Posts Tagged ‘wellness’
Midlife Crisis
Many people approaching middle age dread the words midlife crisis, but is this phenomenon something we really need to worry about? Studies show that a midlife crisis is less common than originally thought. While it’s true that about 1 in 5 people will experience a crisis of sorts, it is possible to use the experience…
Read MoreNew Years Resolution on Wellness for Realists
The New Year is coming fast so now is the time to plan your health and wellness goals. Making small simple shifts to your diet and lifestyle makes goals more attainable and sets you up for success instead of failure. Whatever your goals are for the new year, starting them before the first will increase…
Read MoreStaying Youthful
If one wants to remain youthful it must come from the inside out and not the other way around. Learning and experiencing new things has been proven to keep the brain active and healthy. A healthy active brain helps us to stay young well into our golden years. Christian Cristiano is the host of…
Read MoreSexual Safety
The difficult fact is 1 in 6 American woman are victims of sexual assault in her lifetime and alcohol is is behind up to 90 percent of those attacks. There is an exponential jump in rapes during the holiday season and experts agree it is due to the parties and the alcohol that goes with…
Read MoreEating Healthy
During the holidays eating healthy becomes much more challenging. With delicious meals like turkey and pot-roast and wine, people often feel guilty about indulging. There is a way to not only get through the holidays without being so hard on yourself, but to actually use them as a way to create a health and wellness…
Read MoreTracking Your Health Goals: Effective Ways to Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle
Ilana Muhlstein, host of Living Healthy, Living Well, offers tips and tricks to help you stay on track with your health goals by revealing effective tools that measure your progress and keep you motivated. Ilana also explains why these tools are so successful by describing how these tools improve your health. Living Healthy, Living Well is a…
Read MoreWeaning Off of Sugar: Sugar’s Addictive and Health-Damaging Properties
R.D. Ilana Muhlstein, host of Living Healthy, Living Well, explains the comforting and addictive qualities of sugars in this segment. Ilana also describes how drastically sugar can affect your weight and how to avoid this by checking nutrition labels and identifying different names sugar can have. Living Healthy, Living Well is a series dedicated to teaching…
Read MoreKiwi, Mango & Avocado Fruit Scoops – NORWAY – Food Exposed: International Food & Tools Series
On this episode, Jackie takes a look at what’s on your plate in Norway! Norwegians, for the most part, are a very healthy bunch – eating seafood up to three times a week and including veggies as a regular part of their diet. Typical Norwegian cuisine also includes open-faced sandwiches topped with seafood, meats and veggies. They…
Read MoreGarlic Rocker – SPAIN – Food Exposed: International Food & Tools Series
On this episode, Jackie takes a look at what’s on your plate in Spain! The Spanish love to eat – from tapas to three course meals – Spanish food is lively and bright. An often found ingredient in Spanish food – garlic – can sometimes be a pain to cut into portions for your dish –…
Read MoreZipstrip Herb Stripper – FRANCE – Food Exposed: International Food & Tools Series
On this episode, Jackie takes a look at what’s on your plate in France! The French are known for their love of fine dining and for their tools. Today, Jackie takes a look at an (American) tool, popularized and frequently used in France! The Chef n’ Go Herb Stripper was designed in Seattle and is used…
Read MoreEva Multi-Grater – DENMARK – Food Exposed: International Food and Tools Series
On this episode, Jackie takes a look at what’s on your plate in Denmark! Danish cheese is world famous for its texture and taste – as such, the Danes take their cheese very seriously! Because of the heavy use of cheese in the local cuisine, the Danish company, Eva, created an invention that makes grating cheese…
Read MoreSpirelli Spiral Slicer by GEFU – GERMANY- Food Exposed: International Food and Tools Series
On this special edition of Food Exposed, Jackie takes a look at what’s on your plate in Germany! Making quick and easy work of preparing vegetables is a universal need – and one vigorously pursued in Germany. Maybe that’s why GEFU, the German company that makes kitchen tools, designed the food tool called SPIRELLI, or…
Read MoreArmenian Vegetable Casserole – Food Exposed
Armenian Vegetable Casserole Servings: 3 Serving Size: 2 ½ cups Ingredients: 1 whole(1 lb.) can reduced sodium pear-shaped tomatoes 3 medium carrots, cut into 1/2″ thick slanting slices ½ cup catsup 1 medium eggplant, peeled and cut into 1″ pieces 1 tbsp.extra virgin olive oil ½ lb.green beans 1 tbsp. NutriFit Mediterranean Salt Free Spice Blend 2 large onions, cut into 1″ cubes 1 large green bell pepper, chopped 1 cup reduced…
Read MoreOn Purpose Magazine with JW Najarian – Food Exposed
Jackie’s guest this week is founder of OnPurpose Magazine, JW Najarian. JW is a proud veteran, who has started a linkedin group of over 40,000 to help vets connect to each other, and a cancer patient fighting to overcome stage 4 prostate cancer. In addition, he has interviewed a number of up and coming authors…
Read MoreJW Najarian on Interviewing Buzz Aldrin, Cancer-Related Nutrition – Food Exposed
Jackie tackles the tough – and for many – very personal subject of cancer this week. With 35% of all cancers being nutrition-related, Jackie discusses how cancers are linked to nutrition and why and what you can do to lower your chances of developing diseases with a few simple changes to your diet. Also, what…
Read MoreSuper Foods Veggie Delight – Food Exposed
Super Foods Veggie Delight Servings: 3 Serving Size: 1 ½ cups Ingredients: 1cupquinoa, uncooked 1cupcollard greens, chopped ¼cupblack lentils 1/3cupred bell pepper, finely chopped ¼cuponion, finely minced 1tbsp.extra virgin olive oil 2tbsp.roasted soy nuts 1tsp.NutriFit Lemon Garden Salt Free Spice Blend 2 ½cupsvegetable broth Directions: 1. Rinse the quinoa in a colander three times until the…
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