Author: Erin Elizabeth

A new study published in BMC Medicine used data from 20 prospective studies and found that compared with people who ate the least nuts, those who ate the most reduced their risk for: coronary heart disease by 29 percent cardiovascular disease by 21 percent cancer by 15 percent. Researchers also found a 52 percent reduced risk for respiratory disease, 39 percent for diabetes, and 75 percent reduced risk for infectious disease in those who ate the most nuts. The majority of the reduction in risk was achieved by eating an average of about one ounce of nuts a day (around two...

Getting good, consistent sleep is hard enough in this day and age. So much in our lives demands our time and energy. But in order to fully give ourselves to what matters- we need sleep. However, are you sabotaging yourself by eating or drinking things that are only making it that much harder for you to shut down and sleep well? Though some “comfort food” might make us feel happy in those moments before sleep, the truth is that say, ice cream, is full of sugar that won’t let us sleep deeply or peacefully. So, what should you stay...

I absolutely love avocados but if you aren’t super vigilant they can zoom past edible into disgusting. BUT, what if you could freeze them?!?! Before you freeze them, you need to know if they are ripe and ready. So, check out the skin: bright green- it’s not ripe green & dark in patches- almost ready and if it has an even dark color- you are good to go. Personally, I like to pop back the little button where it used to be connected to the tree and check out the color, if it’s bright green and the outside isn’t rock...