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My 3 Favourite Vegetables and Why
Anyone who knows me, knows I'm a huge fan of vegetables. I'm always trying to find ways to pack more veggies into every meal. I try to eat a ton of them because they are so beneficial to your health. I sometimes get asked what my absolute favourite vegetables are, and...
What’s the Easiest Healthy Meal to Make?
During this time while we're practicing social distancing, many of us are forced to eat a lot more meals than we're used to, at home. This can be stressful, especially if you're not used to spending time cooking in the kitchen. Do any of these statements sound like...
3 Healthy Lunch Tips While You’re Housebound
The social distancing rules we've been asked to follow, are forcing us to live in a "new temporary normal" state. When it comes to eating, the meal that's being interrupted for many of us, is lunch. You can no longer grab lunch on the go at your local sandwich shop,...
My Experience with 24 Hour Fasting
I'm prefacing this blog by stating that I'm not a Nutritionist. Yes, I have some good nutritional knowledge thanks to my Precision Nutrition Coaching Level 1 and 2 training and my constant personal development, but I'm again, not a trained nutritionist. That being...
What’s the Healthiest Breakfast You Can Eat?
I Eat This Breakfast 5 Days a Week! One of my all-time favourite breakfasts is a homemade protein shake! An important word here is HOMEMADE, I'm not talking about the shakes from juice bars. Store bought drinks and shakes often contain processed, artificial...
Is a Meal Kit Service Worth it?
Do Meal Kits Pay Off? I get asked a lot, if I think food kits are a worthy investment. I'm talking about the companies that ship all of the meal ingredients to your door, for you to complete the final meal preparation. I had never used such a company, so I was never...
Do I Need to Eat Carbs?
Can I Just Skip the Carbs Entirely? With all of the craze surrounding the Ketogenic diet out there, carbohydrates are getting a really bad reputation. It's too bad, because this is an important macronutrient that shouldn't be avoided. There are some carbohydrates we...
Is Processed Food Ever Healthy?
Should You Avoid all Processed Foods? We have all heard about the harmful effects of eating processed foods. In fact, they're considered to be one of the biggest contributors to obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, type 2 diabetes and even many mood disorders....
What’s The Healthiest Meal You Can Eat?
Homemade Soup!! What better style of meal can there be after a long, chilly day in November than a delicious, flavour bursting bowl of homemade, healthy soup? Homemade Soup is the Best, Here's Why: 1. It's an easy, super healthy, weeknight dinner. Just toss a bunch of...
This is How to Eat Healthy, the Simple Way
Don't Give Yourself a Choice! When it comes to eating, I teach my personal training clients to take choice out of their eating routines whenever they can. Eliminating food choice helps make healthy eating a habit over the long-term. You are forced to make thousands of...