Artificial sweeteners are additives to food and drinks that make them taste sweet, without adding to the sugar or calorie content. From diet soda to protein bars, you can find these sweeteners in just about anything labeled as “sugar-free”, “diet” or even “low carb”. You might not notice much of a difference if you consume…
5 Sneaky Causes of Acne to Look Out For
Acne is something just about everyone is familiar with. Whether you started getting breakouts as pre-teen or teenager, in your early adulthood, or not until later in life, it can be frustrating, annoying, and embarrassing. It is a lot more common than you might think, with 40-50 million people in the United States suffering from…
10 Ways to Learn How to Trust Your Emotions
Emotions are psychophysiological reactions that represent ways of adaptation to certain stimuli of the individual when perceiving an object, a person, a place, an event, or an important memory. It is what we feel when we perceive something or someone. There are several classifications of emotions, according to different criteria. In general, the most commonly…
5 Reasons Why You Should Keep a Gratitude Journal?
In the hustle and bustle of our lives, we often forget to take a few minutes to realize how blessed we are. Our hectic schedules drive us to work, cook, clean, run errands, and more. With so much to do in the days, weeks, and months that go by, it’s easy to forget to pause…
How Stocking Your Kitchen While on a Gluten-Free Diet
If you’re new to the idea of going gluten-free, then you’ve probably gotten to the point where you realize that success with restrictive dieting can be difficult when you aren’t prepared. The best way to be prepared is to always set up elements in your life to create the easiest and most efficient ways to…
Day 7: -The Benefits of Practicing Mindfulness
Since last week we have started 7 days to get to know 7 Ways to stress less. Although I couldn’t do it day after day, today we are going to conclude with my series to culminate the month of mental health awareness with the benefits of practicing mindfulness. -What is mindfulness? Let’s talk about mindfulness for…
Day 6: -Embrace the Fun: How Hugs and Laughter Help Reduce Stress
On the 5th day of the 7 Ways to stress less, we talked about how exercise is a powerful stress buster. Today talk about how hugs and laughter help reduce stress. In one of my previous posts about reducing stress, I briefly mentioned the benefits of hugging and laughter to help reduce stress. They are such…
Intuitive Eating with Real Foods
– When you really look at the culture that surrounds how most people view food, it’s really surprising that more people don’t have difficulties with it. These societal standards that are imposed on people culturally around the world has had a damaging effect on howmany view food, and how they interact with it on a…
Day 5: -Exercise Is A Powerful Stress Buster
On the 4th day of he 7 Ways to stress less, we talked about Meditation, Journaling, and Other Ways to De-Stress .Today we are going to focus on the benefits that exercises can provide as a powerful stress buster. -Exercise Did you know that exercise is one of the best ways to beat stress? It works in…
5 Easy Tips for Reading Nutrition Labels
– If you are like other consumers, you look at nutrition labels to understand the contents of the food you may have just bought. You can use the information to make smart choices when purchasing what to eat. Here are the important parts of the nutrition label and how to read them properly: 1) Serving…
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