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Last week I gave you 3 reasons to give up wheat: gluten, lectins, and phytates. This week, I'm giving you 5 very practical reasons to ditch the wheat. Are you ready? Here we go! Are you looking for more tips for going gluten free? I’ve gathered them all together in this Everything Gluten Free page. 5 Surprising Reasons to Give Up Wheat 1. Wheat causes inflammation Inflammation is the predecessor to disease. The more refined the grain, the more inflammation will occur. White flour is more inflmmatory than whole grain flour, but whole grain flour is still highly inflammatory. When you are consistently dining on ...Read More
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What are GMO’s and How Safe are They?
Last week's Wellness Wednesday post focused on organic produce. This week we're going to talk about another buzz topic. You've probably heard the three letters G-M-O tossed around a lot lately. I'm guessing you've probably heard them referred to in the negative, but a lot of people really don't know what they are and why they may or may not be unhealthy. What are GMO's? GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organism. It sounds kinda scary, like it's out of a Sci Fi movie, right? They actually are a little scary. It's important to know about GMO's because there are a number of plants that are genetically modified and they ...Read More
5 Essential Things You Need to Know About Organic Produce
It's June. It's finally warming up (a little bit) here in Michigan. The trees have leaves on them again and plants are growing. All of this growing plant life made me think this was the perfect month to focus on making healthier produce choices. This is a bigger topic than you would think. You've always heard you should eat your fruits and veggies, but there are some fruits and vegetables that give you more bang for your bucks. What about pesticides? Organic produce? GMO's? We're going to talk about all of that this month and hopefully you'll get some good ideas of which fruits and vegetables will have the quality, ...Read More
How Diet Coke Gambles with Your Health: Kicking my Habit
About 10 years ago, I had a roommate who had an allergy to refined sugar. This didn't really affect my snacking-in-the-room habits too much, given that her allergy wasn't so severe that I couldn't have chocolate in the room or something—but it did introduce me to a wondrous substance. Something she kept on hand at all times. Something that she drank morning, noon and night whenever she needed a little extra energy to get through the day. This delicious, fizzy, miraculous beverage was called “Diet Coke.” The Diet Coke Coke Addiction Sets In I didn't even like the taste at first. The first time she offered me one when ...Read More
Table Salt vs Sea Salt: What’s the Difference?
Sea salt, table salt—what's the difference? A quick search online and you'll find a multitude of opinions on the matter. This month's wellness challenge is to change the kind of salt you use. In this post and I'm going to compare the two and you can decide for yourself which you'd rather be putting in your body. I have a feeling I know which one you'll choose! How Table Salt and Sea Salt are the Same They both originate from sea—either straight from the sea or from an inland ocean bed. They both have approximately 40% sodium content (this varies a little bit in different types of sea salt). They both make your ...Read More
Wellness Wednesday Challenge: Make the Switch to Sea Salt (link-up)
Happy April! I hope it's been a fantastic beginning to this new month. With a new month, comes a new Wellness Wednesday topic. This month we're going to be talking about salt. I thought after a challenge like lasts months sugar cutting challenge, we could all use something a bit easier. :) As you probably see from the title, I'm not going to be harping on you to cut down on salt, but to simply switch the type of salt you're consuming. There is a lot of conflicting information out there on salt. Some places you'll read that salt is salt and there really aren't any differences. I'm hoping to give you a play by play ...Read More
6 Ways to Cut Sugar & Still Enjoy Food
Even if you don't need to lose weight, cutting sugar is a great way to improve your health and help you avoid a number of different diseases that seem so common in today's sugar-coated culture. Sugar is implicated in a number of modern diseases: high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, cancer, alzheimers, weight gain, and more. Unless you've been intentionally vigilant in cutting out sugar, you're probably consuming a lot of sugar. Estimates on average American adult sugar consumption ranges anywhere from 22 to 55 teaspoons of sugar a day while our children consume even more. That's pretty scary considering the American Heart ...Read More
The Top 10 Reasons to Give up Sugar
In this post I'm going to give you 10 great reasons to give up sugar (but there are more and you don't have to look too far to find them). Are you wondering why I challenged you to give up sugar this month? I did this because I really, truly believe that it is one thing you can do for yourself and your family to positively impact your health. The Top 10 Reasons to Give up Sugar 1. Sugar makes you fat, sick, and malnourished When we eat sugar (really, any carbohydrates) it gets turned into glucose. Excess glucose gets turned into triglycerides in our livers and then stored in fat cells. Sugar makes us fat. No, it ...Read More
