The Top 3 Foods to Beautiful, Shiny, Healthier Hair!

If you eat a healthy diet, you will grow stronger and healthier cells throughout your entire body – this includes your hair! All it takes is a few adjustments, and you’ll have beautiful, shiny, healthier hair in no time! Try these top foods this week and notice the difference:

Indulge! (Then listen.)

I just indulged in a massive BLTA on an everything bagel from Brooklyn Bagel. This extravagant choice falls in line with my 80/20 rule (If you have not read that post, do! It’s an important one!). I love to delve into my 20% whole-heartedly, as I did today, with no remorse or guilt. However,

Grated Beet Salad with Tarragon Dressing

Beets are rich in natural sugar, sodium, sulphur, chlorine, iodine, copper and vitamins B1, B2, C and bioflavonoids. Beets are an extremely fibrous root,  so they are also an excellent aid in eliminating constipation. The additional fiber adds bulk, improving peristalsis (movement in the intestine). Try this recipe for a yummy way to increase your […]

The 80/20 Rule (READ THIS NOW!)

The 80/20 rule is one of the best ways to achieve your health goals and maintain a healthy relationship with food. Follow this principle, and you will, without doubt, be successful in your attempts to improve your health! Here it is, plain and simple: – 80% of the time, eat impeccably. – 20% of the time, […]

Stop the Madness!: Simple Steps to Navigating Nutrition & Health

It seems like every day there is a new miracle food, diet, or supplement, and another food/diet/supplement that you once trusted that is now deemed eeeeevil. When in doubt, revert back to these 7 rules for optimal health:

The Soda Dilemma & What To Do About It

I’ll admit it. It’s a dilemma for me too. Growing up, I had coke – in the Atlanta area, we called everything coke – not every day, but frequently. The fizzy carbonation mixed with the sweet yummy taste was, and still is, so good to me. Here’s the dilemma: it’s just not good for you. […]

Weight-Loss: Getting Over the Hump

After steadily losing weight throughout the course of her program, one of my clients suddenly hit a major plateau. Everything we had implemented was continuing to help her get healthy, but no longer helping her lose weight. We needed to change it up a bit. Here are 2 ways we got her from the plateau, […]

Beat the Sugar Addiction! 7 Ways to Kick the Habit, Improve Your Mood & Boost Your Energy!

Like heroin, cocaine and caffeine, sugar is an addictive, destructive drug, yet we consume it daily in everything from cigarettes to bread. – William Dufty, author of Sugar Blues Why we’re addicted: The first sugar refinery in the United States was built in 1689. Its product, white sugar, was very popular. Shortly after the first […]

Quick, Easy, and Healthy 3 Bean Salad

Like a good lil’ nutritionist, I do my best to keep up with the fads and latest studies. I am currently reading The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss, which I think qualifies for both categories. I have not finished the book, so I cannot offer a review just yet, but some of the concepts are […]

Cravings: Why They Happen & How to Avoid Them

Many people view cravings as weakness, which I hope to rectify with this post. Instead, they are important messages meant to assist you in maintaining balance. When your body is deficient in a nutrient, it sends an alert – sometimes a full-on alarm – to inform you of the problem. This “alert” can manifest in […]