Blog — vegetable

Your all-access guide to lettuce and why you should eat it and clean it! Here are my top 10 Fit Foodie Facts about why you should eat lettuce: Low Calorie Content & Almost Zero Fat Helps Weight Loss Heart Healthy Omega-3 Fatty Acids Complete Protein (Romaine Lettuce is 20% protein) Helps with Insomnia Lettuce is Alkaline Forming Low Glycemic Index Whole Life Food Lettuce Tastes Great You should ALWAYS choose red or dark colored greens over whites. Red & Green Leaf Lettuces hold more nutritional value and taste than crisphead lettuce (aka Iceberg Lettuce). The Battle of the Lettuce Romaine...

Eating cleaner optimizes your personal energy sources for better health, making it more than just a diet. Food, if chosen well, can reshape lives for the better and nourish at each cell of the body. ‘Good mood foods’ can improve our outlook on life, our focus and how we feel about ourselves. Now that everyone is getting into the ‘mood for love,’ it’s time to fuel up so you can make sure to eh, hm, um, keep your stamina up, if you know what I mean. While you’re at it, take care of your mood, skin, memory and metabolism for...

What marks the beginning of fall? When our Eat Cleaner 8 Great Clean Pumpkin Recipe Book comes out! Pumpkin, it’s no wonder why I love you so much. You’re rich in fiber. You’re low in calories. You’re super hydrating. You’re full of antioxidants like vitamin A and beta-carotene. You help boost my immunity with your Vitamin C packed-power. You help make my skin look good. You help me fight disease. You help regulate my blood sugar. You help me feel fuller longer. You taste amazing in so many different ways, especially with cinnamon! You make it easy to love you,...

What would happen if you had a beautiful, roaring fire going and just let it burn down, with out adding more wood. It’s going to die out, right? You can think of your metabolism the same way. The brainpower it takes to just read these words is taking energy and energy for us creatures comes from, thankfully, food. It’s a beautiful pleasure we get to enjoy multiple times a day! Now, imagine if just by eating delicious food, you could turn on innate powers in your body that will heal you from the inside out. Your system was designed to...