Small changes really add up to make a big difference in one’s health and well-being. Every week I provide one of my favorite small changes for you to incorporate into your life. Today’s change: Eliminate Artificial Colors from Your Diet…...
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Posted in Brett's Blog, Family Health, Nutrition, Small Changes Tagged with: a healthy diet, Artificial Color, Artificial Dyes, Big Change, change, Color Of Food, colors, food, Healthy Changes, healthy diet, Hyperactivity, Peanut, Small Changes, The Color Of Foods
For parents looking for healthier options for Halloween, there’s good news: tons of brands are providing healthier options. Watch my segment on Better Connecticut on how to make your Halloween Party and/or Trick-or-Treating treats healthier. Regardless if you are shopping…...
Posted in Brett's Blog, Entertaining, Family Health, Nutrition Tagged with: almond, cookie, dried fruit, food, food and drink, fruit snack, gluten free diet, Halloween, halloween bunny, halloween party, healthy halloween party, natural products, perfect treats, pumpkin, snack foods, the halloween party, treat, treats healthy, trick or treat, trick or treating, types of chocolate
How much sugar should we be consuming? According to the World Health Organization, we should be consuming no more than 10 percent of our daily calories from added sugar (table sugar and sugars added to packaged foods when processed). The…...
Posted in Brett's Blog, Nutrition Tagged with: diabetic diet, diet food, disaccharides, dried fruit, food, food and drink, grams of sugar, health, healthy food, less sugar, medicine, much sugar, Nutrition, packaged food, soft drink, sucrose, sugar, sugar cereal, sugar table, sweeteners, table sugar
A few months ago, after reading The China Study, my husband and I decided to change to a vegan diet. Dave and I have always eaten very healthy, consuming mostly whole foods and way more than the prescribed USDA recommendation…...
Posted in Brett's Blog, Nutrition Tagged with: a vegan diet, animal rights, balanced approach, based diet, Diets, eating vegan, ethics of eating meat, food, individualized diet solution, intentional living, Nutrition, pizza, plant based diet, vegan, vegan diet, vegan pizza, veganism, vegetarianism, whole food plant based diet
Maintaining a head of beautiful, healthy hair can become a challenge. Between the blow drying, flat irons, chlorine, salt, chemicals from dyes, etc., hair can become dry, brittle and dull. Further, as we get older and go through hormonal changes,…...
Posted in Brett's Blog, Eco-Living, Nutrition Tagged with: 6 nutrients, chemical elements, copper, Diet, dietary minerals, food, food sources, hair beautiful, hair change, hair healthy, hairdressing, healthy diet, healthy growth, healthy hair, keeping hair healthy, nut, nutrient, Nutrition, promote hair, promote hair growth, six nutrients, transition metals, zinc
One of the biggest complaints I hear from people who are trying to make healthier changes to their diet is that reading a nutrition label is daunting. There is so much information, they often don’t know where to begin. Yet,…...
Posted in Brett's Blog, Nutrition Tagged with: Calories, complex carbohydrates, cooking, diet food, dietary fiber, feature, food, food energy, food guide pyramid, low carbohydrate diet, Nutrition, Nutrition Facts label, Nutrition Facts LabelThe Nutrition Facts Label, Saturated fat, saturated fats, trans fat, unsaturated fat
Over the course of the last several years, I’ve come to find that there are certain rules to eating healthy that work really well, and for the most part, are indisputable. We often try to make things really complicated when…...
Posted in Brett's Blog, Nutrition Tagged with: basic rules, complicated, dietary fiber, Diets, eat, eat healthy, eating, food, food and drink, food guide pyramid, health, healthy, healthy diet, healthy diets, healthy eating, meal replacements, Nutrition, rules, simple rules, simples, vegetarianism
Maintaining a healthy diet if you travel is hard enough, but if you require gluten-free restaurants, are vegan or vegetarian, or suffer from food allergies, it becomes exponentially more difficult. Business travel doesn’t mean you have to forgo your dietary…...
Posted in Brett's Blog, Nutrition, Travel Tagged with: allergology, business travels, Diets, eat, eat healthy, food, food allergies, food allergy, gluten, healthy diets, intentional living, Nutrition, restaurant, tofurky, travelers, vegan, vegan restaurants, veganism, vegetarian, vegetarianism, websites, wheat gluten
Last month I read The China Study by Dr. T. Colin Campbell. I had been putting it off for some time, partially because I had been afraid of what I would learn. Working within health and wellness, however, I knew…...
Posted in Brett's Blog, Nutrition Tagged with: animal protein, autoimmune disease, cancer, casein protein, china, china study, Diets, disease, evidence, food, health, intentional living, medicine, Nutrition, protein, t. colin campbell, the china study, veganism, vegetarianism
As we embark on the New Year, I shared a few of my recommended changes from 52 Small Changes: One Year to a Happier, Healthier You with Better Connecticut viewers. Although the book covers 52 full changes, the five I…...
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