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Invite Healthy Foods to the Barbecue
Invite Healthy Foods to the Barbecue

Barbecues are commonly known for their indulgence! Pork, chicken, burgers, hot dogs, macaroni salads, and whatever else you can fit on the grill. This is typically coupled with sweet juices or sodas and feel-good desserts. I would feel weighed down by all the heavy foods and I might even take a few naps to try to shake the feeling. That made me think, what would a healthier and lighter barbecue entail? How can I infuse my beliefs that food should give you energy into a gathering where the foods do the opposite? Is it possible to invite herbs to the barbecue without sacrificing flavor or the use of the grill? Let’s find out!

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Imani ColesBBQ, Healthy Living, foodComment
Food As Medicine
Food As Medicine

We’ve all heard the saying “you are what you eat”, right? But how deep have you actually thought about it? We tend to think of it on the more superficial level such as, you eat fatty food, you’ll get fat, or you eat greasy food you’ll have greasy skin or hair, you eat lots of protein, you gain lots of muscle. However, I want to invite you to truly embrace the phrase and look at it almost as if through a microscope, so to say.

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General HealthTatiana Motafood, nutrition, healthComment
How to Avoid Diet Fads and Get Real Results
How to Avoid Diet Fads and Get Real Results

It’s that time of year again. Without fail, you will have friends that have jumped on to the newest diet fad tell you to join along with them. Most of us want to lose a few pounds and you might be considering it too. Before you do, I want to share some very important pointers on how to know whether or not a diet will be effective before you even start. I’m not going to focus on if it will help you lose weight right away, but what the long term effects will be. If you have dieted before and lost a lot of weight only to regain it, you know how frustrating that can be. Even worse than frustrating, losing and regaining is very bad for your health because it causes a build-up of fat internally around your organs that can cause severe health problems. This is why it’s extremely important to make your diet and lifestyle decisions carefully and consider the long term effects rather than simply focusing on the short term.

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General HealthJonathan Laudonnutrition, health, diet, eating, food, lose weightComment