7 Secrets to a Healthy Spring Detox
Don’t be fooled by fancy boxes with expensive price tags – you know that the secret to a healthy spring detox has nothing to do with what you buy. Or, perhaps you’ve seen on a trendy website a detox, such as the green tea detox, and are left wondering do detoxes work? The short, Cole’s notes version of the science, is that your body naturally detoxifies itself every day; however, similar to how your inbox or pile of papers to file aren’t always in perfect order, occasionally it’s helpful to spend a little time tidying up. That’s what a detox is. Here’s what science shows are the 7 secrets to a healthy spring detox you should know.
3 Reasons Why You Should Heart Green Tea More
Hugging a warm, comforting mug of green tea is a delicious delight, but there are more reasons to HEART green tea. Inside green tea leaves are a variety of helpful compounds that cause some really cool health benefits to your entire cardiovascular system. As such, it’s no surprise that when researchers look at the health of people who regularly drink green tea, they found an inverse association with the risk of cardiovascular disease (In less geeky words, drinking green tea as one of your healthy lifestyle habits is likely good for your heart!) Let’s pour a mug of green tea and sip the science on why there are so many reasons to heart green tea!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Superfood Smoothie
This Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Smoothie consists of five basic ingredients you likely always keep on hand, and one SUPERFOOD ingredient to boost antioxidants and energy! A superfood chocolate and peanut butter smoothie that helps increase energy and focus? AND will satisfy all your chocolate cravings? Count me in!
The Best Way to Make Healthy Green Smoothies
What you should put in your blender to make the ultimate healthy green smoothie might surprise you. Scroll through the various recipes for green smoothies on the internet, and you still may miss the most important things you need to know. Some smoothies aren’t very healthy. Yet, a quick switch of ingredients and suddenly your blender blunder can turn into a healthy green smoothie flowing with impressive nutritious value. Let’s geek out, and then take a spin around the blender to discover what you should know about healthy green smoothies.
Should I Eat Tea?
You should eat tea, according to research. It may sound odd until you consider that green tea, one of the healthiest drinks on the planet, is created by steeping tea leaves. What makes the tea healthy are the health-promoting nutrients steeped out of the tea leaves. Tea leaves are packed with healthy nutrients! Imagine if green tea is considered a superfood, how ‘super’ it would be to eat tea leaves. (Before you dash to the kitchen to rip open a tea bag filled with dried tea, keep reading.) Dried tea leaves contain fewer nutrients and tastes less appealing than fresh leaves (similar to how you’d prefer a fresh bowl of spinach leaves to a spoonful of dried greens powder). Here’s everything you need to know about why you should eat tea leaves.
Tracy’s Daily Superfood Energy Fix
I can’t even begin to tell you how much I LOVE this smoothie!! I first saw Reece Witherspoon talking about it on social media – describing it as her secret for gorgeous, glowing skin and natural energy. It has since become one of the best things I do for myself every day and the treat I look forward to each
The Most Important Components of the TEA PLANT
From Asia to the West, green tea has become a staple in many pantries all over the world. It is consumed in various forms, from loose leaf tea to trendy desserts. The growing popularity of green tea is owed to its medicinal properties. Among its many benefits, green tea can aid in weight loss, improve mental alertness, and reduce the risk of certain
5 Hottest Health Food Trends in 2021
The pandemic has left us feeling globally-connected, yet more alone than ever, and it’s driving unique, wonderfully inspiring health food trends in 2021. There’s an intense desire to find ways to nourish ourselves, and the planet too. Moved to live healthier, and preserve all we hold dear on this planet, many of the hottest health food trends in 2021 are magnificently motivating.
Does Green Tea Help with Weight Loss?
Claims that green tea can make your fat melt away have been swirling around our tea mugs for years, but what’s the truth – does green tea help with weight loss? Let’s take a geeky moment with our Official Science Steeper, Allison Tannis MSc RHN, and see if the science is STEEP enough to warrant these claims of weight loss. It may seem a far stretch that your favourite soothing act of sipping a mug of green tea helps with weight loss yet, the science may surprise you.
4 Fast Ways To Reduce Stress Naturally
Stress follows you everywhere; there’s no way to avoid it. But, can you reduce stress naturally and quickly? Yes, research points to some easy ways you can quickly reduce stress at work, or home. When you have strategies that manage and reduce stress, you can get back to enjoying the joys of a healthy life. To each of us, stress is felt differently, from headaches to moodiness. Regardless of how you feel it, there are scientifically researched ways to reduce stress: get enough rest, eat healthy foods, and in times of need, reach for quick stress-relieving strategies. Here are what scientists have discovered are the fast ways to reduce stress natural
Christmas Cranberry Mar-TEA-ni
As I sit here writing this, we are getting our first real snow of the season, and looking out the window, I am struck by how beautiful it is (I may not feel this way come March, but today it is lovely 😊). My family and I celebrate Christmas, and it is a little over a week away, 8 days to be exact (I am resisting the urge to insert a panic emoji here).
12 Ways to have a Healthy Holiday
Stress, bloating, or even the common cold can dampen your holiday spirit, so let’s keep it joyous with these research-based tips on how to enjoy a healthy holiday. Yes, you can enjoy the holiday festivities without struggling to sleep, or fit into your pants! Researchers have noted a number of proven ways to naturally ward off the most common holiday woes. Try adding in one, or two, of these 12 ways to have a healthy holiday – make it a new tradition, and help you and your loved ones avoid those miserable, humbug feelings during the holiday season.