Healthy happy you.
Breakfast
1 Bark for Breakfast: Some Healthy Cereals Have NO Taste
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2 Speak Up: What's Your Favorite Health Food?
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3 Yo!Naturals: Healthy Vending Machines
Cocktails
5 Antioxidants and Alcohol: The Health Conscious Cocktail Trend
Food
6 Diet Tip: Health Food Doesn't Mean "Eat All You Want"
Food
7 7 Superfoods to Increase Your Brain Power
Eco
8 Shop For Healthy and Organic Foods Without Breaking the Bank
Buying healthy, organic food can be expensive, but there are ways to save money when grocery shopping. From joining a CSA to choosing the right cut of beef, find out how to keep your kitchen stocked with healthy, local, and organic foods while staying well within your food budget! Join a CSA Becoming a member of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is an easy way to save money on organic Read more
Starbucks doesn't just want its coffee drinkers to drop in for joe each morning; it also wants customers to stay for lunch. Today, the coffee company rolled out a new line of Bistro Boxes — all-day meals and snacks under 500 calories with a focus on healthier, more wholesome food — to approximately 5,400 Starbucks locations across the United States and Canada. The target? The 45 percent of Read more
A new study conducted by marketing research firm NPD shows that Americans are unwilling to eat healthier food if it means spending more. According to the report, the number of restaurant visits based on a consumers' cravings for healthful or light fare is down 10 percent from four years prior, and 70 percent of diners aren't prepared to pay a premium for wholesome food when they're eating out. Read more
When we're little, we're encouraged to eat leafy greens and fish fillets to help our brains grow into little powerhouses. While that's all good, there are plenty of other foods to provide our thinking organs the power they need to keep ticking. So before you reach for the pill bottle full of supplements or overdose on spinach, try filling up on some of these tasty bites that can fire up some Read more
Healthy snacks are great for noshing. Nuts, dried fruit, air-popped popcorn, low-fat cheese, and whole grain crackers are all nutritious foods, but they still contain calories. Binging on heath food is still binging, and it isn't going to help you reach your weight goal. Overeating healthy foods won't help you maintain the weight you already have either. So this is just a friendly reminder that Read more
I guess you can tell the health movement is taking off when organic booze and veggie purées are the main ingredients in trendy new cocktails. Restaurants (and not just vegan ones) and bars in New York and LA are concocting mixed drinks where sugary syrups are substituted with organic fruit purées, making a "healthier" cocktail for the healthy consumer. It has been suggested that substituting Read more
If you've have ever stepped into a health food store, which I'm guessing 99% of you have, chances are quite high that you've heard of Amy's Kitchen. This kitchen kicks out all sorts of tasty dishes, like: soups, pizza, burritos, mac n' cheese, pot pies, and pasta sauce. These prepared meals and sauces are made with organic vegetables, organic pasta, and whole grains. Not only are they Read more
Wouldn't it be great if you could get your favorite health food from a vending machine? Well, my buddy YumSugar just told me about the San Diego based company YoNaturals, and they are bringing health food to the ultimate icon of snacking convenience - the vending machine. YoNaturals is on the front line in the battle against junk food vending machine, and I wholeheartedly applaud their efforts. Read more
I blame my unhealthy college eating choices on the fact that there we were located on top of a hill with miles to the nearest store and the only thing providing sustenance between the hours of 9pm and 6am was a nearby vending machine. I cannot tell you how many papers were finished with a diet coke in one hand and a bag of chips in the other. Imagine how healthy I could have been if there had Read more
Do you have a favorite health food that you can't live without? Every day I'm telling you about the nutritious and delicious gems I love, (like Annie's Low-Fat Gingerly Vinaigrette) so now it's your turn. Is there some new health food you've discovered that you think others should know about? Maybe you support a certain brand because you agree with what they stand for. Or maybe you just love Read more
