Life Lessons: Learning how to cook

When put in a position where you are forced to do one thing or another, it's amazing how quickly we realize what we are capable of. I've never been much of a cook. One of my best friend's will never let me live down the time that I forgot to…

Taking care of our bodies

My life is riddled with term papers, group projects, and exams right now. But just about everything is due on Monday so it will all be over soon! And I will be a happily stress-free camper once again. In between the studying and researching and writing, I have been taking…

Product Review: NURU Exercise Anywhere Cards

First, major thanks to Small Steps to Health for recommending me to NURU for a product review - much appreciated! NURU Exercise Anywhere cards are a small deck inconspicuous enough to fit in the back pocket of your jeans (I'm talking skinny jeans, too - the kind where you have…

Interpretations of Marketing Strategies: Hidden Information

On Friday, Crabby McSlacker at Cranky Fitness looked at the pros and cons of requiring calorie counts on restaurant menus. Because of the recent increase in places all across the States (and Canada, too, now) beginning to mandate nutritional information on restaurant menus, this has been the subject for debate…

Poll: Identifying Food Vices

Last month's poll In February we discussed what kind of milk we all enjoy. With 64 voters in total, 11% drink whole milk, 22% drink low fat or 1% milk, 30% drink skim (fat free) milk, 20% drink soy or another dairy alternative, and 17% don't drink any kind of…

Product Review: POM Juice

The POM Wonderful company kindly sent me some of their POM Wonderful 100% pomegranate juice to review and I was happy to oblige. I am not a big juice drinker myself, but I do enjoy pomegranates and any all-natural product is sure to catch my interest. Pomegranate juice has been…

Life Lessons: Toxicity Levels

I'm slightly neurotic. My parent's cat has been living with me for about a month now. She (the cat) moved in because the mother dear went away on holiday for a few weeks. It was nice for the first little while with playing with Sage the cat and cuddling with…

Sugar Challenge Follow-Up and Fitness Q & A

When I saw this message from my twitter friend @lizwicksteed, I knew I had to share it with all of you: Hi Sagan I’m now on day 6 of the challenge and have been amazed how quickly it’s going. We’ve eaten some delicious food (especially your recipes hehe) and I…

Product Review: Hershey’s Extra Dark Chocolate

After a week of no added sugars, I think it's time to bring on a little taste of chocolate. I was asked to review Hershey's Extra Dark Chocolate and was more than happy to oblige. It comes in several different flavors, and the ones that I received were Pure Dark…

Reflections on the Sugar Challenge

On Day Seven of the Sugar Challenge (Saturday) I ate: - Frozen grapes (and non-frozen grapes) - 1 bowl of oatmeal (mixed with water, a banana, cinnamon, and peanut butter) - Plain yogurt mixed with 1 chopped apple and cinnamon - 1 homemade tortilla grilled with hummus, some Laughing Cow…