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Intermittent fasting has becoming increasingly popular as a dietary pattern than focuses not on what to eat but when to eat. This way of eating has become popular as practice to improve your health. Intermittent Fasting (IF) is the idea of restricting your feeding window and increasing your fasting window. For example, if you eat breakfast at 9am and finish dinner at 7pm, that's a 10-hour feeding window and a 14-hour fasting window. Feeding windows can be as small as you'd l

As you all know, I don't eat eggs, but I do have a mega sweet tooth, and I've loved baking during this quarantine! For all my egg-free folx out there, here is the verdict on the best egg substitutes. For flat baked goods, like cookies and pancakes, I recommend the flax egg or chia egg. 1 Tbs ground flax/1 Tbs chia seed + 3 Tbs water = 1 egg. Let it sit for a 3-5 minutes and viola! For more voluminous treats, like brownies, try apple sauce or Greek yogurt. 1/4 apple sauce/1/4

I'll be honest, with this quarantine, I go from feeling super health motivated to super couch potato - sometimes it changes by the hour!...

There is a lot of worry about the Coronavirus, rightfully so. It's not a virus to take lightly, though I do want to shed light on common questions and worries to hopefully palliate some fear. Keep in mind that of the deaths in the U.S, most of them are confined to 1 location - a nursing home in Seattle. Of the remaining confirmed cases of coronavirus in the U.S, several people have already cleared the virus and have been deemed healthy enough to return to work. Should I Wea

Oil pulling is an ancient Ayurvedic practice of swishing oil in the mouth for 15-20 minutes per day. The oils often used are coconut oil...

Feeling you can't catch your breath? That you can't even exhale? Not only are asthma attacks dangerous, they are extremely scary and...