Next Stop… Seattle.
At the beginning of this year, I indicated some big changes were going to happen for me, and at the time one of the biggest was just a possible idea, but is now pretty...
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Radio Archive: The Healthy Side of Chocolate
Last year on The Wake Up Call, just in time for Valentines Day, I chatted Dr. Andrew Litchey, ND of the Bhakti Wellness Center about some of the healthy properties of the cocoa. Of...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Soapnuts
Living a Positively Healthy life is about more than just what we eat, and to that end I’ve been trying to make other healthy changes in my life. One of those changes has been...
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A Beginner’s Guide To Neti Pots
While my focus is helping people and their health through better eating habits, there is so much more to overall health. Just like my eating habits have gotten better through a series of small...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Quinoa
You know the saying “everything old is new again”? Well, quinoa would definitely fall in to that category. Quinoa is downright ancient, and it is receiving a heck of a lot of attention recently...
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Quinoa Pizza Crust
Pizza. No matter where I go, no matter who I talk to, when it comes to healthy living people always seem to ask about pizza. Usually, pizza is not a bad thing – as...
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A New Year, A Fresh Start
It’s a new year, and I’m looking to make a fresh start. No, I’m not talking about your typical New Year’s Resolution… I have been letting things get a bit stagnant around here… so...
Grocery Shopping 101: Eggs
I’ve been working on some new stuff for my Smart Shopping courses, and since Easter is around the corner, I thought I would take a closer look at eggs, and see if I can’t...
Celebrate Easter with Natural Egg Dyes
Being healthy is about more than just what we eat. Being healthy includes making healthy choices in all aspects of our lives. And while there are so many reasons for you to want to...
A Beginners Guide To Asparagus
We’re getting in to fresh asparagus season, so I thought I would share some tips on selection through cooking. Asparagus is imported almost year round, the first domestic crops start coming in from California...
Radio Archive: Food Insecurity
On this last year, The Wake Up Call talked about Food Insecurity and the health impacts it has, especially on children. We were joined in studio by Colleen Moriarty, Executive Director, Hunger Solutions Minnesota. The Wake...
Radio Archive: Food, Stress & The Brain
A couple years ago on The Wake Up Call we talked about dealing with stress, and a bit how it relates to emotional eating which can be a big factor in maintaining a healthy weight as...
5 Pantry Staples Every Kitchen Should Have
Taking control of what you eat begins with taking control of what you buy. Making sure you’re stocked up on some basic, nutrient-dense foods, like the ones I’m listing here, mean you’ve always got...
Measuring Weight Loss Progress
We all know how exciting it is to see the numbers on a scale decline as we make progress towards our weight loss goals. And we all know the stress and anguish caused when...
FDA Proposes New Nutrition Labels
If you’ve taken one of my Smart Shopping classes, you know we spend a fair bit of time on deciphering the information on nutrition labels. You can see an example of what information is...
Radio Archive: The Reality of Weight Loss
Given the recent uproar over the latest season of The Biggest Loser, this is a timely revisit to the Radio Archive. Last year I hosted another great discussion on The Wake Up Call. This...
