Small Steps for a Healthier Planet

Have you ever thought about how your food choices affect the planet?  With growing populations limited natural resources, and unpredictable weather patterns, adopting sustainable food practices is more important than ever. The best part?  Making eco-friendly choices...
Spotlight on Women’s Wellness: What You Need to Know

Spotlight on Women’s Wellness: What You Need to Know

Everybody needs air, food, and water, but women’s bodies have specific requirements. Women’s History Month is a great time to put a spotlight on them. Nutrition In general, women need more iron and folate than men. Folate is a group of B vitamins, and folic acid is...
Winter Sleep Tips

Winter Sleep Tips

As winter settles in, you may have trouble falling asleep and waking up. It’s probably not you. Many people experience this each winter, when there are fewer daylight hours. Lack of sunlight can disrupt your body’s circadian rhythm, making it harder to fall asleep and...
Feast for the Eyes

Feast for the Eyes

Celebrate Give the Gift of Sight Month by munching on foods that improve eye health at every holiday party, dinner, and feast you attend this December. Vitamin A helps the retina, the membrane that lines the eye, convert images into chemical and nervous signals for...
Winter Defense

Winter Defense

Summer is long gone, but that doesn’t mean you should slack off on your skin care routine. That’s a big mistake. Nature and normal activities cause problems all year long. The sun never goes away, so you need to protect your skin from its UV rays daily. Even in the...
The Power of Family Dining

The Power of Family Dining

Conflicting after-school schedules, long work hours, and the pull of entertainment have pushed the family dinner to the brink of extinction. This must change because research has shown that regularly focusing on food and family at least once a day can lead to:...