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Eating healthy doesn’t have to be a daily battle of willpower. By making a few simple changes to your kitchen, routines, and environment, you can make healthy choices easier and more convenient. Here are practical ways to set yourself up for success and make healthy eating a natural part of your everyday life. Have you…
Soaking almonds removes anti-nutrients, like phytic acid, and activates the enzymes that make them more digestible. Dehydrating them makes them crunchy and delicious, so you will enjoy them just as much as roasted almonds! Why Soak Almonds Almonds, like all nuts, contain enzyme inhibitors that prevent them from sprouting in dry conditions. Phytic acid is…
When we think about improving our mental health, we often focus on our thoughts, emotions, and coping strategies. But have you considered how your everyday habits might influence how you feel? The quality of your sleep, the food you eat, how much you move, and the connections you have with other people can all play…
Finding time to exercise can be challenging, especially when you’re already juggling work, family, household responsibilities, and everything else life throws at you. But getting more exercise doesn’t necessarily mean spending an hour at the gym every day. There are plenty of ways to incorporate more movement into your daily life, often without adding another…
Sleep is critical to our health and wellness. Poor sleep can impact memory, cognitive processing, mood, reaction time, and metabolic and cardiovascular health. Sleep is also an important time for the body to rest, restore, and repair itself, so consistently poor-quality sleep can contribute to poorer health outcomes overall. The amount of sleep we need…
We often think of health as something that happens to us, rather than something we are actively creating. Our modern healthcare system is very much a reactive approach, focused on symptom management rather than correcting the root cause. Lifestyle medicine takes a proactive approach to health – through plant-based nutrition, physical activity, restorative sleep, connectedness,…
A few documentaries completely changed the way I thought about food, health, and disease. They sparked my curiosity, challenged long-held beliefs, and ultimately inspired me to adopt a whole foods, plant-based lifestyle. While no documentary tells the whole story, each one offers a unique perspective and can be a great starting point if you’re curious…
For years, I believed that healthy living had to be complicated. There were always new things to learn, new rules to follow, and new “must-do” habits to add to the list. Eat this. Avoid that. Try this supplement. Follow this routine. Make sure you’re doing enough. And while many of these things came from a…
