Fibromyalgia: Must-Eat and Don’t-Touch Foods

Fibromyalgia: Must-Eat and Don’t-Touch Foods

There’s no cure-all when it comes to fibromyalgia. However, fibromyalgia may be better managed by diet, which can improve your quality of life with fibromyalgia. Specifically, fibromyalgia-friendly foods can prevent pain flare-ups and boost your energy levels. Let’s look at the ideal diet for a 

4 Foods that Help You Sleep Better and 3 to Avoid

4 Foods that Help You Sleep Better and 3 to Avoid

Sleep has come to the forefront of the nation’s consciousness as we’ve come to understand its connection to almost all aspects of physical, mental, and emotional health. Diet can have a powerful impact on your ability to fall and stay asleep. Some foods have nutrients 

Heart Healthy Foods for an Effective Cardiac Diet

Heart Healthy Foods for an Effective Cardiac Diet

As usual, let’s answer the obvious question first: what is a cardiac diet?  It’s more than just a “heart healthy” diet.  Simply stated, it’s a diet that promotes cardiovascular health as it impacts both your heart and vascular system (your network of veins, arteries and 

February is American Heart Month

February is American Heart Month

It’s right there in the middle of your chest and, at a minimum, you sense its presence everyday and can feel its activity at various pulse points around your body. However, many of us take it, and what it does, for granted until something goes 

Portion-Controlled Meals Explained

Portion-Controlled Meals Explained

And you thought this post was going to be resolution related!  Well, it sorta is, but not entirely.  If controlling your weight and eating healthier is your resolution, then I guess my first sentence is a falsehood.  However, this goal should not simply be a 

The Holidays are Over…Time to Get Back to Your Routine

The Holidays are Over…Time to Get Back to Your Routine

The parties are over.  All the high-caloric foods have been eaten.  All the libations have been… drunk?…drank?…consumed!  It’s time to get back to the drudgery of our dreary, work-a-day lives.  But it can be quite difficult to get back there. You’ve spent the last two 

Give the Gift of Healthy Meals this Year

Give the Gift of Healthy Meals this Year

You still have time.  Despite the fact that it’s mid-December and you’re not done with your holiday shopping, there’s still time to order a meal plan from MagicKitchen.com.  And not just any meal plan, but a meal plan that offers meals that not only taste 

September is Fruit and Veggies Month

September is Fruit and Veggies Month

But really shouldn’t every month be fruit and veggies month?  I suppose it’s nice to use a month to raise awareness of the importance fruit and veggies play in our diets.  But don’t we all know that already?  Yet most dietary studies reveal that the 

Essential Foods for Your Anti-aging Diet

Essential Foods for Your Anti-aging Diet

As of yet, there has NOT been a food discovered that can reverse the affects of aging.  However, there are parts of the food and medical (cosmetics comprises an entire anti-aging world unto itself) establishments that are devoted to identifying and marketing anti-aging foods.  That 

Hey Seniors, Eat Healthy this Summer

Hey Seniors, Eat Healthy this Summer

Sure, there are all kinds of excuses to lay around all summer and eat ice cream for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but just because you can doesn’t mean you should.  For summer should not be known as ice cream season.  It should be known as