Are you a vegetarian worried about how in the world you are going to get in enough protein? My tips this week will help! These 7 hacks to hit your protein goals as a vegetarian are a total game changer!  

Can something as simple as what we eat help prevent us from getting sick? YES! Your immune system is the most complex organ system in your body constantly patrolling your every cell + rapidly responding. Our organs, blood vessels, molecules + cells are constantly being [continue reading]

As vegetarians, we opt not to eat animals. Our reasons for not eating animals can be anything from health or religion to ethical reasons or for the environment. Whatever your reason is, next you decide if your life of vegetarianism includes eggs, dairy, gelatin, honey, [continue reading]

The Vegetarian’s Guide to the 80/20 Diet is just in time! As summer approaches, we are being bombarded with summer diets, quick fixes, and the latest diet train to jump on. A diet is a diet and, in my world, diet culture stinks. Let’s face [continue reading]

Is one of your goals this year to eat less meat? How about to eat more plants or fiber or colorful +  nutritious foods? A goal that adds things into your life instead of subtracting things?!?! Now that is a goal I can get on [continue reading]

Nuts often get lumped into the “do not eat” category.  Before doing that, consider the possibility that nuts can be an incredible food to incorporate into your diet. BUT WAIT! Are nuts good for you or not?

Do find yourself snacking mindlessly or are you an intentional snacker? Mindless snacking can easily derail your best healthy efforts.  There’s no denying that it’s really really hard to curb unnecessary snacking.  Sometimes, finding out why you are snacking is just as important as improving what [continue reading]

Sometimes our bodies give us warning signs that our diets are not serving us well.  Minor day to day ailments might be the result of what you eat (or don’t eat)! Don’t overlook the subtle clues that your body is dishing out. With the rise [continue reading]

The perfect button-down shirt, pair of jeans, black dress, maybe your uniform shirt or scrubs. We all have wardrobe basics.  You wouldn’t start your week out without your basic clothing essentials slightly ready for the week.  I’m talking basic wardrobe prepping here.  Uniform shirt actually [continue reading]

Did you know that 80% of chronic disease is preventable? Diet is one of the biggest factors contributing to the development of these chronic diseases, especially heart disease. With half of all Americans suffering from some form of heart disease, we must start doing something [continue reading]

We all go pumpkin crazy sometime during the month of September.  Every.  Single.  Year.  I will be the first to admit, I get the pumpkin fever very early in the season.  Every. Single. Year. The list of nutritional benefits of pumpkin goes on + on.  [continue reading]