Healthy Snack Ideas

Embracing the Raw and Living Foods Lifestyle for Natural Healing

I wanted to share this amazing episode from one of my favorite podcasts, The Healthtopia Radio Show, with host Bonnie Mechelle on Blog Talk Radio. On this episode, Bonnie Mechelle interviews Brenda Cobb, founder of the Living Foods Institute in Atlanta. Ms. Cobb talks about how she cured herself of breast and ovarian cancer with [...]

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Summer Healthy Challenge, Anyone?

Summer's not over yet. There's still time to get healthy, slim down and have fun before fall arrives. I think this is the perfect time to step up your health and fitness goals a notch, don't you agree? Well, I joined the, 'I Heart Summer' health & fitness challenge at Everyday Health, and I'm inviting [...]

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Healthy Weight Loss for College Students: Trimming the Freshman Fifteen

There’s a good reason why those initially added college weight-gain pounds are referred to as the freshman fifteen.  Everybody identifies with it.  In my case, it was more than fifteen, too.  I remember being so excited with my new wardrobe when my first year of college started, but by homecoming in late October, my pants [...]

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Healthy Summer Snack Ideas for Kids

Summer is a time to loosen the schedule and relax with your kids. If you have two growing children like I do, however, that relaxed schedule could mean frustration when it comes to keeping track of what they’re eating during those warm days. A Snack Schedule Even though summer provides time for your family to [...]

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Respect Natural Lunch Kit Survey

This is just a quick post to share a link to a survey that is being done by a healthy food producer, Respect Natural. They make veggie burgers, chickenless nuggets & patties and steam-in-the-bag rice products. Here's a link to the survey they are doing about lunch kits. They may be coming out with a  [...]

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Movie Review: Forks Over Knives

Last night I attended the screening of the new documentary film, ‘Forks Over Knives,’ at the E Street Cinema in Washington, DC.  I got the invitation on Twitter because the producers noticed that I tweet a lot about healthy eating topics because of my healthy snacks blog, and because I’m a vegan and I love [...]

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Probiotic Healthy Snacks

Enjoy this guest post by Charles Jones. Probiotic food and snacks are promoted as the healthier alternative to common everyday snacks. The probiotic healthy component is derived from live beneficial microorganisms that have been introduced in sufficient amounts in the food base or in specific ingredients. Probiotic food and snacks are often used to complement [...]

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Herbs, Fruits, and Vegetables That Have Healing Properties

Please enjoy this guest post by Charles Jones: Our kitchen pantry and backyard garden are a source of natural home-based remedies that can be used in place of over the counter medicines. Select herbs, fruits and vegetables are imbued with natural healing properties that are known and utilized by older generations to prevent, relieve, and [...]

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A Healthy Diet and Lifestyle Could Prevent Diabetes

by Pallavi Sharma Diabetes is a major common problem among the people of America. A recent survey conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health claims that about one in three American adults will have diabetes in 2050 if the present trend continues. The epidemic has affected the people from all walks of life. Experts [...]

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Mac No More

By Stacie Wheeler Weaning kids from a strict diet of mac n' cheese can be difficult, but it's doable. Making healthy snacks fun is one way to get kids to eat them. Moorpark mom, Stacie Wheeler, cuts sandwiches into circles and adds raisins for eyes on this happy face. Making healthy snacks fun is one [...]

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