What is the Paleo diet? The background of the paleo diet is built around the premise that our genetics have not changed too much since the Palaeolithic era, otherwise known as the caveman era. Palaeolithic researchers have gone into proving that this phenomenon is true and that many (more…)
Shout out to all of you who hail from the UK and Ireland (and there are quite a few of you!), I have found your one stop shop for high quality healthy living products. Leading retailer Holland and Barrett has it all. Awesome health food shop section along with a wide variety of vitamins and [...] (more…)
A lot of people have been asking me about the health benefits of chia seeds and how to incorporate them into your daily life. I was offered a product to sample for review so it’s perfect timing to share the info with you. (more…)
5 Top Heart Healthy Foods This guest post was written by Ashley Kemper from Long Island Heart Associates. For questions about maintaining a heart healthy diet, contact a local cardiologist today. It’s a common misconception that to be healthy you have to give up the pleasure of (more…)
Here is a guest post from Jackie, please welcome her to the blog. Just a bit of background on this topic too. Over the last year, quite a few family members and friends have been diagnosed with various types of cancer. The tips in this article are pretty universal for all cancer (more…)
Once again I got an opportunity to review one of Tosca Reno’s Eat Clean Diet books. I am so impressed with ALL of the books I have been sent for review AND purchased. The newest book is The Eat Clean Diet Stripped and it’s great. Although I have a lot more than “those (more…)
March is National Nutrition Month and the theme for 2011 is EAT RIGHT WITH COLOR. National Nutrition Month® is a nutrition education and information campaign created annually in March by the American Dietetic Association. You can see my 2010 blog post about it too. And here (more…)
Please help me celebrate THREE years of blogging at Losing It and Loving It. On 2/22/08, I started this weight loss/fitness blog to share my journey and hopefully help inspire others to keep going with their healthy lifestyle. You may be thinking that homemade chocolate peanut butter (more…)
This fruit bowl was my Valentine’s Day afternoon snack and it was soooo good! I read about the organic Love Crunch granola by Nature’s Path available at Whole Foods that I had to get me some. It did not disappoint (except I wish the chunks of granola weren’t (more…)
So the awesome company, NASOYA reached out to me to sample their products (I was sent coupons for free and discounted products) and because I love tofu and wanted to learn more about how to prepare it, I jumped at the chance to review while learning at the same time. Of course I was so [...] (more…)