Blood sugar spikes and drops can result in a slew of less than ideal symptoms. If you’re wondering whether or not your blood sugar levels are balanced, keep reading! Do you find yourself craving more sugary or starchy foods? Are you feeling lethargic or experiencing brain fog, headaches, dizziness or hunger more often than you’d like? These symptoms may be the result of imbalanced blood sugar levels. Let’s dive into the ins and outs of blood sugar. We’ll chat all about what it is and how you can stabilize your levels to sustain your energy and feel satiated throughout the day! How Does Blood Sugar Work? Before we talk about stabilizing blood sugar, it’s important to understand how blood sugar works. It All Starts With Carbohydrates All carbohydrates — whether from fruits and vegetables or from sweets and cookies — breakdown to sugar in the body, otherwise known as glucose. In the Foundational Five (the system we teach for building a balanced meal), there’s one primary elem...
DIY: Cinnamon Tea for Weight Loss Cinnamon helps to stabilize blood sugar (which is great for weight loss). A couple of dashes in your morning tea or cereal is all it takes! Cinnamon is rich in manganese, iron, calcium, and fiber. Cinnamon helps to prevent the storage of fat and enables you to lose weight. Cinnamon also delays the passing of food from the stomach into the intestine. Hence, you feel satisfied for a longer time and eat less. This helps you lose weight. Studies show that abdominal fat is more sensitive to the effects of cinnamon than fat from other parts of the body. We try many expensive ways to lose our weight, why don’t we give a try with the ingredients available in the kitchen? Nutritional Information: Ten grams (about 2.1 teaspoons) of ground cinnamon contain: Energy: 103.4 kJ (24.7 kcal) Fat: 0.12 g Carbohydrates: 8.06 g (of which – fibres: 5.31 g, sugars: 0.2 g) Protein: 0.4 g Things needed to prepare Cinnamon Tea for Weight Loss Honey Cin...
We all can benefit from strengthening the connection to our food, where they were grown, and how they end up on our plates. Learn about the easiest vegetables to grow at home. One of the golden standards for deepening this connection to our food is to grow it ourselves! Gardening comes in so many forms, large scale gardens taking up acres of land to having a small windowsill garden in your kitchen. And yet, both beneficial and supporting your health no matter how big or small you can garden. If you’ve been following my personal journey for the past year, you know that my husband and I are changing our lifestyles and moving out in the forest of TN so live more sustainably and homestead. This process is a dream come true and one that includes gardening! Through this journey, I’ve learned so many tips, tricks, and basic skills to make gardening and growing your own food incredibly joyful and easy. Here are what I’m deeming as the top easiest vegetables to grow. Why You Should Try Grow...
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