Nutrition
The 8 Most Surprising Foods to Avoid When Losing Weight
You may be surprised to find out that some of those “healthy” foods you’ve always heard about, or the ones that advertise themselves as healthy, are actually sabotaging your efforts. It can be frustrating to make the decision to change your eating habits and lifestyle...
How to Convince Your Significant Other to Eat Right
Have you ever caught yourself cringing a little when your significant other decided to tear into a plate of cheesy nachos or go out for burgers? Even if there are other healthy choices for you on the menu, watching your loved one eat unhealthy foods is never...
Avoid Putting on Pounds in the Office—7 Healthy Snacks at Work
It can be tough to navigate your way through the boxes of donuts and homemade candy or cookies from well-intentioned co-workers. Those things won’t do much for your waistline or your digestion, but what do you do when you’re absolutely starving on the job? Today I’m...
Bloated on Gluten? The Healthy Alternatives to Bread You Haven’t Tried
If you’re struggling with bloating and nothing seems to be doing the trick, gluten may be the problem. Before you let your jaw drop too far to the ground and think, “I can never go without bread!” rest assured that there are several healthy alternatives to bread. You...
How to Start a (Mostly) Raw Diet Without Shocking Your Taste Buds
Eating a diet high in raw foods comes with quite a few benefits. Though we never suggest going fully raw, we do recommend incorporating several servings of raw foods into your day.If you’re used to eating almost exclusively cooked foods, don’t worry! You can learn how...
Beauty Is a Lifestyle, Not a Mask—Plan Your Natural Beauty Routine
Once you start to take care of your body from the inside, with diet, a natural beauty routine usually feels like the next step. After all, your skin’s your largest organ, and if you’re being careful about what you’re putting into your body, you’ll probably find...
How to Trick Your Brain with Your Body
In school, we learn that the brain tells the body what to do, how to move, when to react, and provides feedback if we’re hungry, thirsty, and so on. Did you know that your body can tell your brain what to do, too?By creating physical habits and making tiny tweaks to...
12 Easy Raw Meals You Can’t Find in Restaurants
We don’t think you need to eat 100 percent raw to see incredible health benefits. In fact, cooked food has a definite place in the Beauty Detox plan. It adds warmth and makes you feel more grounded, especially in the winter. However, easy raw meals have benefits that...
How to Bounce Back After Your Baby
I always giggle a little to myself when I hear people talking about how to “bounce back” after having a baby. That makes it sound as if there’s a way to heal up, feel energized, and pop back into your skinny jeans as soon as you leave that hospital bed, when in...
Is Kale Really Bad For You?
I’ve noticed a few opinion pieces (like this one in The New York Times) floating around out there suggesting that kale may not be as good for you as previously thought. In fact, they say, it could actually be unhealthy for you and cause problems for your thyroid. I...
