Tag: nutrition

National Nutrition Month: “Go Further With Food”

National Nutrition Month: “Go Further With Food”

Welcome to March, otherwise known as National Nutrition Month®! While proper nutrition and healthy habits are always important, this month they’re in the spotlight. This post will follow this year’s NNM the theme of “Go Further With Food” and will leave you with helpful tips on how to go further with your own food choices […]

Deliciously Easy Breakfast Ideas

Deliciously Easy Breakfast Ideas Avocado Toast

Mix up your breakfast routine this New Year with simple, affordable and balanced recipes! Here are 5 breakfast recipes that are super easy making it easy to start off 2018 with your health and wellness in mind. Since breakfast is breaking the fast from your hopefully long and restful night of sleep, it’s an incredibly […]

Your Guide to Healthy Cooking Techniques

Your Guide to Healthy Cooking Techniques

A smart and simple way to prepare your food in a healthier way is to use basic cooking techniques such as baking, braising, grilling, roasting, broiling, poaching, sautéing, stir-frying and steaming.  Some of these terms might seem daunting, but they are all fairly simple to use once you learn more about the cooking method. Healthy […]

3 Sport Drink Alternatives

Bananas are abundant in potassium. Researchers from the Appalachian State University’s Human Performance Lab recently found that endurance cyclists performed just as well when they consumed bananas as they did when they drank a sports drink. A banana offers other, long-term benefits not available from a sugary sports drink: antioxidants, fiber and vitamin B.