What are the superfoods? There is no specific criteria defining what makes a superfood, but they are essentially foods that are rich in nutrients and shown to bestow unique benefits to health. Many superfoods are plants, which means that people eating a plant-based, high-fiber diet often be...
Tip #1: Control Your Calorie Intake One of the biggest contributors to high triglycerides is eating too many calories. Not sure if you’re eating too many calories? If you don’t track your calorie intake on a food tracker app, you may not know if you’re eating too many calories. But...
An example of this would be the strong correlation seen between people who consume diet sodas and the incidence of metabolic syndrome. At first glance, it wouldn’t make much sense that diet soda (free of sugar) should contribute to metabolic syndrome. However, due to the conditioning of your...
Learning to hike zero-waste takes practice but it’s surprisingly easy once you get the hang of it. In fact, after investing in a few key pieces of gear you may find that it’s actually cheaper. Here are 10 things we’ve learnt from consulting zero-waste shops, trial and many errors....
Protein powders—be careful as these often are high in carbohydrate and many also are high in sugar alcohols. Nuts, nut butters and seeds, although they cannot be your primary source of protein because they contain carbs Nut-based vegan cheese and yogurts likeMiyoko’s Kitchen vegan nut cheese...
Lost the Nut on Your Guitar? No Problem, Here's How You Make Another: My favorite instrument is a cedar body Spanish classical guitar, but unfortunately, when traveling across country, it got a bit to much sunlight and started to warp around the bridge.
Since nearly everyone has a blender (I use a Blendtec myself), I suspect that the reason most people don’t make smoothies consistently is that it’s overwhelming. There are too many possible ingredients, and too many variables to tweak to get the proportions just right. And if someone sho...
People kept telling me, “Oh, she’s just ready to give them up.” But I didn’t agree. Finally, I ended up putting her in our bed at naptimes and laying down with her and “forcing” her to lay still, be quiet, close her eyes. And after about 20 minutes or so, she finally...
It softens towels and brightens whites – I was so surprised at how well it worked, I have been trying to share this with as many people as I can! Lonni July 1, 2016 at 2:54 PM I sprinkle baking soda on my shower floor, spreading it out some with my hands, then sprinkle ...