Parents and guardians, it’s up to you. We all want the best for our kids. We have these little humans that depend on us to give them what they need to develop and grow into a healthy human being. If you are concerned for your child’s…
Category: Fresh Ideas
These ideas are based on my personal opinions with regards to my current knowledge base of health. Health information is so conflicting, abundant, misleading, informative, any adjective you can think of to describe it. Health information is constantly changing day to day.
I want to make this easy for you to understand. In my eyes, no one is truly right unless scientifically proven wrong. Sciences goes both ways in a lot of conflicting topics, hence the term conflicting. It pleases everybody to some extent. No scientific study is going to tell your body what it needs. only you can determine that and that’s what this is all about. I am healthy without rules. I don’t make restrictions. I follow what works for myself and that’s what I would like you to try as well.
You will find here information on various topics with much wiggle room and room to debate. There is a lot of middle of the line opinions. There is also a lot of strong feelings one way or the other, for good reason.
Put Down That Soda.
If you could do one thing right now to improve your health, mood, everything you ever dreamed of having, stop drinking soda. I’m talking about diet soda too. When discussing sugar, I’m talking about heavy use here, not a once a while dessert. I think we…
Hidden Veggie Smoothies
Lately I’ve been making a smoothie for breakfast. It’s quick, easy, healthy, affordable. Healthy smoothie ingredients include many things you might not normally eat and it’s so easy to do. Smoothie ingredients seem to be more fruits and milk. People think they are being healthy by…
How (Not) To Stay Healthy During The Holidays
I keep seeing articles about How To Stay Healthy For The Holidays and they’re all the same. We are supposed to be healthy all the time. Every single day. That’s fair and probably a good thing, but we also cannot be if we want to.…
Why Being Healthy Is So Hard
Are you confused about being healthy? I mean, some things are obvious like “Eat your veggies and exercise”, but a lot of things out there leave us wondering, as they should. The easy answer to why being healthy is hard is the lack of time or…
What Does Healthy Mean?
I was about to write about why being healthy is so hard. And I will. But first, we need to know what it means to be healthy. To be healthy is not just being free of sickness or disease. It’s more than that. Healthy means different things…
How To Hide Vegetables
Vegetables are a food that we all need to consume. I know, it’s hard. I didn’t eat vegetables as a child, and if I did, it was from a can. Which may be better than anything, but it took some time to appreciate the flavor and…
Living Healthy Without Rules & One Year Of Blogging
I have been a “blogger” now for one year! Honestly I never thought I’d still be doing this since it took years of my husband convincing me to start a blog. I spent years pursuing and working in a career that wasn’t for me. Fortunately I am a…
How I Save Money For Healthier Food
What’s important to you? I imagine it’s to live a healthy, fulfilling life. In order to be our healthiest when lacking funds, we need to save money in other ways. I hear so often that people say it’s too expensive to eat healthy. Make healthy eating a priority…
Stop “Trying” To Lose Weight
The true motivation behind a weight loss journey determines success. We are all real people who need to get our lives back instead of obsessing over weight loss. What are you trying to lose weight for? You can lose weight without dieting by simply by changing the focus to…