Month: January 2023

Best Mental Exercises for Your Brain

Best Mental Exercises for Your Brain

Yeah, I know your brain is not a muscle. However, your brain responds to exercise (of the mental variety) just like a muscle responds to physical exercise. When we exercise a specific muscle, say your bicep, it responds by growing larger, stronger and becomes more 

Is Quinoa a Seed or a Grain?

Is Quinoa a Seed or a Grain?

This is a question along the same lines of is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? Technically speaking, a tomato is a fruit that many refer to as a vegetable. However, answering whether quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) is a seed or a grain isn’t so 

Healthy Dessert Recipes

Healthy Dessert Recipes

Yes, Virginia, there are healthy dessert recipes. They do exist and they can be just as delicious as non-healthy desserts. The key to enjoying healthy desserts is in finding a recipe that looks enticing and then making it yourself…a bit labor intensive, I know, but 

Indoor Workout Routines for the Winter

Indoor Workout Routines for the Winter

Most people who exercise do so either before or after their workday, which means either early in the morning or in the evening. However, during the winter months this usually precludes us from exercising outside due to darkness and/or cold temperatures. As a result, we