Is it just us or did everyone suddenly become OK with talking about poop? Honestly, we’ve always been on board with that. After all, regular elimination is key for everything—from removing waste from the body to banishing bloat. Luckily there’s a lot we can do to support regularity, like putting healthy, whole foods on our […] The post 20 Foods That Help You Poop first appeared on Nutritious Life: Healthy Tips, Healthy Recipes, Exercise. The post 20 Foods That Help You Poop appeared first on Nutritious Life: Healthy Tips, Healthy Recipes, Exercise ..read more

In case you haven’t figured it out yet, making healthy food choices is absolutely one of the best ways to improve your overall health. The food we eat impacts everything from the microbes in our gut to how much inflammation we have in our body to what disease we may be living with down the […] The post Working With a Nutrition Coach Can Be the Missing Piece in Your Health Puzzle first appeared on Nutritious Life: Healthy Tips, Healthy Recipes, Exercise. The post Working With a Nutrition Coach Can Be the Missing Piece in Your Health Puzzle appeared first on Nutritious Life: Healthy Tips, Health ..read more

This post was created in partnership with Benefiber. If you’re a regular reader of ours, you know how important it is to give your gut some love. Often, we talk about supporting good digestive health by incorporating probiotics into your daily regimen. But just as important as probiotics are prebiotics. In fact, the two work […] The post Gut Love: 3 Facts About Prebiotics Your Tummy Will Adore first appeared on Nutritious Life: Healthy Tips, Healthy Recipes, Exercise. The post Gut Love: 3 Facts About Prebiotics Your Tummy Will Adore appeared first on Nutritious Life: Healthy Tips, Healthy Reci ..read more

The beauty and wellness worlds are abuzz with praise for collagen and beauty-boosting, collagen-rich foods. And for good reason! Collagen is responsible for everything from a healthy gut, to glowing skin, to smooth-moving joints. In other words, it’s really important. Plus, it could make you look and feel more beautiful over time! If you’ve heard […] The post Why You Want to Eat These Beauty-Boosting, Collagen-Rich Foods, Starting Today! first appeared on Nutritious Life: Healthy Tips, Healthy Recipes, Exercise. The post Why You Want to Eat These Beauty-Boosting, Collagen-Rich Foods, Starting ..read more

When’s the last time you scraped the bottom of a yogurt container? If you answered, “Just today, actually,” then go you! But if it’s been a minute (or—gasp!—forever ago), pull up a chair and let’s have a talk. Yogurt has had way more than 15 minutes of fame for good reason. Depending on the type […] The post This or That: Regular Yogurt vs. Greek Yogurt (Or both?) first appeared on Nutritious Life: Healthy Tips, Healthy Recipes, Exercise. The post This or That: Regular Yogurt vs. Greek Yogurt (Or both?) appeared first on Nutritious Life: Healthy Tips, Healthy Recipes, Exercise ..read more

Is the Hashimoto Diet Healthy? Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease that usually leads to an under-active thyroid, also called hypothyroidism. The Hashimoto Diet is an eating plan designed to combat the symptoms of a sluggish thyroid. What is Hashimoto’s Diet? First, let’s back up a little bit and talk about Hashimoto’s disease. According to […] The post Diets Decoded: The Hashimoto Diet first appeared on Nutritious Life: Healthy Tips, Healthy Recipes, Exercise. The post Diets Decoded: The Hashimoto Diet appeared first on Nutritious Life: Healthy Tips, Healthy Recipes, Exercise ..read more

By now we’re all well aware that there are healthy dietary fats (hello, omega-3s!) as well as no-go dietary fats (see you never, manufactured trans fats). But what if we told you the same applies to different types of fat tissues in the body? That is, there may be a specific kind of fat, called […] The post The Difference Between Brown and White Fat first appeared on Nutritious Life: Healthy Tips, Healthy Recipes, Exercise. The post The Difference Between Brown and White Fat appeared first on Nutritious Life: Healthy Tips, Healthy Recipes, Exercise ..read more

We throw the term around all of the time—from acai to turmeric—but most of us don’t really know the ins-and-outs of superfoods. By definition a superfood is a food (such as salmon, broccoli or blueberries) that is rich in compounds (such as antioxidants, fiber or fatty acids) considered beneficial to a person’s health.  And that […] The post Top Superfoods To Boost Your Health first appeared on Nutritious Life: Healthy Tips, Healthy Recipes, Exercise. The post Top Superfoods To Boost Your Health appeared first on Nutritious Life: Healthy Tips, Healthy Recipes, Exercise ..read more

We’ve been there, felt that: A grumbling, upset stomach that’s practically uttering “oh no…” after you eat. Whether it’s due to the stomach flu (AKA acute gastroenteritis), food poisoning, a digestive disease (something 60 to 70 million Americans struggle with, according to the National Institute of Health), pregnancy or just feeling queasy, it’s tough to […] The post Easy-to-Digest Foods to Add to Your Diet (That Also Happen to Taste Amazing) first appeared on Nutritious Life: Healthy Tips, Healthy Recipes, Exercise. The post Easy-to-Digest Foods to Add to Your Diet (That Also Happen to Taste ..read more

From the TV commercials for those just-add-water powders—and their poo-inducing powers—you can probably guess that fiber isn’t the sexiest part of food to talk about. But it’s wildly important to your overall well-being, digestion included.  Yet only 5% of Americans consume the recommended daily amount, according to a study in the American Journal of Lifestyle […] The post Only 5% of Americans Eat Enough Fiber—Here’s Why You Should Eat More first appeared on Nutritious Life: Healthy Tips, Healthy Recipes, Exercise. The post Only 5% of Americans Eat Enough Fiber—Here’s Why You Should Eat M ..read more