Are you a parent of a teenage athlete who wants your child to become faster and stronger but not at the expense of their health? Sports nutrition supplements are usually the first go-to to reach these goals. There are key factors you should be looking at when it comes to sports nutrition supplements and I’m […]

The sports nutrition you give your body before a game or competition can make a big difference in your performance! Being a student athlete is hard work – you have to balance school, practice, games and maybe even a job. Eating properly before games and competitions may seem like just one more thing to add […]

Is Intermittent Fasting really a healthy choice for weight loss? I recently posted about the ketogenic diet (click here to read if you missed it) but that’s not the only option for weight loss these days. Chances are you’ve heard of intermittent fasting or ‘IF’ for short. IF is nothing new – in fact fasting […]

Have you been considering the ketogenic diet to help you lose weight? Chances are you’ve heard of your friend or a friend of a friend or that girl on the internet who follows it and has lost a gazillion pounds. So you think, “well it’s worked for them so why not?” But perhaps you’ve wondered […]

Eating healthy doesn’t have to break the bank, if you know a few tips for inexpensive ways to increase the quality of your food. Quality food will not only improve your health but also your body composition and how you look and feel overall. Why is Healthy Food So Expensive? It does appear that healthy […]

What if you could take a pill, in this case a vitamin, that would prevent a number of health conditions AND improve athletic performance? It could be a reality with vitamin D; also known as the sunshine vitamin. What is Vitamin D? Vitamin D is a hormone that is essential to bone and muscle health. […]

Are your supplements worth it? There are hundreds of thousands of supplements on the market today and it seems like every hour a new one is coming out. I get asked about supplements all the time and I can’t even keep up! So how is someone who is not a nutrition expert supposed to know […]

Protein: Is too much of a good thing not a good thing? Protein is a necessary macronutrient that is necessary for life but does that mean we can eat it in unlimited quantities? The amount of protein one person needs is highly dependent on a number of factors such as age, gender, body composition, sport, […]

  Yes, it is possible to have a healthy breakfast on busy mornings. It just needs a bit of meal prep ahead of time. If you’re like me, your mornings are busy and there’s never enough time! Cooking a gourmet breakfast is out of the question and sometimes even eating is too! But like mom […]

In this blog, you’ll learn what Kombucha is, the health benefits of drinking it, and how to brew your own at home. A healthy gut is the first place to start for curing many ails. What is Kombucha? Kombucha is fermented tea. Now don’t worry, you aren’t fermenting it into alcohol but it falls somewhere […]