Health Tips

Caving in to Cravings?
In her latest wellness tips, Toni Taylor examines cravings and the effects of indulgence as we enter the chilly season...

Food Focus: Root Vegetables
Toni Taylor examines the health benefits of root vegetables as we approach the autumn months. Includes her recipe for steamed root vegetables and cabbage with dill...

Making Time for Time Management
Toni Taylor walks us through the complex world of time management, helping us de-stress and become more efficient as the latest health tip. Prioritizing, multitasking and eliminating distractions are just a few of her answers...

Food Focus: The Wealth of Water
To be or not to be bottled? That is the question with Toni Taylor's latest Food Focus as she explores the pros and cons of bottles vs. tap water. Includes her recipe for pot likker...

Food Focus: Barley
September's bounty brings barley as the feature for Toni Taylor's health tips. Prepare for fall with lentil soup with barley and enjoy the nutritious benefits of this tasty grain...

Food Focus: The Evocative Avocado
The August food focus from our wellness expert, Toni Taylor, celebrates the avocado. In addition to being the essence of summer, the avocado also offers many health benefits, demonstrated by the cold avocado and shrimp soup...

Get Rejuvenated this Summer
This summer, let Toni Taylor help you recharge your batteries. Through exercise and time spent outside relaxing, you can find your center from the daily trials that accumulate throughout the year...

Finding Quiet in a Noisy World
This month's wellness blog focuses on finding the inner silence in a restless city. Meditation, listening to music and blocking out background noise can bring about inner calm and reduce stress, thus providing more energy for the things that matter...

Just Say No To Diets
In addition to the long term ineffectiveness of diets, who wants to live on only 1200 calories a day, especially, if it leaves you exhausted, hungry, & only thinking about food. A healthy lifestyle is the key to longevity, optimum weight, abundance of energy and balance...

Hungry? Have a Healthy Snack
Don't let snacking sabotage your fitness goals. It's okay to snack as long as you munch on foods that are fresh and healthy. Avoid snacking when you are not actually hungry...

Spring cleaning and Lighter Foods
Just because something is hard, doesn't mean it isn't worth doing. I'm not even talking about saving the world in some "good for you" kind of way, I'm talking about the basics of keeping your health, home, & hearth in good working order...

It's Okay to be Lazy and Eat Fatty Foods--Sometimes
Rest, relaxation and fatty foods are just as important to health as constant exercise and a balanced diet...

Satisfy that Sweet Tooth Naturally
Natural Sweetners are just as sweet and much healthier than refined sugar or sugar subsitutes like Splenda or Sweet 'N Low...

Eat Less and Chew Your Food
Lose weight by eating smaller portions and taking time to enjoy your meal sans the TV, computer or other distractions...

Don't Let Depression Get the Best of You
Get back in touch with what makes you happy and feel depression slip away...