Expressing gratitude can improve your health. A couple of minutes of thinking grateful thoughts can reduce anxiety dramatically. In turn, less anxiety means lower cortisol, which means healthy hormones. Healthy hormones means a healthier weight, better sleep, and better overall mood, among other things. Not to mention that gratitude can also improve sleep, and better […]
Healthy Holidays
10 Healthy Halloween Candy Alternatives for Trick-or-Treating
Halloween has been so hard this year. I did the least amount I could with the kids Halloween costumes… then begrudgingly spent $30 on chocolate because if I was going to buy candy at least it was going to have some fat and protein in it. We’ve gone through a few different theories as we’ve tried […]
A Traditional Real Food Thanksgiving, with some great recipes!
What is a traditional “Real Food” Thanksgiving? What did our ancestors eat at this time of the year? After reading Michael Pollan’s Book “In Defense of Food”, I have been thinking a lot more of food as the whole deal. It has made me want to research how our ancestors ate; starting with this Thanksgiving […]
Witch Finger Cookies!!!
Witch Finger Cookies Ingredients: 2 ½ C. Sprouted wheat flour 1 1/4 C. Butter ½ C. Maple syrup (like this) 1 tsp. Sea salt (like this) ¼ tsp. Pure vanilla extract (like this) Mix all together. Sprouted Wheat. Then the butter. Then the maple syrup, salt, and vanilla. […]
