FREE Ebook: 3 Secrets to Eating Right! Click here to get it now. Think you have to eat nothing but processed-laden foods from your slow cooker? That’s a crock! While chilly days of old may have meant day-long cooked meals made with cream-based soups, high-sodium sauces, and cheese for days, there are now more recipe options for healthier yet still taste-filled … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2015
7 Dairy-Free Sources of Calcium
Calcium is one of the most abundant minerals in the human body, making up about 1-2% of an adult human's body weight. While many associate it with bone and tooth health, it is also important for muscle and nerve function, skin health, and managing the acid/alkaline base in our blood stream. Calcium rich foods go far beyond the role of strengthening bones! It goes beyond the … [Read more...]
Jump Rope Tips to Steal from Boxers
Boxers may hook, jab, and uppercut their way to a ripped core and bulging biceps, but what really keeps them in fighting shape is jumping rope. For less than $20--cheaper than most one-month gym membership rates--you can have everything you need to pump up the fat-burning effects on your body. What’s even better is that a jump rope is easy to travel with, meaning you have no … [Read more...]
The Best Fruits and Vegetables to Eat This Autumn
The leaves, the trees, the light, the sky…the food. It’s that time of year when the leaves glisten with a beautiful golden hue, we wrap up in our favourite woollies and wellies, and most of all autumn produces a delicious array of seasonal produce that highlights the wonders of this season. The summer has gone but this isn’t something to dwell over, instead feel enriched by … [Read more...]
Tricks of the Trail: How to Take Your Run Off Road
If you love to run, then there might be no better time to switch up your pavement pounding ways than the fall season. While roads, paved paths, and possibly even beaches were great for spring and summer months, trail running was almost made for autumn. Surrounded by natural beauty with the awe-inspiring color changes of canopies overhead, you couldn’t ask for a more scenic form … [Read more...]