Healthy Hot Chocolate

Healthy Hot Chocolate

This time of year I start craving hot chocolate.  Something warm, sweet and nourishing that’s healthy. Healthy Homemade Hot Cocoa: A Warm & Velvety Drink perfect blend of rich chocolate, natural sweeteners, and creamy goodness.

Buy good quality cocoa or cacao powder.

Cocoa contains beta-carotene, calcium, zinc, iron, potassium, chromium and in particular magnesium that can help with bone mineralization, muscle contraction and immune function.

(more…)

How to Stop Food Cravings Naturally

How to Stop Food Cravings Naturally

How to Stop Food Cravings Naturally – 12 Weird and Wonderful Tips to Bust Food Cravings

Food cravings are the dieter’s worst enemy.

These are intense or uncontrollable desires for specific foods, stronger than normal hunger.

The types of foods that people crave are highly variable, but these are often processed junk foods that are high in sugar.

Cravings are one of the biggest reasons why people have problems losing weight and keeping it off. – Health Line

Let me know which one is your favourite!

(more…)

Raw Pecan Bliss Balls

Raw Pecan Bliss Balls

Refined Sugar-Free Pecan Bliss Balls: A Clean-Eating Favorite a wholesome, naturally sweetened snack for clean eating.

Balls of deliciousness packed full of natural ingredients to give you an energy boost – you’ll only need 1!

Pecans minerals alone are impressive: 245% of the daily value per serving of manganese, as well as copper, magnesium, and zinc.

Very high in fiber that keeps  your digestive system well-regulated, pecans offer extraordinary antioxidant  power. Phytochemicals like vitamin E, betacarotenes, lutein, and zeaxanthin neutralize free radicals and protect your body from infections and diseases, including cancer.

(more…)