I’ve written an in-depth post about sugar before, in 2018. Unfortunately, there seems to be no end to the ‘fruit is sugary, toxic candy’ perception, and I figured that I’d better write something about the sugar in fruit to refute all the craziness before one more person scorns a banana or doesn’t buy peaches this…
Is diet soda unhealthy? That’s one of the more common nutrition questions I get. And I guess I wouldn’t categorize soda, diet or not, as ‘healthy’ or ‘physically nourishing,’ but if a person drinks a can – or three – of diet soda a day, a week, or a month, is that going to harm…
Hey hun! If you’ve hung around my blog for more than 5 minutes, you already know that I have some major issues with nutrition MLM companies such as Arbonne, Juice Plus, Isagenix/Beachbody, and It Works! to name a few. And besides the fact that they sell a lot of completely useless crap like cleanses, fat…
This post was sponsored by the Dairy Farmers of Ontario. Because I love dairy. Trying to save money on groceries is not a new goal. But in difficult times like these where even access to food is limited, stretching your food dollars is a whole other ballgame. I’m not going to suggest that you suddenly…
It has been a well-known fact that many women begin to gain weight around menopause. Hormones, decreasing muscle mass, and maybe some lifestyle changes are largely responsible for this phenomenon, like it or not. Naturally, the often-predatory supplement industry is onto women’s angst over gaining some midlife pounds, and is playing off of our anxiety…
As someone who has done the transition from working full time for someone else into working at home for myself, I know what it’s like to try and be productive while you’re sitting on the couch with the dog. Especially when your family is home, too. Owning my own business means that I keep really…