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Vanessa Rae Romero

The 30 Best Veggies For Spring

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We’ve mentioned before how important it is to eat in-season vegetables (preferably local). Since spring’s finally here, we thought we’d share the 30 best vegetables that are naturally ripe in the spring so you can add variety to meals and a sense of fun and adventure to your food shopping and prep. The 30 Best Veggies… [Continue Reading]

4 Healthy Tips for Traveling With Kids

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My family has spent the last year traveling around South America with our two children (5 and 2). We are living in Argentina for a year and a half while my husband works and because our time here is finite; we travel whenever we can. 4 Healthy Tips For Traveling With Kids At first the… [Continue Reading]

Chicken Meatballs in Onion Broth with Vegetables

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Soup is one of those meals for me that is both filling and satisfying, yet is also emotionally comforting. The season doesn’t matter, nor the weather really, although outdoor dampness can definitely spike the urge! This soup was inspired by a need for something a little lighter as the transition from winter to spring takes… [Continue Reading]

Natural Ways To Boost Your Energy

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With the prevalence of energy drinks and coffee shops conveniently located all around us, finding an unnatural, unhealthy energy boost is easy.  You’ll certainly be wide awake and wired, but your health will pay the price too. So the question is — what are some healthy, natural ways to boost your energy and stay awake… [Continue Reading]

5 Questions Women Have About Weight Training

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When it comes to women and weight training, there is much confusion. In my years as a personal trainer, the common concerns women have in the weight room are universal. Women want to be lean and fit yet fear getting big and bulky. As a result they lift light weights doing toning exercises that have… [Continue Reading]

Yoga For Beginners

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There are many healthy reasons to add yoga to your exercise routine. Yoga improves muscle tone, physical flexibility, coordination, and strength, while the breathing practices may calm and focus the mind. Other beneficial effects might involve a reduction of stress as well as blood pressure and improvements in mood, and metabolism. There are numerous modern schools… [Continue Reading]

8 Amazing Health Benefits of Kissing

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Kissing is a uniquely human trait that’s said to have emerged as a way to pass germs from one person to another, ultimately building immunity. But that’s rather unromantic, isn’t it? While it seems plausible that kissing would have an underlying biological function, there’s also no denying its role in bonding… or overall health. 8… [Continue Reading]

How To Make Your Own Mayo

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In our kitchen, we have ditched everything containing vegetable oil including mayonnaise. Most commercial mayo is made with soybean oil. They even sneak it into the mayo that touts “made with olive oil” on the label. As consumers are wising up to why soybean oil is not healthy, the mayo makers are now making versions… [Continue Reading]