Beans are a Great Substitute in the DASH Diet
Are you in on the DASH Diet? The DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) Diet is a diet that many health-conscious people have adopted over the years as a means to prevent or control high blood pressure, or hypertension. The ultimate goal of this diet is to...
What are the Healthiest Beans?
Beans are one of the healthiest foods out there. Beans are so healthy, in fact, that they are considered by many to be what’s known as a “Superfood,” more specifically a nutrient-rich food with a capacity to positively affect health. The health benefits of beans...
Swap Red Meat for Beans and Plant-Based Protein
Protein is one of the most valuable nutrients you can provide for your body. Protein is essential for fueling your body with healthy energy needed to keep you feeling good and help your body maintain healthy functions like metabolism and building and repairing...
Weight Watching Recipes with Beans
The end of the year is upon us, and thank goodness for that! I think everyone has just about had their fill of this year and ready to turn their focus on next year and all the good things that we hope to come. However, the New Year’s tradition of setting resolutions...
3 Ways to Maintain Good Gut Health
The human body is a pretty incredible and strange thing. Take this fun, albeit somewhat unsettling fact: did you know there are about 100 trillion bacteria living in the intestinal tract of your body? Ok, take a deep breath and don’t freak out. No matter how strange...
Healthy Cookout Tips
One of our favorite things about spring and summer is that it finally gives us a chance to get outside and fire up the grill and cook up some delicious food for friends and family. Whether you cook on a gas or charcoal grill, there is just something about the open...
