guilty of eating faster then I should, but recently I have been experimenting with slowing down and chewing properly and noticing a difference.
Read more →Water is essential to life. Our bodies are made up of 70% water yet so many of us barely drink fresh clean water every day. Some of us actually require less than 8 glasses a day, some of us require more. The average person requires 1/2 their body weight in ounces of water. For example a 150 lbs person needs 75 oz of water per day. That
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