Gut health plays an important role in your overall health. The cleaner the gut the cleaner your overall health is. Your gut’s “brain” is known as the enteric nervous system. This system is home to 100 million neurons within your intestinal wall. Neurons transmit important information throughout your body. They also control digestion and send updates to the brain. While …
Halloween Candy Quiz
How well do you know your Halloween Candy? 1. Which Halloween candy contains the most amount of protein? • 2 snack size of Almond Joys • 4 mini Nestle Crunches • 2 Fun size peanut M&Ms • 5 Mini Peanut Butter Cups 2. Which handful of candy contains the most amount of calories? • Skittles • M&M • Tootsie Rolls …
Halloween Sugar Cravings
Sugar Cravings with Halloween Candy All candy can fit into your daily food intake through variety, moderation, and balance. We all have sugar cravings, but what cravings do you have? You Crave: Chewy Chewy candies typically have one common denominator: sugar. However try: • Figamajigs Chocolate Covered Fig Bar with Almonds. Figs are high in fiber and contain antioxidants …
Healthy Cooking Reduce Calories
Healthy Cooking Healthy Cooking leads to weight loss (increase fiber) Blood Sugar Control (decrease sugary foods) Reduce Risk of Diabetes (increasing complex carbohydrates) Decreased Risk of Heart Disease (decrease fat) Decreased in Cancer Risk (increase fruits and vegetables) Support Brain Health (increase vitamins and minerals) Cooking Healthy Improves mood Boost energy Improves longevity Healthy Cooking Methods Baking-Besides breads and …
Breakfast Nutrition Tips
Breakfast Nutrition Tips Breakfast is one of the most important meal of the day. Keep reading for some awesome breakfast nutrition tips to start your day off right. So many of us skip it because we are running out the door or are just not hungry. Breakfast is crucial to our bodies to turn on our brain, to burn fat, …
Do You Have Nutrition Willpower???
Research has shown that tedious tasks require the use of nutrition willpower and like a muscle, willpower can be used to the point of fatigue. At the end of the day, that can leave us drained of willpower and at the mercy of ANY tempting goodie that crosses our path, which undermines even the most sincere goal of eating healthfully. …
How To Lower Cholesterol
What is Cholesterol? A waxy, fat-like substance that’s found in all cells of the body. We need to… ●Make hormones ●Vitamin D ●Digest food ●Human body makes it. ●Found in food Your Cholesterol Numbers… Total cholesterol is below 200 Triglycerides is below 150 HDL should be higher than 50 And under 35 is risky LDL should be …
Calcium Information
This calcium information is critical for healthy bones and muscle development. Your body requires calcium and magnesium. These two minerals are crucial for the normal functioning of your heart muscle. They help your heart contract‚ ensuring that it pumps enough blood to other vital organs. Calcium is necessary for strong bones and teeth; meanwhile‚ magnesium is responsible for promoting the …
Health Elf Challenge
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