Aug 23, 2019 | Adult Health & Wellness, Food & Nutrition, Food Allergies / Diets / Restrictions, Health, Local Resources, Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
— Win a free round to an 8-week online Fitness and Nutrition Bootcamp with Marybeth Barrett, Certified FASTer Way to Fat Loss Coach. A $199 value. One winner will be announced for the round starting September 30, 2019. Register through the link below… One winner...
Aug 2, 2019 | Babies, Food & Nutrition, Nutrition, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies
By Guest Blogger Julie Fritz Being a new parent is such an exciting time. But it can also be overwhelming. Every day seems to bring a new milestone and you are constantly transitioning to the next thing. One of the things that new parents worry about in the first year...
Jul 1, 2019 | Day Trips, Family Time, Food & Nutrition, Helpful Lists & Directories, Local Resources, Nutrition, Parenting & Family, Recreation
By Katie Moosbrugger It is officially blueberry season! As always, we recommend you call or check the farm’s web site to confirm hours of operation and the status of their fruit. Many of these farms have updates on their web sites or voice mail messages. Simply...
Jun 24, 2019 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, Children's Health & Developmental Concerns, Children's Health & Wellness, Food & Nutrition, Health, Nutrition, Teens & Tweens
By Guest Blogger Suzy Fielders Whether you are the struggling one, your child, or someone you love, eating disorders are scary for all of those involved. There are various types of eating disorders, each of which are serious and very disastrous for your body. It takes...
Jun 17, 2019 | Children's Health & Wellness, Food & Nutrition, Health, Nutrition, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Guest Blogger Sarah Kotelnicki Ah, sweet summer vacation! Even though I work full-time, I try to make summer feel like a vacation for the kids. It’s important to me that our kids, 8 & 6, have memories of the summer being relaxed, carefree and fun. That means a...
Jun 4, 2019 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, Food & Nutrition, Food Allergies / Diets / Restrictions, Health, Nutrition
By Guest Blogger Marybeth Barrett, Certified FASTer Way to Fat Loss Coach I feel like there is something good brewing. Yes, in all the madness of the world, I see a silver lining. There seems to be some self-care mindsets trending among moms/women. No matter the...
Apr 17, 2019 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, Food & Nutrition, From the Heart, Health, Moms & Dads, Nutrition
By Guest Blogger Anna Keller In the fall of 2016, my husband and I went to our 20-week OB appointment to find out our unborn baby’s gender. When I found out I was having a girl, I was thrilled – and slightly terrified. After all, I don’t know what it feels like to be...
Jan 7, 2019 | Babies, Food & Nutrition, Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Toddlers & Preschool
By Guest Blogger Abbie Polos Happy New Year and congrats on making it through another holiday season! If your family is like mine, the kiddos are burned out on Grammy’s fudge and the bank account is anxiously awaiting your tax return. To help stretch the budget...
Jan 1, 2019 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, Food & Nutrition, Health, Nutrition
By Guest Blogger Jennifer Hurst, Certified Wellness and Nutrition Coach I know it’s frustrating, but here’s the good news… It’s not your fault! Diets simply aren’t sustainable long-term. They’re just a quick fix not a lifestyle...
Oct 1, 2018 | Food & Nutrition, Nutrition
Register to win a $50 Gift Certificate including free delivery in the Piedmont Triad Area. TWO WINNERS WILL BE SELECTED. You choose your meals and the week you would like to receive them and Healthy Made Simple will do the rest! To enter this contest, click the link...
Sep 24, 2018 | Children's Museums & Playhouses, Food & Nutrition, Local Resources, Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Guest Blogger Mickey Davis, Chef Educator at the Greensboro Children’s Museum “Cooking with kids is not just about ingredients, recipes and cooking. It’s about harnessing imagination, empowerment and creativity.” -Restaurateur Guy Fieri When children spend time in...
May 10, 2018 | Adult Health & Wellness, Food & Nutrition, Health, Nutrition
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Apr 21, 2018 | Adult Health & Wellness, Food & Nutrition, Health, Nutrition
TEN Spring Water offers the highest pH water available at 10 pH. Rich with electrolytes, TEN is bottled at the source from pure, natural springs, unlike many bottled waters that are sourced from municipal sources (filtered tap water). TEN Spring Water is available in...
Mar 31, 2018 | Adult Health & Wellness, Food & Nutrition, Health, Nutrition
By Guest Blogger Stefanie Lyons, ACE Certified Personal Trainer We hear it every day…eat more protein. If you want to lose weight…eat more protein. And as a personal trainer it has been ingrained in my head…protein, protein, protein. So who’s guilty of coming home...
Jan 1, 2018 | Adults, Food & Nutrition, Groceries & Couponing, Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Guest Blogger Cindy Silver, a registered dietician Does it surprise you that only 8-10% of all people have success with health-related New Year’s Resolutions? Maybe you’ve been in that small slice of success, or maybe not. For the 90-92% who have not, let’s get...
