Healthy Snack Ideas

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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10 Everyday Healthy Snacks for Diabetic People

If you are a diabetic, chances are that following a strict diet pattern is a major challenge for you. Diabetic people also get hungry frequently. This calls for in-between mealtime snacks. However, given the fact that diabetics must watch their sugar levels throughout the day, the snacks have to be low calorie, healthy, and must [...]

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5 Healthy Snacks for Kids

As a parent, you want to ensure that your child is in the best health they can be by giving them the best nutrition at all times. A quick snack after school or in the middle of the day can often be rushed, but this doesn't mean that nutrition has to take a back seat [...]

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Healthy Snacks You Have at Home

Potato chips have become America’s snack food for one reason: they’re easy. Open a bag and you’re ready for a house full of people or a night in front of the television on your own. No one wants to have to create a cooking show (or the mess that comes with it) in their kitchen [...]

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Moringa Muffins Recipe for Healthy Snacking – Think Outside the Box

When we think of snacks, we often think of easy foods that come in boxes or pre-packaged containers, like crackers or Granola bars. The healthiest foods don’t come in a box though—healthy snacks are often at the edges of the grocery store, in the fruit and vegetable aisles or needing some assembly and/or cooking at [...]

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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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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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