by Michele Reid When you think about healthy eating, salads and green vegetables usually come to mind. But how about adding a little more variety to your plan? Root vegetables like carrots, sweet potatoes, and turnips, are a rich source of nutritious complex carbohydrates. Instead of upsetting...
The word antioxidant is thrown around a lot, so what is an antioxidant anyway? In order to understand antioxidants we must first discuss free radicals. Free radicals are like little explosives that float around the body starting fires and causing damage to cells and DNA. Free...
By Dr. Michele Reid What the food industry puts on their packaging can be confusing at best, misleading at worse. They can give consumers a false sense of eating healthy; leading them to eat more processed and packaged foods – which ultimately lead to a slew...
By Dr. Michele Reid “Work-life balance was a mistake from the start. Because we don't really want balance. We want satisfaction.” – Matthew Kelly, author Balance is a sticky subject among many people. We have careers, partners, children, family commitments, charity work, classes, hobbies, worship time –...
By Dr. Michele Reid The report is due in two hours. Or perhaps you’re in the middle of a mid-term exam. Or you’re making sales calls. Suddenly, bam! Around 10:30 a.m. you hit a wall. All you want to do is look out the window. Hmm… what...
By: Dr. Michele Reid Dietary fat: is it good or bad? Both. You see, not all fats are created equal. The Skinny on Fats Heavily processed, hydrogenated “trans” fats used in prepared, packaged foods can be extremely damaging to the body. They can compromise the cardiovascular system, immune system,...
Written by Dr. Michele Reid Detox has been a hot topic and it’s not just for the super-health-conscious folks or the crunchy people who eat only quinoa and kale anymore. Toxins affect all of us and just by changing a few things to clean up your...
Written by Dr. Michele Reid Two friends are chatting about their diets. The first one says, “I want to be healthy and feel great.” The second one says, “I intend to be healthy and feel great.” Which one do you think is going to get healthy...