Hollywood and the media lie to us quite often, and one of their biggest lies revolves around this theme – only very young and stunningly beautiful women are attractive, confident and sexy. This is completely false, but how often do you believe it? Sadly, I believe it quite often – and [continue reading]
6 Simple Questions to Ask About Your Health – Healthy Living Tip of the Week
The beginning of a new school year is a great time to take stock of your health and to think about changes you may want to make over the next 6-9 months. Even if you don’t have school-age children, the end of summer/beginning of fall provides a natural “stopping point” [continue reading]
Make Easy, Healthy and Delicious Salad Dressings and Marinades
Are you looking for easy ways to add more real food to your family’s diet? One simple way is to make quick and easy vinegar and olive oil dressings and use them on salads and as marinades for chicken, meat and vegetables. I make Red Wine Vinegar Dressing and Marinade [continue reading]
6 Things to Know About Healthy Fats and Your Diet
This week’s challenge in The Real Food Experience is to include healthy fats in your diet. It sounds like a fairly straightforward task, but once you start reading about dietary fat and trying to find the best advice, it gets confusing. Is saturated fat bad for you? Is cholesterol bad or [continue reading]
What if You Don’t Have Time to Eat Real Food?
This post is part of The Real Food Experience 2015. If you’ve been following the Experience since the beginning, you know that we’ve focused so far on two challenges – eating more fruits and vegetables and eating more whole grains. (If you haven’t joined us yet, there’s still plenty of [continue reading]
The Truth About Real Food – and 5 Reasons to Eat It Anyway
Throughout January, hundreds of women are working together toward a simple goal – improving their health by eating more real food. They’re taking part in The Real Food Experience 2015, a month-long challenge to make small, sustainable changes that will lead to better health and more energy. This post is [continue reading]