Why You Should Drink Kombucha
Kombucha Tea If you’re into health food, you may have heard of kombucha tea. Kombucha is a lightly fermented tea which has achieved considerable popularity among the healthy eating crowd. Advocates claim it enhances cognition, stimulates immune function, supports weight loss, can be applied as a therapy for almost any ailment, and even promotes longevity. But, […]
5 Tips to Help You Restore and Maintain Your Gut Health
Bacteria in your gut might sound like a bad thing, but your gut actually uses bacteria to process food into energy. We call these helpful bacteria probiotics and they are essential for gut health. Most people have heard the term probiotics in yogurt ads, but that’s about it. What are probiotics and what do they mean to […]
Why Every Woman Should Be Strength Training
Ask 100 women this year what their New Year’s resolution will be and a third will likely answer “weight loss.” Many of these women will join a gym (or start using their current membership more). They’ll spend hours on the treadmill, elliptical, or other cardio machine. They may even lose a bit of weight. But they still may […]
Clean Eating 101
Eating clean is a lot simpler than you think. The idea is about being mindful of our food’s pathway between its origin and your plate. At its simplest, eating clean is about eating whole foods, or “real” foods – those that are minimally processed, refined, and handled, making them as close to their natural state […]