by laurel on July 31, 2009
Yesterday, all the big media sites showcased a new U.K. report that concluded there’s really no difference between organic and conventional food. I shook my head, because it’s just a shame that we have to get these skewed messages that keep people from moving towards more natural and less chemical. I can just picture people [...]
by laurel on July 30, 2009
Attention readers! Does anyone live in Chicago? If so, I’d like to invite you to a special brunch this Sunday, August 2 for an orange juice and oatmeal breakfast provided by Tropicana. (You can read details on my Tropicana Weekend here.) I will be at the brunch with Tropicana, other healthy living bloggers, and our [...]
by laurel on July 28, 2009
by laurel on July 28, 2009
Last weekend I completed my training at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in NYC. I’m now a certified holistic health counselor. Yay! On Sunday night, I was supposed to fly out before 9pm, but thunderstorms delayed the flight until 1:30am…and I didn’t get home to Florida and my place until after 5 in the morning. [...]
by laurel on July 22, 2009
I have some fun news to announce. At the end of this month, I’m jetting off to Chicago for Tropicana’s “Get Your Fruit On!” weekend. I’ll be joining about 10-15 other health and fitness bloggers at Tropicana’s headquarters to learn more about the company and its healthy living and sustainability efforts. In addition, I’ll be [...]
by laurel on July 15, 2009
Update: This post was featured on the “Health Fitness How To” blog on July 21st. This past weekend I was in NYC for school, and the weather was unbelievably gorgeous! It was sunny, warm, breezy, and the sky was bright blue. I took the opportunity to eat my lunch outside on Sunday and sat on [...]
by laurel on July 8, 2009
I actually gave myself enough time to get ready this morning (ha!), so I whipped up a smoothie to give me some energy for a long day at work. It turned out delicious and I wanted to share it with you. If you try it, I hope you enjoy! I bought my dried organic goji [...]
by laurel on July 5, 2009
Update: This post was featured on the “Health Fitness How To” blog on July 13th. University of Michigan scientists recently presented their new preliminary study in the Experimental Biology convention. They found that a low fat, blueberry-rich diet will help reduce belly fat, cholesterol levels, total body weight, and the total amount of fat in [...]