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Keeping our Bodies in Balance

Mostly, when trying to keep our bodies in balance, we think in terms of feeding it the right amount of fruits and vegetables, and limiting the sweets and sugars. However, there is a scientific method that you can use to help you measure your body’s health….in pH levels.

Eating Healthy On the Cheap

Everyone wants two things in their kitchen: healthy food, and lots of food. However, living on a student or a young adult’s budget usually doesn’t afford those luxuries. There are many ways though to stock your fridge with food that is both healthy and cheap!

Are You Getting Your Omegas?

How many of us actually take a supplement or eat enough food rich in Omega 3, 6 and 9 to be considered healthy? These essential fatty acids (EFA’s) are truly essential to your health, each in their own way, and are found in many different sources.

Juicing Your Health

Stores like Jamba Juice have been around for a while now, but currently, the ever popular juicing method is popping up everywhere—from trendy cafes, to health stores, to fad-diet-cleanses, and now….Starbucks is planning to be the next corporation getting on the juice fad!

Jojoba Oil and ALL the Goodness

For decades, jojoba oil has been used in countless beauty products, such as hair goods, moisturizers and even bath oils.  Contrary to its name and texture, jojoba oil is technically a liquid wax that is extracted from the seeds of the Jojoba plant. It can be stored for long periods of time, unlike other oils that have a short shelf life.

Cultural Etiquette: Chopsticks

With all the different cultures we deal with on a daily basis, we sometimes make mistakes when interacting with others. Sooner or later there will be times when we’ll eat with people from a different land; sometimes it’s a good idea to have a little background knowledge of their eating habits before you sit down.

Eat Healthy and Stay Satisfied [Seriously]!

So many of us make New Year’s resolutions to stick to a diet plan and loose those extra five pounds we have been putting off [from all those past New Year’s resolutions of course,] and it just seems like an endless, draining cycle of disappointment. Why is eating healthy so hard you ask? Why do we fall into food temptation more often than not?

Apples Aren’t Just for Teachers, Pumpkins Aren’t Just for Carving

It was seventy-five degrees and sunny this weekend in New York, but while the weather hasn’t caught on to the fact that it’s nearly mid-October, all that yummy fall produce is still ripe and ready for the picking/picking up and putting in your grocery basket.

Tea Time, Me Time

When I was a child I would have tea parties with my precious toy dolls on a regular basis. I would dress myself up for the occasion, drink from fancy teacups and get lost in the magical world that my imagination had created. Tea has always been more than just a tasty beverage for me, it was a part of me – it was a calming, glamorous, and beautiful experience that I still value today.

Uncle Bo’s: Dining Out With the In Crowd

From the surfboard inspired red and yellow sign above the doorway, you would never guess that a posh, San Francisco lounge-style restaurant was pumping top-forty’s music to five-star cuisine just beyond the festive white Christmas lights that frame the establishment’s simple façade.  Once inside, the Chanel pink glow emanating from the ceiling-high shadow box behind the bar lends the illusion that you are now amongst Hollywood’s finest…and you wouldn’t be too far from the truth!

Strawberry Hot Cake: The Benefits of This Delicious Gift of Nature

We all know strawberries are delicious, but they are also nutritious, and ideally should be a part of everyone’s daily diet. You’ll enjoy some health advantages by eating strawberries regularly, and the best part is strawberries are one of the most delicious fruits. Adding fresh strawberries to your diet, whether they are in salads, smoothies, or on their own, is a great way to get the servings of fruit you need for a well-rounded body and a healthy immune system.

Bugs Bunny Was Up to Something…

If you don’t have carrots growing in your garden or sitting in your fridge, you should reconsider your decision. Carrots can benefit the appearance of hair, skin and nails, improve eye sight and regulate blood sugar. Yes, you are allowed to run to the grocery store and purchase the orange vegetable wonder of the world, but first read the following other ways carrots can modify your daily lifestyle.

Casa Tua

Secrets of Miami, heard in whispers…

One of the crown jewels of the Miami fine dining scene is Miami Beach’s Casa Tua, but if you don’t know where Casa Tua is you’ll never find it. Sans signage or advertising, hidden behind a gate and a hedge, with its parking valet station on an adjacent street, this gourmand’s speakeasy is, like the Café Shiva in the Florida Keys, the Rodeo Club in Berlin, or Atlanta’s Rogue Apron, a member of that growing trend in haute cuisine: the stealth restaurant.