Enhancing mental wellness with feel-good foods
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HEALTHY FOOD
Simple Steps To Eat Healthy
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Do you ever feel too rushed or busy to actually sit down to eat, let alone eat a healthy meal? Does it feel like 24 hours in the day are not enough to plan ahead making healthy food choices?
Read More7 Ways to Detox Every Day
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1. Buy a water filter.
- Tap water can be loaded with compounds like chlorine and fluoride, which damage our intestinal flora and disrupt our endocrine system.
- Drinking clean water allows our bodies to hydrate and eliminate waste more effectively, because we don’t have to do more work to filter out the chemicals in our water.
- Add a filter to your drinking water, as well as your shower.
- Bathing in hot chlorinated water can allow chlorine to be absorbed through the skin, which is your largest organ.
“Clean” up your diet and change your life
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For the past several years there has been a dietary term called “clean eating” or “eating clean” that has followed on the heels of the organic, local and slow food movements. Clean eating simply means eating foods in their most natural, whole state as possible while reducing the intake of processed and packaged foods to a bare minimum. Foods eliminated would be prepared items such as frozen pizza, boxed or canned goods, sugary desserts, soft drinks, or anything that contains unnecessary food additives such as high fructose corn syrup, other added sugars, excess salt or chemical preservatives.
Read MoreFDA Bans Trans Fats: Here's How Your Health Will Improve
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News broke this week that the FDA is giving food manufacturers 3 years to rid all of their products of trans fats. Also called "partially hydrogenated oils," these are the key source of trans fatty acids in the American diet. We explore.
Read MoreMediterranean diet: Healthy and Eco-friendly
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The Mediterranean diet is something we've discussed a lot. It's arguably one of the most healthy ways of eating. It's also eco-friendly.
Read MoreFood-borne Illnesses: Staying Healthy
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Although most are preventable, foodborne illnesses continue to be a big problem in the United States. It seems as if every few months we hear about another food-borne illness outbreak, whether it is caused by the well-known culprits Salmonella and E. coli, or less familiar organisms like Listeria, or Vibrio.
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