Well Being Magazine

Diet & Prediabetes: Pay Attention to the Warning Signs

Diet & Prediabetes: Pay Attention to the Warning Signs The Mayo Clinic estimates that people with prediabetes (or borderline diabetes) are much more likely to develop type 2 diabetes within 10 years. While a diagnosis of pre- diabetes is not a definitive sign you will eventually develop the condition, it is a clear warning that if you don’t make some changes in your life, you are at a high risk of Read more »

How to host a HOLIDAY FEAST without breaking the bank

The holidays are all about spending time with friends and family. Even though the basic costs of cooking a traditional holiday meal at home are still far less than the price to eat out, hosting a holiday dinner for your loved ones can be quite costly depending on how you decide to go about it. The secret to keeping your dinner budget manageable is all in the planning and the Read more »

Why everybody’s talking about TURMERIC

It seems everybody is talking about turmeric, a golden spice widely known for its use in Indian, African and Asian cuisine and treasured for its medicinal properties by ancient healers. Once again our 21st century culture is just catching up with what our predecessors have known for… oh, about 4000 years. It’s about time we got on the bandwagon. Not only can turmeric brighten up the color and flavor of Read more »

A Closer Look at a Dietary Boogieman Are all processed foods bad?

In this new era of “clean eating” and “whole foods,” most of us have come to avoid the grocery aisles that feature dietary demons known as “PROCESSED FOODS.” With good reason, we have been warned away from those foods that I like to say have been… “messed around with.” By that I mean that they have been altered from their original state, heavily modified by processing and additives designed to Read more »