Dear Dinner Diva

I receive a lot of emails with questions about food, nutrition, and health. Unfortunately, I can’t answer every one of them. However, I have decided to awaken my alter personality, the Dinner Diva, for today’s article and answer some of your burning (well, maybe just simmering) questions. Dear Dinner Diva, My husband and I do […]
4 Components for Healthy Skin

Healthy Foods 4 Components for Healthy Skin by Leanne Ely, CNC The foods that you eat affects every area of your health and nowhere does it show up more than on your skin. Women in particular are notorious for investing huge sums of cash on facial soaps, scrubs, masks, lotions, potions and oils. Of course […]
HF – Let Food be Thy Medicine

Let Food be Thy Medicine By Leanne Ely, C.N.C. Eating a varied diet, eating clean, moving around (yes, the e word, exercise!), having positive thoughts, and getting fresh air goes hand in hand with what Hippocrates believed and promoted. After all these years the truth is apparent–what he taught works. If only more doctors today […]
Healthy Kid’s Recipe (for Picky Eaters!)

Almost every other child is a picky eater, and managing to provide the right amount of nutrition in their diets can become quite the task. Don’t worry! You can increase nutrition in their favorite meals, even if you have a child that only wants to eat macaroni and cheese (haven’t we all been there?). You […]
FFT – Seven in 2011
Food For Thought Seven in 2011 by Leanne Ely Dear Friends, It’s a brand new year and like most people, I’m going to bet you’ve set some kind of goal to improve your health this year. That’s on the top of my list too! So to get our new 2011 FlyLady motto going in the […]
FFT – Is Your Lifestyle Health Sustainable?
Food For Thought Is Your Lifestyle Health Sustainable? by Leanne Ely, CNC Nothing is more important to the state of our health than the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat. We know that the choices we make today can have long term effects on our quality of life for […]
DD – Calories In Calories Out
Dinner Diva Calories In Calories Out By Leanne Ely, CNC We all know we can lose weight by eating fewer calories, but one university professor from Kansas took this concept a step further. He decided to do an unscientific experiment to see if it mattered what type of calories he consumed; or in other words, […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Anti-Inflammatory Foods

Yes, you read that right. Instead of one food today, the focus is on the many foods that you can eat to help reduce inflammation in your body. If you suffer from any illness, from premenstrual syndrome to arthritis; anything that requires you to use anti-inflammatory medications you should try to eat as many of […]