Hi readers!

With the New Year quickly upon us, New Year’s resolutions are fresh on everyone’s minds. For many people, the end of the year is a time to take a personal inventory and reflect on how the year was for you, then make goals for the next year to keep on improving.

Exercise is amazingly healthy. Not only can exercise strengthen your muscles, but the more you do it, things like your nerves become better at controlling your movement, and subsequently you’ll begin to support long-term nervous system and even brain health. Similarly, your hormones, immune system, metabolism, and even digestion all respond and adapt to exercise to improve your overall health.

I don’t think that it’s a coincidence that physical activity rates continue to decline year over year, and the national obesity epidemic is on the rise[1],[2],

Spring is in the air and the Easter bunny has come and gone, leaving a refrigerator full of hard-boiled eggs behind.

Choosing between candy-filled plastic eggs and dyed hard-boiled eggs is a nutritional no-brainer! Now, with the fun of the hunt behind us, I have dozens of hard-boiled eggs to make into delectable delights my family will not get tired of.

Turmeric does amazing things for our immune system, brain health, and muscle tissue. Its primary ingredient, curcumin, is largely responsible for most of turmeric’s health benefits.

Are you looking for some sports nutrition supplements to help you bulk up, but don’t know where to start? It can be tricky to discern which products are right for you, right for your workouts, and right for your goals. That’s why I’ve whipped up this blog post just for you—to help you understand how certain sports nutrition supplements may help to hit your massive goals!

Summer is the perfect time to be outside! What makes it even better is that you can throw your lunch or dinner on the grill and enjoy the sunny weather while you and your family have a healthy meal! The key here, as with any meal, is to make your food healthy, and I’ve got some easy grilling tips to help you out!

A friend was recently lamenting that she just didn’t know what to cook for her newly vegetarian son. She wanted to make sure that she was meeting the nutritional needs of the whole family while respecting her son’s perspective. What’s a mom to do?

Sending kids off to school with everything they need to be successful is every parent’s intention. We go school supply shopping and purchase new clothes or shoes. But it’s what our kids may be exposed to and bring home from school that can keep them from performing their best.

Have you ever heard that eating chocolate causes or worsens acne? While you may have thought this is just an old wives’ tale, studies have shown that diet plays a big role in skin health. Instinctively it makes sense that eating clean foods supports clear skin, while eating junk food leads to skin issues.

My mother-in-law’s favorite holiday has always been Halloween. At her house, Halloween was a full evening event composed of a dinner party with her children’s friends, and then group trick-or-treating. She loved helping dress up her children and then handing out candy to the neighborhood. Afterward, the kids would congregate to go through their candy loot and trade for their favorites.