Spring Is Here! Time to Garden!

By Diane Ruyack Spring is here and the last frost date is around the corner. Lose that winter weight and get gardening! You may not be aware of how beneficial gardening is for your health. You’re actually doing a decent amount of exercise while you’re preparing a garden or while you’re  turning a compost pile.

Food & Nutrition for Athletes

Food has to be one of life’s great pleasures. For an athlete, it becomes vital to consume healthy foods for optimal performance. Here are some ‘food’ tips for athletes

Healthy Weight Week

Millions of Americans make a New Year resolution to lose weight, and by the second week of January, 92% of people have already ‘fallen off the wagon.’ They have blown their diet and are back to square one. I dedicate Healthy Weight Week to those 92%. Healthy Weight Week is January 15 – 21.

Ways to Stay Active this Winter

By Kimmi Devaney In my family, the holidays are a crazy busy time of year. Between trying to see everyone, coordinate travel schedules and shop for gifts, healthy eating and exercise can easily be pushed aside. The good news is that with so many healthy recipes, eating healthy doesn’t have to be a chore. More [...]

Indoor Activities

By Mary Nicholson It’s cooling off outside, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to sit around inside – au contraire!   Oh sure, there’s still some leaf raking to be done, and when the snow starts to fall, there are a lot of outdoor activities that appeal to many.  But what to do if you don’t [...]

Healthy Holiday Tips: Surviving Stress & Food Temptations

Tis the season to eat and be merry! And boy do we eat! The good news is that according to research, the average person attends 4 holiday parties between Thanksgiving and New Years and gains less than one pound. The bad news is that this weight tends to stick with us as we pack on more in the next year. Now is an ideal time to balance holiday indulgences with sensible eating. Instead of focusing on what foods and beverages to avoid, we should enjoy eating delicious nutrient-rich foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat milk, yogurt and cheese which provides us with us with key vitamins and minerals that Americans are lacking.

November is American Diabetes Month

By DeDe Hausmann While doing research for this blog, I was astounded to learn (via the American Diabetes Association website) that almost 26 MILLION kids and adults in the USA are living with diabetes AND there’s another 79 MILLION that are at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes.  So what’s the difference between type [...]

Trick or Treat – Smell My Feet – Give Me Something Healthy to Eat!

Halloween brings out the kid in all of us. It’s fun to get dressed up in a costume and parade around the neighborhood or go to a party. Treats are a part of the fun. However, treats don’t have to be sticky, gooey candy. The words “healthy” and “Halloween” don’t appear to fit together in [...]

You’re It! American Touch Tag Day

American Touch Tag Day is a day to play Tag. Whether you are a child or adult, ‘let your hair down’ and go outside and play! Touch Tag is probably the most popular child’s game in America and almost all kids around the world have played some version of it.

How to Beat the Freshman 15

“Freshman 15” originally referred to the typical number of credit hours a full-time college student takes each semester. But pop culture also claims it’s the number of pounds college co-eds gain their first year away from home.