by Janine Gilarde | Mar 15, 2022 | Healthy Living Blog
Whether your goal is to lose weight or eat healthier this season, now is the time to Spring clean your diet with these six tips. 1. Limit Added Sugar It’s important to limit your sugar intake, particularly sugars that are added to many processed foods by food...
by Janine Gilarde | Mar 7, 2022 | Healthy Living Blog
Over twenty years ago I tried a plant-based diet on the advice of a holistic nutrition practitioner that I was working with in order to address bloating, low energy and excess weight. What I Learned I didn’t understand what it meant to follow a healthy plant-based...
by Janine Gilarde | Jan 19, 2022 | Healthy Living Blog
Often people will ask me to create a meal plan for them. Essentially they’re asking me to put them on a diet. Here’s why I don’t do that. Diets don’t work. And it would be impossible to create a plan that would work for everybody. There are...
by Janine Gilarde | Dec 11, 2021 | Healthy Living Blog
The holiday season can present a major challenge when we are working on making healthier food choices. Social gatherings are a fun way to enjoy this time of year, but it can make it difficult with all the high calorie foods and beverages. There are many ways in which...
by Janine Gilarde | Jan 25, 2021 | Healthy Living Blog
A holistic path for optimum weight focuses on things other than the number on the scale. That’s because optimal weight is more about overall wellness and less about obsessing about the number on the scale. Our health and wellness is not defined by some number we...
by Janine Gilarde | Dec 26, 2020 | Healthy Living Blog
There is no end to the fad diets and diet products that promise quick and easy weight loss, particularly around this time of year. Diets don’t work for permanent weight loss. For successful, long-term weight loss, you must make permanent changes in your...