Why Decorate With Pumpkins When You Can EAT Them!?
Pumpkins are most commonly used for Fall Holiday decor, but many forget that Pumpkins are full of healthy nutrients that are beneficial for your body. Health Benefits of Pumpkins Check out the abundance of vitamins and minerals that are found in your average Pumpkin! • Pumpkins are the perfect food this fall for many reasons, including the fact that they are high in fiber and very low in calories and fat. I suggest not ruining it by adding sugar and other additives, which are common with pumpkin cookies and pumpkin pie. Make your own healthier version from scratch. •Pumpkins are very high in vitamin A, which help boosts the immune system, maintains healthy teeth, bones and eyes, prevents urinary stones, and even fights against some cancers. • Pumpkins are full of Potassium which lowers blood sugar levels, prevents stroke, and helps...
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Keeping Your Family and Children Active: The Foundation for a Healthy Lifestyle
Childhood obesity is reaching epidemic proportions in the United States, and the main reason for this is that children are not nearly as active as they should be. Add to this the poor dietary habits and one can understand why between 16% to 33% of the children and adolescents are obese across the nation (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.) Thirty percent of the children in 30 out of the fifty American states are overweight or obese (Trust for America’s Health.) A large number of the children and adolescents do not fulfill the recommended physical activity requirements. According to experts, children should accumulate from a minimum of sixty minutes, up to several hours of physical activity each day. Since active behaviors have been replaced with more sedentary lifestyles over the last two decades, there is fewer energy expenditure...
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Steel Cut Oats
Oatmeal is “boring”, right? Well, it can be, but it doesn’t have to be. Meet my oatmeal. It’s healthy. It’s incredibly delicious. Once you try it, you’ll never go back to microwaved oatmeal again! Ingredients: 3 cups Water 1/8 tsp Sea Salt 1/2 cup Steel Cut Oats 2 tbsp Maple Syrup 1 tbsp chopped Pecans Instructions: Step 1) Heat the water and sea salt and bring to a boil. Step 2) Slowly stir in the steel cut oats. Step 3) Reduce heat to medium and continue stirring oats until desired texture. Step 4) Pour cooked oats into individual bowls and drizzle maple syrup and chopped pecans on top. Notes: Oats contain a healthy amount of fiber, and they are great for heart health and lowering cholesterol. Oats have been shown to help obtain (or maintain) a healthy weight and...
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Creamy Yogurt Dressing by Bolthouse Farms
Do you sometimes (or all of the time!) have trouble eating your veggies? If you need a little help enjoying your raw veggies so that you actually eat them rather than some greasy chips or french fries, then you have come to the right place! Bolthouse Farm’s Motto “At Bolthouse Farms, we believe that the great tasting food should also be good for you. That’s why we were the first to launch an innovative line of dressings with less than 45 calories, crafted with premium yogurt to create a rich, creamy taste in 7 enticing flavors. With at least 75% less fat and 55% fewer calories than other brands, it is a must have for those desiring great taste and a low calorie/low fat combination.” -Bolthouse.com Creamy Yogurt Dressing: Classic Ranch I am actually not a big fan of...
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Are You Making One Of These Common Exercise Mistakes?
One of the hardest things about going to the gym is not working out- it’s watching other people workout. Why? Most people are doing the exercises wrong, which is a bigger deal than most people realize. Common exercise mistakes could either reduce the workout’s effectiveness or cause serious injury. As a Certified Personal Trainer, I have learned a thing or two about doing exercises properly, and I have created a list of exercises you need to make sure you are doing correctly. Exercise Mistake: Lifting Too Fast If you are going to lift weights, you need to make sure that you make the most out of every single rep that you do. Lift the weights slowly, which will allow for a much more effective workout, prevent injury, and will help allow you to do the exercise correctly. Weightlifting is not...
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Twinkie’s Challenge: Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
Every holiday season we are bombarded with loads and loads of extra calories that are nothing more than sugar, fat, and simple carbohydrates that help us gain more weight than we’d care to admit. We first get slapped with Halloween, which most people are sugar loaded before October 31st even comes. A short couple of weeks later, we get to enjoy Thanksgiving which is a day we consume a single meal that has more calories than what we normally consume in an entire week, not to mention the pies and other treats for dessert. One month later we get to enjoy Christmas, which is full of holiday traditions that are full of sugary hot cocoa, stocking stuffers, and making a whole house made out of candy (and buy extra candy so we can eat as we build)! It’s no...
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