healthy ideas Archive

  • #Swapportunity on the Market: Do the Swap with Yoplait Light

    #Swapportunity on the Market: Do the Swap with Yoplait Light

    As everyone’s grandparents seemingly told them at some point in their lives: know-how will only get you so far in life, then sometimes you need the right tools for the job. We’re thrilled to have such amazing know-how featured on Swap.com this month, with new daily lifestyle swapping tips from our friends at Yoplait Light [...]

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  • 5 Easy Swaps for Healthier Holiday Cookies

    5 Easy Swaps for Healthier Holiday Cookies

    There is little tastier in this world than a good holiday cookie, and I dare you to find someone who disagrees with me. Of course, this means you can never have just one, and while a little indulgence is never such a terrible thing, wouldn’t it be nice if you didn’t have to feel AS guilty [...]

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  • Keep Your Diet In Check This Holiday Season

    Keep Your Diet In Check This Holiday Season

    Now that we’ve polished off every last bit of turkey, cranberry sauce, green been casserole (I’m still salivating at the thought of such delightful foods) and other various leftovers from Thanksgiving, it’s time to make sure we stay on the healthy bandwagon until our next big splurge in December. And hey, if you want to [...]

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  • Save Your Waistline This Thanksgiving Day

    Save Your Waistline This Thanksgiving Day

    This is not an easy time of year for waistlines. Between the glutenous Turkey Day dinner and the several days of feasting that occur in December, it is no wonder most end the year with a resolution to get back into shape. I know the ten extra pounds seem inevitable, but ready for some good news? [...]

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  • Swap of the Day: Swap It, Don’t Stop It Campaign

    Swap of the Day: Swap It, Don’t Stop It Campaign

    My healthy eating radar is just buzzing with excitement over the Australian Heart Foundation’s latest healthy living campaign, Swap It, Don’t Stop it. A follow up on the Heart Foundation’s previous campaign, Measure Up, which encourages people to measure their waistlines and determine how the measurement affects their risk of some cancers, type 2 diabetes [...]

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  • Swap of the Day: Swap Ingredients to Create a Brand New Dish

    Swap of the Day: Swap Ingredients to Create a Brand New Dish

    If you love to cook you are very familiar with the joy and excitement that comes from trying out a new recipe. Every step of the process from buying the ingredients to trying the final dish can be a joy to discover. Unfortunately in today’s busy world we don’t always have the time and energy [...]

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  • Swap of the Day: 9 Food Swaps to Make to Save Your Life

    Swap of the Day: 9 Food Swaps to Make to Save Your Life

    One of my biggest pet peeves is the use of the word “diet.”  Diet has become synonymous with torturing our bodies by cutting out certain food groups for short periods of time only to return to our original eating habits, all the while expecting great weight loss results.  But guess what? In reality, you are [...]

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  • Swap of the Day: Relieve Hypertension by Trading Carbs for Protein

    Swap of the Day: Relieve Hypertension by Trading Carbs for Protein

    If it isn’t evident already, along with being an exercise nut, I am also a very big fan of balanced nutrition. The two do tend to go hand-in-hand and much to the annoyance of my friends and family I am constantly trying to work healthy eating tidbits into casual conversations. Thankfully blogging for Swap.com has [...]

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  • Swap of the Day: How Swapping Benefits Your Health

    Swap of the Day: How Swapping Benefits Your Health

    Start swapping for a healthier lifestyle! No, we don’t mean that swapping media items or clothing benefits your health (although it may make you happier, which surely has it’s own health advantages).  But what we’re talking about are the simple, everyday swaps you can do to start on the path of healthy eating habits. Rather [...]

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  • Swap of the Day: Schools Swap Food for Healthier Options

    Swap of the Day: Schools Swap Food for Healthier Options

    Swapping can be a great way to improve many aspects of your daily life. Whether it’s trading items around the house, or swapping out bad habits in your daily routine, applying the swapping philosophy can improve almost any area of your life. And it’s stories like this that we love to share as a source [...]

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