Eat your greens: easy ways to add more greens to your diet

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If you want to improve your health and energy levels, the first place to start is to increase your intake of green vegetables. They are without a doubt the primary food group lacking in most people’s diets (okay I know that technically green vegetables are not classified as a food group of their own, but they [...]

Boost your Energy Level by Juicing

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Each week I will challenge you to do something healthy for the entire week and take note of the effect it has on you. Whenever I feel sluggish or want to strengthen my immune system, I turn to juicing. My monster size Breville juicer has a prominent place on our kitchen counter, right next to the [...]

Green Smoothies: My Kids Eat Kale for Breakfast

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Okay, I admit it…I get some kind of sick pleasure out of saying that I send my kids to school in the morning with a belly full of raw kale or spinach. As I watch them sipping away at their freshly made green smoothies, I pat myself on the back thinking I am such a [...]

The Wonders of Wheatgrass

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Wheatgrass is one of those things I thought only extreme health food nuts drank. The few times I have had it in the past I nearly gagged at the taste. I would bravely toss it back like I was doing a shot of whisky, quickly “chasing” it with a wedge of lemon or orange and then shuddering [...]