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Today is a hot button issue - Childhood Obesity. It breaks my heart to see the childhood obesity rates continue to rise. As I’ve mentioned before, I am an advocate for health at every size and that obesity itself isn’t always an issue. Obesity is multifactorial and there is always a wide range of weights... Continue Reading →
Many Americans wonder how to prevent dementia. Anyone who has ever had a loved one affected by dementia has seen the profound impact and grief that is associated with this condition. We often look for that one thing we can do to prevent an illness and it turns out (yet again) a healthy lifestyle is... Continue Reading →
Mindset Monday - How to be more mindful What is mindfulness? The official definition is "a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique" Mindfulness is life changing. No joke. What if you didn't need to... Continue Reading →
Q: Some people label the way they eat, like keto or intermittent fasting. What are your thoughts? A: This is a biggie and there's NO WAY I could answer it all in this little post. But this got me really excited about the idea of creating a diet educational series. I plan to put together... Continue Reading →
TGIF - fun facts! The human body is pretty amazing. Take a look at these 26 facts! From 40lb of skin to 40 mph sneezes, these facts will definitely help you up your trivia game. from Nutrition.Health.Life https://ift.tt/2ChmAPY via IFTTT
Dutch Secrets to Happier Kids Turns out the Dutch have the happiest kids in the world! What's the secret? I'm always interested to learn how to be a better parent and I thought I'd take a look. Here are the general points (read the article for more info): 1. Babies get plenty of sleep -... Continue Reading →
Get Up and Get Moving! The majority of Americans don’t get enough exercise. Many studies have found that exercise alone improves health outcomes - regardless of weight loss. Exercise has also been linked with improved stress levels, sleep and mood. Exercise, not weight, should be our focus! The American College of Sports Medicine and CDC... Continue Reading →
This is the truth we need to talk about - our bodies change during pregnancy and whatever the change, we should NOT feel ashamed about it. We are growing tiny humans - that's no small feat. This is a great blog post with insight into the weight bias in our culture by Bite My Words.... Continue Reading →
I've gone back-and-forth with this a lot over the years, but I think that with my vision for this website, I decided it would be best if my recipes were on a separate site. For this reason, I have moved them back over to my old recipe site - RDRecipes.wordpress.com.
I keep telling everyone about this company because I'm in love. It's called Grove and they have TONS of natural and healthy cleaning products that work great. I just got an email that today is free shipping! If you become a VIP you always get free shipping, but this is a great way to give... Continue Reading →
