Displaying items by tag: March 2022
Plant-Based Foods Go Mainstream
Healthy Eating Gets Easier with Innovations
Plant-based eating has seen an explosion in the past few years as consumers become increasingly aware of how their food choices impact their health and the environment and align with their ethics. According to market research firm SPINS, plant-based eating is now...
Easing into a Vegan Lifestyle
Clever Meat Substitutes that Please the Palate
Today’s wide availability of vegan meat substitutes in the grocer’s freezer helps break the ice for people that want to experiment with plant-based foods. The taste, convenience and quality of these products has improved greatly over the past decade, but like many convenience foods, some packaged faux meat products can be high in...
A Weekend Warrior Survival Guide
Prevention, First-Aid and Recovery
At first glance, it seems harmless to sit at a desk all week and then dive into gardening, hiking, shooting some hoops or playing softball with the kids. We think nothing of it until that pulled hamstring, stiff shoulder or painful knee makes...
Burnout Recovery
Ways to Reset and Find Balance
“I’ll sleep when I die,” Kristina Shea used to joke about her three hours of nightly shut-eye. In retrospect, she says ruefully, “It almost became a reality.” Her hectic life as a...
Beyond Picky Eating
Help for Pediatric Eating Disorders
Most kids go through food phases and bouts of fussiness during mealtime, but more serious problems can lurk beneath the surface of such all-too-common behaviors. Eating disorders are often associated with...
Journaling to Access Inner Wisdom
On a summer afternoon in 2015, I sat in my favorite coffee shop waiting on life-changing news. With each minute, my anxiety mounted, so I turned to the only thing that calms me in a stressful situation—my journal. As my pen...
Ann Armbrecht
on the Business of Ethical Botanicals
Writer and anthropologist Ann Armbrecht explores the relationship between humans and the planet, notably through her work with plants and plant medicine. Her book The Business of Botanicals: Exploring the Healing Promise of Plant Medicines in a Global Industry tells the stories of the people...
The 411 on Styrofoam
Why We Should Just Say No
Because it is heat-resistant, extremely lightweight and relatively sturdy, Styrofoam is commonly used for takeout food and beverage containers, egg cartons, craft materials, home insulation and product packaging. The harm it causes to...
Beyond Kibble
How to Shop for the Healthiest Pet Food
People are always striving to improve the quality of life for their pets. For some, this means making homemade dog and cat food or buying meat directly from a local butcher, but not all pet parents have the necessary time, space or finances. While there are better...
Better Self-Care with Coaching Utilizing Zyto EVOX Technology
Terry Schwartz, Holistic Health Coach at Super Simple Change in Bloomfield Hills, guides clients toward better self-care through mind, body and soul transformation. That transformation can...