There is a growing drumbeat blaming all sorts of digestive problems to the ingestion of gluten and naming a gluten-free diet as the cure of all maladies. Doctors are seeing …
Healthy Eating for Teens: Summer Recipe ideas, Grocery List, and More
As kids get older, you may have to leave them home alone during summer vacation. You have enrolled them in basketball camp and given them permission to play a game …
3 Simple Steps to Encourage More Nutritious Eating Habits at Home
We all want our family go live a healthier lifestyle. When it comes to creating healthy family habits, there are a few simple steps for getting everyone involved and in the long …
Easy 5 Minute Snack Recipes: Pinwheel Rollup
Make your favorite sandwich a fun pinwheel rollup! You can make a variety of rollups or even a simple PB&J. The rollups don’t take time to prepare so they are …
4 Simple Tips for Eating Healthy as A Family – By Guest Contributor Bridget Sandorford
Making the personal decision to live a healthier life and change unhealthy eating habits can be hard, and having family members that continue to live an unhealthy life style can …
Adding Exercise to Your Busy Lifestyle – Tips from The Step Up Diet
A healthy lifestyle involves not only preparing meals at home with healthy ingredients but also making time to exercise as a family. Unfortunately, living the fast-paced American lifestyle may not …
Kid Friendly Lunch Ideas: Chicken Noodle Soup
There is something patricianly soothing about warm chicken noodle soup and it always works as a great, simple kid friendly lunch idea! Be sure to pack it in a thermos …
Packing a Healthy School Lunch – Provided by Yumbox
In the ideal world every single educational environment would come with an onsite kitchen, overseen by a nutritionist, with foods made entirely from scratch from whole and fresh foods, especially …
Healthy Easter Dessert Recipes: Creamy Lemon Custard
I love anything lemon and after trying this lemon custard recipe, you will too! “Wow” your family’s taste buds or impress friends at your Easter gathering. With this easy recipe, …
3 Questions Parents Should Ask When Preparing Meals
Recent statistics released by the CDC indicate that in 2010, one in three kids in the United States was obese and another third were overweight. This is actually good news, …
Healthy Family Dinner Recipes: Scrumptious Tuna Pie
Not too long ago, I gave you my recipe for Beef with Vegetables and told you that you could use some of the leftover veggies to make a whole new dish. Well, today’s …
Change is Happening! US Obesity Rates Finally Starting to Drop
Success! We are finally seeing childhood obesity rates begin to drop after lawmakers, activists and the medical community came together to stop America’s addiction to junk food and a static …