Improving Health

The supplement aisle is overflowing with different protein powders, making it harder and harder to decide which is best for you. It is often hard to tell the differences between the flashy labels and marketing.

Three common protein powders found on the shelves of your local store are whey, casein, and rice powders. Do you know the difference?

Do you know which one would be best for you?

When you feel starved even though you just ate, you're likely lacking substance in your meal. Not just any substance, but specific foods that keep you full. 

It's always important to have a balanced meal, but it's also important to supplement with healthy snacks. We can't go back and adjust our meals and make them right, but we can learn from the mistakes we made.

Avocado toast is a great combination of healthy fats and carbohydrates. This combination of fats and aarbohydrates is what keeps you feeling full until your next meal.

Power up with avocado toast for breakfast or have it as your afternoon snack.

Never made avocado toast before? No worries, it is very easy!

When you think of added sugars, chances are cookies, cakes, ice cream, and baked goods come to mind. Added sugars can increase a person’s risk for high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity, and a number of other health issues.

The current Dietary Guidelines for Americans suggests limiting added sugar to less than 10 percent of calorie intake. For example, if you eat 2,000 calories per day, your goal is to eat less than 200 calories (50 grams) of added sugar per day.

You may think you are doing a great job of avoiding added sugars in your diet, but you would be surprised where sugar sneaks in. Take a look at these hidden sources of added sugar.

Granola bars have a reputation for being a great healthy snack, but that is unfortunately not always the case. Some are so high in sugar, fat and calories that they are as bad as candy bars!

Follow these three steps to make sure you are choosing a healthy granola bar you can feel good about.

When you think of sodium, things like canned beans, soups, and salty snacks like chips and pretzels probably come to mind. Although these are all sources of sodium, there are other unsuspecting foods contributing to the sodium intake of Americans.

The American Heart Association recommends people consume no more than 2,400 milligrams of sodium per day, and for optimal health, sodium should be reduced even further to 1,500 milligrams. The average American ingests more than 3,400 milligrams of sodium per day.

Cutting down on salt when cooking to lower sodium intake is not enough, you need to be mindful of the sodium in the products you purchase. Check out the following seven foods you didn't know were spiking your sodium intake. 

I’m sure you’ve heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and there is reason for this. It’s not a myth! 

Breakfast really does serve as the best meal of the day, because without it your body wouldn’t have the fuel it needs to jump start your metabolism for the day. Your body doesn’t receive fuel while you’re sleeping, so it’s important to provide energy upon awakening in the mornings.

Chestnuts are the perfect holiday snack that no one seems to think of! 

If you have never tried a chestnut, it is a starchy, slightly sweet, chewy, delicious treat.

There’s a lot of great nutrition packed into the holiday nut everyone loves to sing about.

Did you know that crock pots save lives? (Okay, maybe not lives, but they can save dinners!) There have been many times I had to rely on my crockpot for dinner meals. Not only are they convenient, but they require very little effort to produce a delicious meal.

There is something about the way the Crockpot merges all the food together, where all the sauces and seasonings collide to produce an amazing flavor and aroma.

You really don’t need a guide on how to prepare crockpot meals, just as long as you can adjust the setting to set the temperature and time for your meal. The secret to crockpot cooking really comes down to one thing — time.

The busiest travel season of the year is just around the corner. Long layovers, endless traffic, and delayed flights are practically inevitable, so be prepared!

If you are sitting in the airport with a growling stomach and nothing to eat, you will be much more inclined to give in to those enticing aromas emanating from the food court.