Dec 27, 2017 | Adult Health & Wellness, Children's Health & Wellness, Food & Nutrition, Food Allergies / Diets / Restrictions, Health, Hot Topics, Nutrition, Recreation
By Cathy Gold, owner of FaBuLife and Gold Standard Fitness We were wrong! I am a nurse practitioner, nutrition coach, and personal trainer. When I say “we,” I mean all of us – exercise professionals, medical professionals, and nutrition experts. A lot of the advice...
Aug 31, 2017 | Education, Food & Nutrition, Nutrition, Preschool, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Guest Blogger Kelly Gunzenhauser It was the weekend before school started, and one of the chores on my list is grocery shopping for lunches. My kids are older now and lunch is easier, but I remember the struggle with packing lunch for preschoolers. Little fingers,...
Aug 22, 2017 | Books, Supplies & Gear, Education, Food & Nutrition, Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Guest Blogger Laura Buxenbaum, MPH, RD, LDN Grab your backpacks and pencils, it’s back to school time! My sons start 2nd and 4th grade this year and we’ve already stocked up on school supplies to prepare for a successful year. As a Registered Dietitian, I know...
Jun 19, 2017 | Family Time, Food & Nutrition, Local Resources, Non Profits, Nutrition, Parenting & Family
By Guest Blogger Gwen Frisbie-Fulton with Second Harvest Food Bank When many of us think summer, we think summer food: hot dogs, popsicles, and watermelon. However, across the Northwest North Carolina, one in every four children is facing food insecurity. This means...
Mar 4, 2017 | Adult Health & Wellness, Children's Health & Wellness, Food & Nutrition, Nutrition, Recreation
By Guest Blogger Sara Lester The struggle is real. We live busy lives and wear many hats filling our schedules with giving, loving and serving others. All good things, yes, but we often forget to put on our oxygen mask first, and so by mid-day we are exhausted,...
Jan 12, 2017 | Food & Nutrition, From the Doctor, Health, Nutrition, Recreation
By Joey Skelton, MD, Director of Brenner FIT and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Wake Forest Baptist Health The New Year is a great time to adopt healthy habits, but making a lot of new changes can sometimes be overwhelming. When people make New Year’s...
Oct 28, 2016 | Food & Nutrition, Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
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Oct 8, 2016 | Food & Nutrition, Holidays, Hot Topics, Nutrition, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Amanda Stahl If you ask my kids what their favorite holidays might be, they’ll yell out with excitement … Christmas, Easter and Halloween! Halloween is around the corner, and I remember clearly from last year a quadruple dose of...
Sep 30, 2016 | Food & Nutrition, Nutrition
By Guest Blogger Laura Buxenbaum School is back in full swing which means hungry kids have probably been running through your front door, frantically searching for an after school snack. In fact, they may also want to pack a snack for school and ask for another snack...
Jun 1, 2016 | Adult Health & Wellness, Food & Nutrition, Health, Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Rachel Hoeing I have the worst immune system ever. I seem to catch everything. At least once a month I usually find myself fighting some sort of cold or virus for a few days only to end up in bed sleeping it off for a good day or two. We all know that as moms,...
Dec 7, 2015 | Food & Nutrition, Food Allergies / Diets / Restrictions, Nutrition
By Guest Blogger Chrissy McCullough Three teaspoons. That’s the amount of added sugar that the World Health Organization and the American Heart Association recommend for children ages 4 to 8 years old to consume in a day*. Three teaspoons, in grams, is about 12...
Oct 6, 2015 | Food & Nutrition, From the Doctor, Health, Nutrition
By Guest Blogger Samantha L. Miller, MD, Family Medicine Physician at Wake Forest Baptist Health Family Medicine – Reynolda We are quickly approaching Halloween and the holidays—a time of year marked by overindulgence. And while it’s nice to allow your child a...
Oct 5, 2015 | Children's Health & Wellness, Food & Nutrition, Health, Nutrition
By Guest Blogger Tricia Sheehan Are you frustrated by the small number of foods your child will eat? Are you worried that your child isn’t getting enough nutrients? Tired of the mealtime fights that leave the whole family tired and stressed? Here are the top 5...
Sep 28, 2015 | Food & Nutrition, Nutrition, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By Kelly Hines The same thing happens every weekday at my house – my kids burst through the door after school, pushing each other out of the way to get to the almighty SNACK CABINET. No matter how much lunch I pack, they are always starving when they get home....
Sep 12, 2015 | Adult Health & Wellness, Food & Nutrition, Health, Nutrition
By Guest Blogger Debbie Wilkins Baisden Today we are going to discuss how to choose healthy fats. We talk about them a lot, but it can be really confusing what’s healthy and what’s not. I am a child of the 80’s and my mom was on a “fat free” kick for...
