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Is coconut sugar actually healthy? Get ready to bust some myths about social media’s favorite natural sugar alternative: coconut sugar! While coconut sugar has been labelled by popular culture as a natural and healthy alternative to sugar, is that actually the truth? In this post, let’s find out!

Do you have food FOMO? FOMO = fear of missing out. If you've ever had anxiety about what food to eat at a party, been pleased with your healthy pic before seeing the delicious looking junk food your friends are eating at dinner, or eaten as much as you could for worrying about when you could eat that food again, you've experienced food FOMO. Here are proven steps to help stop that food anxiety and improve your relationship with what you eat!

Have you been asking yourself: How can you enjoy a cookout while staying on track with a sugar-free diet? How do you avoid belly bloat at summer barbecue parties? How can you avoid weight gain in the summer? Well… let's find out! Here’s the low down on keeping healthy and staying low sugar or sugar-free during the summer party season!

A complete beginners step-by-step guide on how to have a reduced sugar or sugar free summer party (yes, I'm looking at you July 4th)! Here's how to do the seasonal tradition of pool parties, margaritas parties, cookouts, and barbecues - the healthy way - because going low sugar or sugar free doesn't mean you can't have yummy treats or fun in the sun!

Does coconut sugar spike your blood sugar levels like sugar? Is honey sugar in sweet disguise? Are you sabotaging your healthy, sugar balanced, low sugar or even sugar free diet with healthy sugar alternatives that aren’t so ‘healthy’?! It’s time to call out popular sugar alternatives and put them under the spotlight!

It's like clockwork: when that pre-time-of-month (aka pre-menstrual cycle) comes back around again. All of a sudden, your body seems to have zero control over what it wants you to eat and/or no matter what you do, you can’t stop craving and thinking about chocolate, doughnuts, salty chips, pretzels, candies, ice cream, greasy burgers, fries - basically every form of sugary, fatty, and carby foods you can imagine. Here’s why you’re always hungry before your period, and how to stop it!

So, you’ve got the munchies... again, you’re tired of that grumbling tummy, you’re tired of feeling greedy, and you’ve finally asked Google "why am I always hungry?". If this is you, you’re in the right place. If constant sugar, carb, or even general food cravings are bothering you, I’ve got you covered with the reasons behind your cravings and the steps you need to beat them!

As a recovered sugar addict, I decided to go almost a whole month with no sugar (I’m talking zero added sugar) and no junk food - here’s the week by week tell-all, along with everything I learned from the experience. The good, the bad, the cravings, and the sugar addict thoughts! It turns out, going totally sugar free can help reset your sugar cravings and your overall eating habits…

Carb cravings… we all get that horrible, obsessive feeling in those moments when it’s like you can’t live without picking one of those cookies, taking that large slice of pizza, or bingeing on that fresh bread, and you think to yourself, ‘am I addicted to refined carbs’? Well, trust me, you’re not alone, and that’s why I’ve put together simple signs to help you find out whether or not those cravings are in fact carb addiction, as well as the a-z on if carb addiction is indeed a thing.

It’s spring time, which means that it's time for that yearly tradition: spring cleaning! It's time to fold away those winter jackets, clear out the garage, and clear out those cabinets - that's right, spring cleaning isn't just for household items. It's also a valuable opportunity to clean up your pantry, throw out those dusty cookies, and get stocked with healthy, sugar-free foods! Sugar and junk food ingredients are hiding everywhere in your everyday essentials, so here's how to embrace the spring cleaning bug and create an immune system boosting, sugar free, and super healthy pantry (and did i mention there's a free shopping list?)! Let's go!

Spring brings the wonders of nature alive, but sadly the blooms that make this season so colorful and lively leads to misery and frustration for those who suffer from seasonal allergies. To make matters worse, your diet and what you choose to eat can make those allergies worse - like eating lots of sugar and refined foods. Luckily I’ve gathered all the BEST natural ways to treat seasonal allergies, and find out why sugar and carbs are stimulating your ‘severe’ allergies and how to stop it!

Why do you always turn to sugar when you’re feeling blue? I mean, it’s not unusual for people to crave carbs and sugar when feeling down, stressed or even dealing with depression. But what’s the reason for these cravings? Does carb/sugar loading actually make you feel better or is it just temporary? And can eating carbs and sugar actually feed depression, tiredness or stress? Well, here are all the answers you’ve been asking for!

Eating out of stress… otherwise known as: stress eating, or emotional eating. It’s our default setting, where we find ourselves reaching for sugary treats and junk foods every time we feel overwhelmed, stressed, or tired out in our day to day life. Of course, no matter how hard you work to create a positive, stress and toxic-free everyday environment, and take every effort to avoid negative stressful situations, they will always manage to pop up in our daily lives-- I mean heck, did anyone ever think we’d be facing a pandemic right now? SO… let me show you some great steps to STOP stress eating aka emotional eating during this COVID-19 pandemic, during other crises or simply during a stressful situation!

We're in the middle of an unprecedented pandemic thanks to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and for many of us (most of us) feelings of uncertainty, changes in routine, and looming health concerns and worries about our loved ones are wreaking havoc on both our mental and physical health - and we don't even know when we can see our friends/family again. SO, I've put together a head-to-toe guide on the best strategies to protect our health (through strong immunity and lung health) as well as our mental health (through meditation and practical steps) to help you get through it all!

It’s been long known that diet has a strong connection with our emotions - what we eat can affect what we feel (stressed, lazy, etc.) and vice versa - what we feel can impact what food choices we make, like eating a sweet sugary treat instead of salad when we’re down. Well, here’s how choosing sugar and junk foods could be making your stress and anxiety during COVID-19 (coronavirus) worse and what to do about it!