Lately, I have been on an aggressive oatmeal kick - I love the texture, it keeps me feeling full, and it's a great way to add in some nuts, seeds, and fruit into my diet. However, for all of the good things I have heard about oatmeal, I have also heard through the wellness grapevine over the years …
Plant Based Power: Breakfast Edition
My favorite meal of the day is breakfast… so I make sure it not only keeps me full for long but satisfies my taste buds. Here are a few of my easy on the go breakfasts that taste too good to be true! Bonus - each of these recipes are completely plant based! Chia Pudding ½ cup dairy free milk …
Mindfulness and Exercise
What do you think about when exercising? Is it a time for you to let you mind wander, or do you tend to stay focused on the task at hand? I recently found myself becoming incredibly bored when working out and started to question if I could incorporate some meditation or mindfulness techniques into …
Say No To Keto, Hello To Carbs
The Ketogenic Diet (Keto) has received quite a lot of notoriety in recent years for its association with weight loss and potential decrease in risk of diseases like diabetes, cancer, epilepsy and Alzheimer's. In a nutshell: eating a Keto diet means severely restricting carbohydrates and replacing …
Baby Steps Towards Nutritional Success
Changing your eating habits can be a really difficult thing. Why? Well, they're habits--they're hard to break and hard to start. However, not impossible. Taking baby steps, or setting small goals towards an overall eating habit can be a great way to reach nutritional success! It's important that …
Understanding Hormones: Insulin And Weight Loss
Insulin is such an important hormone because it regulates our blood sugar. Basically, after eating something, the amount of sugar in our bloodstream increases. Insulin instructs the cells to absorb the sugar from our blood. It is released from the pancreas and has other “jobs” to do, especially …
Social Media On Mental Health
Have you ever stopped to wonder just how much social media has affected us over the years? With many of our current feeds being infiltrated with bikini bods and tropical vacations, it's important to know the effect social media can have. Depression and Anxiety Especially in youth, signs of …
Weekends Made For Wellness
Have you ever had a great week where you’re making healthy choices about every day? You’re eating well, cooking your own meals, getting to the gym, and then…the weekend rolls around. Ah yes, how I have a love/hate relationship with weekends. It’s easy to think of the weekend as time to enjoy …