The three square meals you eat each day sometimes cannot deliver your daily nutritional requirements. Snacking is becoming very common. This is one of the important reasons to have healthy snacks between meals instead of stuffing your belly with junk food. Healthy snack foods deliver essential nutrients to boost your energy mid-day. You'll be more alert and focused at work as … [Read more...]
A guide for beginners to gluten free diet
Gluten free is not a fad diet. It’s a way of life, much like veganism and vegetarian or even pescetarianism. While its purpose is to eliminate gluten from one’s diet, it has recently gained popularity due to fitness gurus and influencers selling it as another form of clean eating. Some even believe that it is healthier than having gluten in your diet, but there has been no hard … [Read more...]
Top Five Back-to-School Health Boosters for Kids
For many, the shift from a serene summer routine to a more rigorous, action-packed school schedule can easily cause back-to-school burnout. It's a hectic time for parents?but it's even more stressful for kids. Now is the time to pay attention to their nutritional and self-care habits to keep their bodies and brains in tip-top shape from the minute the school bell rings. Family … [Read more...]
How to Treat Gluten Intolerance and Celiac Disease
The treatment for celiac disease and gluten intolerance is a gluten-free diet, which means abstaining from any food that contains gluten. In August 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a standard for gluten-free labeling. According to the rule, in order for a food to bear the label “gluten-free” it must be: Naturally gluten-free. Naturally gluten-free … [Read more...]
Gluten and dairy restriction: Our children deserve better!
When children experience respiratory, digestive, behavioral, or other health challenges, many parents naturally seek out dietary solutions. Unfortunately, the prevailing confusion in this area provides fertile ground for misconceptions and counterproductive dietary fads. Among contemporary trends, avoiding gluten and/or dairy products are two of the most popular. Does taking … [Read more...]