Tips to Beat the Blues this “Blue Monday”
Do you experience feelings of sadness, anxiety, or stress that begin to take hold of you on Sunday Night? Do you find it’s hard to get out of bed or find the motivation to get moving Monday Morning? If so, you may be experiencing what is commonly known as the “Monday Blues”. The phenomenon of […]
Top 5 Plant-Based Proteins You Should Eat + Recipes
I hear from a lot of clients that they are interested in adding in more plant-based proteins into their diet and reducing their animal intake. Their hesitation is always, “will I get enough protein?” After you take away water protein accounts for 75% of your body weight, so the importance of protein is something we learn early on. But how much protein does the average adult really need? A simple formula is for every kilogram of body weight of body weight you should consume 0.8 grams of protein. Now our activity level and needs will adjust this requirement, but generally speaking our needs are much lower than most of us are consuming in a traditional North American Diet.
Soft Ginger Oatmeal Monster Cookies
There is something about the smell of ginger cookies baking that just makes my house smell like Christmas. Now I like a good gingersnap cookie as good as the next person but I am a huge fan of the softer ginger cookies that melt in your mouth. My issue with most of them is they are loaded with cups of white sugar, oil and or butter to achieve that texture. I have played around with a few recipes in hopes to master all the components of a good ginger cookie while still keeping it nutritious.
2-Ingredient Healthy Chocolate Frosting
Cakes, Cupcakes, and Brownies can look naked without a little frosting on top. However, your basic frosting recipe can pack on a lot of sugar and calories pushing your daily sugar intake over the edge. As always, I talk about balance and finding ways to take those foods we LOVE to eat and making them whole-foods based.
5 Strategies to Help Fight Seasonal Depression
During the winter months, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) or “the winter blues” is a very real thing that impacts many people. Without the sun, being able to be active outside, limit to seasonal foods at their nutritional prime, and vitamin D-deficiency are some of the factors that can impact these low feelings.