Category Archives: Tips

Health-e-Tip: 9 Ways to Control Diabetes & Inflammation

Inflammation and diabetes, or is it diabetes and inflammation? Research now tells us that these conditions are definitely related, although they are not completely sure of the sequence. Continue reading

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Health-e-Tip: Plan Your Meals

Planning your meals – from deciding what you’ll cook to making a grocery list to shopping to leftover planning – is where saving money starts. Continue reading

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Health-e-Tip: Carbohydrates in Vegetables Change when Cooked

Carbohydrates in vegetables can definitely be affected by cooking. They are not affected as quickly or as extensively as phytonutrients, but they are still subject to changes from baking, boiling, steaming, and roasting. Continue reading

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Health-e-Tip: Factors that Cause Oil to Become Rancid

Many factors can affect the tendency of an oil to become rancid. The first is too much exposure to air. Continue reading

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Health-e-Tip: Brain Food – How to Eat Smart

Whether you are seeking brain food for exams or just want to be at your sharpest every day, here are five things you should know about feeding your brain Continue reading

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Health-e-Tip: Natural Easter Egg Dyes

One of our T1 moms wrote in this tip which we thought was a great idea. “I just got back from Farmer’s Market. They were dying Easter eggs with carrots and curry, beets and red cabbage, spinach, coffee, and blueberries. Continue reading

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Health-e-Tip: Which Type of Vitamin D supplement is Best?

Some scientists recommend looking for vitamin supplements that contain vitamin D3. Other scientists believe that vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 are similarly effective. As it turns out, the marketplace may answer the vitamin D question for you Continue reading

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Health-e-Tip: Go Local to Get Perishables for Pennies

These little mistakes can really add up and hurt your pocket book over time – especially when you’re buying pricy organic produce. But there’s an easy fix: Spend less and plan more. Continue reading

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No Such Thing as Junk Food

what should we consider to be food? This would not have been question a century ago. But today, with our fast food, junk food, snack food, processed food and more, it is a valid question to ask. Continue reading

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Health-e-Tip: Start Every Day with Breakfast

When you eat is as important as what you eat and it starts with breakfast. You should eat breakfast within 1 hour of rising. Although you probably have heard this advice before, you may not know why it is such a great idea. Continue reading

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Health-e-Tip: Remember the Power of Sleep

Constant stress is not good for our health. Neither is sleep deprivation, which is linked to everything from diabetes & obesity to depression & heart attack. A good night’s sleep is as important as a nutritious diet & regular exercise. Continue reading

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Health-e-Tip: Sugar by Any Other Name Is Still Sugar

Spotting added sugar on the food label requires a bit of detective work. Food and beverage manufacturers must list a product’s total amount of sugar per serving. But they are not required to list how much of that sugar is added sugar Continue reading

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Ditch the Diet

There is no diet that will do what healthy eating does. Skip the diet and just eat healthy. Focusing on developing healthy eating habits is more motivational and seems more hopeful for long-term benefits that last a lifetime. Continue reading

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Health-e-Tip: Seek Substitutions for What You Crave

It is unrealistic to think you won’t be tempted to overindulge in your favorite sugary, salty or fatty snack foods. But you can be prepared by having healthy substitutions available. Continue reading

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Health-e-Tip: Make Your Home a Healthy Environment

Your environment should support your healthy lifestyle. Create a positive environment in your kitchen with how you stock and organize it. Do an inventory of your kitchen, and then do the following: Continue reading

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Health-e-Tip: 8 ways to Save Money While Eating Healthy

Most people consider it common knowledge that healthy food is expensive and unhealthy food is cheap. But for most people it does not need to be this way. You may be able to save money. Continue reading

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Health-e-Tip: 4 Simple Detox Steps for the New Year

New year resolutions can be challenging at times so why not simply start by adding more good things into your diet as opposed to taking things out. Add these 4 simple detox tips to your day and you’ll be sure to feel great in no time. Continue reading

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Health-e-Tip: To Buy or Not to Buy Organic

If keeping pesticides out of your food is your highest value, then buy organic. If you care most about freshness and quality or keeping local farms in business and circulating money in your community, buy local. But very often you can do both. Continue reading

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Health-e-Tip: Eight [Alkaline] Foods for Healthy Skin

Beyond being born with great genes, the best thing you can do for your skin is to eat a healthy diet. Learn how to enhance your skin from the inside out by eating foods that will make your epidermis glow with health. Continue reading

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Health-e-Tip: It’s Not Just What You Eat, But How You Eat It

Oh no, another food rule? Not exactly. Combining foods for maximum efficiency has been studied for many years. This is just a brief overview of why pairing certain foods may have a health benefit. he concept is, shall I say, “food for thought.” Continue reading

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