0

The Health Benefits of Seaweed

It is freezing here in Delaware, and I am thinking about how I can’t wait to get to the beach this summer. My favorite thing about the beach is going in the water. But nothing is worse than being in the water, having a good old time, and all of a sudden, you feel something brush your leg. If you’re anything like me, you freak out and scream, thinking that it is something completely unlikely, like a shark or an eel. 99% of the time it is just SEAWEED. And while we don’t like it touching our outsides, believe it or not, it can do wonders for our insides! Seaweed is a rich source of vitamins i...
Read more about The Health Benefits of Seaweed
Jennifer Brooks
Comments off
0

Why You Should Choose Full-Fat Dairy

We have been told all our lives, and many of us have come to believe, that fat is bad for you. Yes, there are certain fats that are not good, but the fat in dairy is not necessarily one of them. There are four types of dairy milk: whole, 2%, low-fat and skim. Whole milk contains 3.25% milkfat, 2% contains (you guessed it) 2%, low-fat has 1% and skim has less than .05%. Most of this fat is saturated fat which, for a longtime was considered unhealthy. But research is proving that wrong. You are more likely to gain weight if you drink skim milk than you would if you drank whole milk. Why? When...
Read more about Why You Should Choose Full-Fat Dairy
Jennifer Brooks
Comments off
0

The Importance of Reading Labels

Ingredient Labels…A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing An important aspect of staying healthy is reading labels. Unfortunately, a lot of them can be misleading. Food companies have the tendency to add words that make their products sound healthy, but if you look closely you will see that that is not always the case. Let’s look at foods that boast “natural flavors.” This term is VERY common in labels of foods that claim to be healthy. There is usually nothing natural about what goes into “natural flavorings”. Natural flavor is “made from a single plant or animal. It can be an extract, essence, disti...
Read more about The Importance of Reading Labels
Jennifer Brooks
Comments off
0

Smoothies and Shakes

Smoothies and/or shakes- what is good and what is bad? Let’s face it- we’re all busy and I’m sure we have all thought how easy it would be to drink a meal replacement shake and not have to worry about grabbing something to eat. Does this sound good and convenient? Yes. Is it good for our body? Not so much. Read more to find out why… Meal Replacement Shakes – Why they are bad: If you drink a meal and don’t eat anything else (like some diets ask you to) you may lose some weight, but you are likely losing muscle instead of fat. AND as soon as you go back to eating regularly (even if it’s healt...
Read more about Smoothies and Shakes
Jennifer Brooks
Comments off
0

The Benefits of Earthing

I don’t know about any of you, but I have the tendency to walk around barefoot, even outside. Who would have thought that this was actually good for you? Earthing, which can also be referred to as grounding, is the practice of connecting oneself to the earth. This simple act has been found to be tremendously therapeutic. Now, many people consider this to be hippie nonsense but before you brush it off as something that crazy Aunt Sarah you have would do, ;) read a little more and consider stepping outside today to give it a try… Just as the sun gives us warmth and vitamin D, the Earth underf...
Read more about The Benefits of Earthing
Jennifer Brooks
Comments off