How to Build a Better Body Image
According to the National Eating Disorders Association, “body image is how you see yourself when you look in the mirror or when you picture yourself in your...
6 Reasons Why You Should Be Drinking Kombucha
What Is Kombucha?
Pronouced kawm-boo-chah, kombucha is “a live culture of multiple species of yeast and bacteria grown to make a mildly alcoholic fermented beverage.” (Or really just...
12 Healthy High-Fat Snacks
But first, let’s clear the air…
We must focus our attention not on the heavily processed snacks often loaded with refined sugars and oils, but rather fill hunger...
The New “Green” Mediterranean Diet VS the Old Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean was popularized in the 1960s and garnered public attention. While still popular in the public eye, the new Mediterranean diet is making a...
6 Simple Ways to Ripen Bananas Quickly
You're standing in front of the banana section only to find a sea of green, unripened fruit. And those big, upcoming plans for them – in your...
What to Eat to Beat Food and Sugar Cravings
According to Merriam-Webster, a craving is “an intense, urgent, or abnormal desire or longing.” In the sense of food, cravings are mostly built on both physiological and...
45 Low-Calorie Snacks that Will Fill You Up
45 Best Low-Calorie Snacks
1. Apple Slices with Almond Butter
Slice up a medium-sized apple and smear on a tablespoon of almond butter for 185 calories.
2. Applesauce
Prepare one (or...
Oat Bran vs. Oatmeal Varieties
Next on your well-formulated and thought-out grocery list: Oats! But only to find yourself glaring at all the oat varieties once arrived at the cereal aisle...
“Quick,” “old-fashioned,”...
What Is Carambola and the 6 Health Benefits of Eating It
What is Carambola, Anyways?
Carambola is essentially an unfamiliar word for star fruit. The fruit is produced from Averrhoa carambola, a tree species cultivated throughout several tropical and...
The Most Important Nutrients For ALL Day Energy
What Nutrients Provide Energy?
In the context of nutrition, energy is supplied in the form of calories. Calories are sourced from the three macronutrients – carbohydrate, protein, and...