Posts about Nutrition

Busy schedules can certainly make eating healthy a challenge! Often, we have the desire and the know-how, but we struggle with consistency. The good news is that adopting practical meal planning strategies can help overcome two of the most common barriers: lack of time and disorganization.

Food is the foundation of your health, for better or for worse. Your body breaks down the foods you eat each day into tiny molecules that make your body function, grow, repair, and heal itself.

The heart is the engine of the body. When your heart isn’t healthy, there’s no way to get oxygen-rich blood to the rest of your body, and the whole body suffers. Needless to say, how you take care of your heart is of utmost importance! February is American Heart Month and is a time to think about preventing heart disease and other heart-related health conditions.

Cranberries may have made an appearance on your Thanksgiving table this year. Maybe as cranberry sauce to accompany your turkey or even added to your stuffing. But “cranberry season” is just warming up!

Fall means football! Who doesn’t love a fun tailgate party? There’s friends, fellowship, and lots (and lots) of tasty food to munch on! Fried chicken, BBQ ribs, brats, and burgers top the typical menu. But does the pre-game tailgate have to mean post-game weight gain? Not this year! Let’s make game day a win with these healthy tailgating tips.

A quick scroll through social media, search engines, and streaming series reveals a common theme: Longevity is trending. From week to week, it seems like there’s a new, hot, “must do” practice that promises to lengthen our lives. But how much of it is helpful and how much is hype?

It’s summer, and that means vacation! But is it possible to be in full “vacation mode” and still make progress on your personal health goals? Sure! We’ve asked our professional health coaches at Medi-Share to share their best travel tips with you! So whether it’s a long car ride across states or airplane travel, you can stick to your healthy habits and have a guilt-free, enjoyable trip!

You can think of your health as an ongoing journey down one road or another. There are times when all the signs and signals are recommending that we need to make a U-turn before we get completely off track.