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Most people know that our metabolisms slow with age-- but did you know that the average woman gains one and a half pounds per year?  A little math tells us that is about 40 lbs by the age of 50.  But staying healthy, fit, and feeling good won't come from food deprivation-- instead, focus on these 8 tricks to keep your metabolism healthy and active.    1. Eat Enough While we all tend to focus on not eating too much, it's very important to eat enough.  Under-eating will cause your body to put the breaks on your metabolism, slowing down...

Rice and Tuna Salad Rolls- Sushi conneseurs: does this sound weird?  A former skeptic myself, I must say, this is a delicious lunch that allows you to skip the raw fish sitting out for hours in a cubby by substituting canned tuna.  Kids love it as it's fun and not messy to eat.  Kids won't do the tuna?  Stick with avocado, cucumbers, or egg instead. Roll it into an easy ball and tuck it into a lunchbox.  Fancy Bagels with Fancy Sides Using only half a bagel and cream cheese, increase your kids colorful foods by making side shine in...

I don't know anyone who wishes she was more productive out there, do you?  Ok, maybe not.  Research shows that as the day goes on, we lose two things: self control and energy.  This loss of self control and energy causes us to become less productive as the day goes on, and makes our morning hours essential to a good work day.  How to maximize our efficacy during the morning is therefore important to our overall productivity. Here is a list of healthy morning habits that we found help us get the most done in the morning.  Give it a...

What's wrong with dieting? Studies show that despite some short term gains with diet plans such at the Atkins Diet, Weight Watchers, South Beach and more, over 90% of diets fail.  The reason diets fail is because they are based on exhausting and unattainable goals: giving up entire food groups, trying to maintain work and positivity in the face of hunger, exercising when exhausted from under-eating.   Ok-- well, what should I do instead? I want to eat well but I am consumed by unhealthy cravings!  We believe that the one way to use a diet is to reset in order to eliminate...

We have been offering Whole30 approved meals here at Cooked for a while, but why? and what does Whole30 mean exactly? The Whole30 reset is designed to help people identify food sensitivities that they are unaware of. Many people suffer from digestion issues, or that general feeling of “not great” after eating a meal. Whole30 wants to help you figure out what foods could be causing you to feel that way. We all know that certain foods are not great for us: trans-fats, saturated fats, sugar, refined grains…. But what if it is dairy that is making you gassy? what if your...