The Wellness Solution
Where busy moms live happy, healthy lifestyles.
You know it when you see it: black ice-cream, gray colored lemonade or even inkly colored acai bowls – activated charcoal. It’s taking over the restaurant and nutrition industry by storm and based on the creative marketing advertised by brands, you feel unhealthy and/or ostracized if you fail to join this trend. But, does activated …
The ketogenic diet continues to be a path that many are using as a hopeful solution to weight loss. But is the keto diet the best plan to follow? What is “keto”? The ketogenic diet (keto) first made its grand appearance in the mid 1920’s as a way to help children with epilepsy, according to …
Detox diets and cleanses continue to gain popularity and are often promoted as the golden ticket to feeling great and losing weight. Detox diets have been all the rage for years. Many dietitians, including myself, thought such diets would have their fifteen minutes of fame and that their popularity would fade over time. No …
When you hear salad, you automatically think of summer meals but there are great ways to incorporate fall and winter vegetables into salads and make them a part of your meals all year long. This Fall kale salad recipe is a great side for any time of the year. What kale is best for a …
One of the best ways to reach your health and fitness goals is to design a meal plan that can easily be prepped ahead. Because prepping can be a daunting project, I have designed these simple meal prepping tips for beginners. Before my days as a meal plan developer, recipe curator and meal prep video …
Making drastic dietary changes seems to be the number one resolution people make every year. We aren’t close to the holidays yet, but there are many people who are looking for the next best thing in dietary changes. Making healthy dietary changes can seem daunting and that’s because there are so many messages out there …
Getting enough sleep is an important factor in leading a healthy lifestyle. For many adults meeting requirements for sleep is a challenge. Choosing foods that help you sleep could be a key ingredient to a better nights rest and reaching your health and fitness goals. How does nutrition affect sleep? Healthy sleep and healthy eating …
When it comes to meal prep I always like to include something extra, like extra rice to freeze for later or maybe some prep to help the kids, like this weeks meal prep smoothie bags. You may think, if you have looked at the last two videos I posted, that I eat a lot of …
As a mother of 2 myself, I know how busy you are. The last thing you want to worry about is what you’re serving the family for dinner, right? The best way to combat this challenge is by planning AND spending the time to actually meal prep. I used to write meal plans all day …
There’s a diet getting tons of attention and for good reason. Following a plant based diet has been shown to have a positive impact on health. There always seems to be a fad diet on the go and there’s usually something extreme about that diet, something that makes it difficult to follow long term. These …
Meal prep does not need to be difficult, overwhelming or even perfect. The main reason to meal prep is so that the time consuming steps in making home cooked meals, is out of the way. I haven’t always been great at meal prep but for quite a few years (even before kids) I have made …
I’m sure you have heard it many times: food is medicine. The foods we eat can have such a profound affect on how our bodies function. It can effect how we feel from day to day and most importantly on our overall health. Inflammation in the body has been linked to heart disease, diabetes, dementia, …
