While eating healthy foods and staying active may seem easy to keep up with during the warmer seasons of the year, making choices to help prevent Type 2 Diabetes is important to follow all year-round. My family became aware of this when my young cousin was recently diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes this past November, which is American Diabetes Month. Of course, we joined forces with thousands to raise awareness that month, but we are [...]

Getting children to eat fruit and veggies can, for some parents, present some challenges. In this post I will share how I got my son to eat carrots, spinach, celery as well as other veggies and fruits, everyday. A couple of years ago I bought a blender, but like many kitchen appliances, this one also ended up getting in the way and quickly got demoted to a fancy paper-weight, and remained one for a couple [...]