You don’t have to leave your clean eating regimen behind when you leave for vacation. You want to celebrate getting away from it all and rejuvenate yourself – and experience new things and new foods.

But, you can do all that and still not sabotage your body by breaking totally away from the clean eating plan.

If you’re trying to maintain a healthy diet or lose weight, you may be uneasy about eating in a strange environment. Food may also be especially tempting to you because it’s new and different.

Here are some ways you can resist sabotaging all your efforts and still enjoy the food on your vacation: Continue reading →

They are nasty little creatures that we often don’t see but can make us very sick indeed. We are talking about ticks and how their bite can ruin your day.

We are told not to let the bedbugs bite, but what about ticks? When the weather gets warm, they can come out in droves.

Trees are not just pretty to look at or sit under to get cool; they become places where you can encounter ticks.

Ticks can be either hard or soft shelled. They have several segmented legs like spiders. A tick’s primary source of food is blood. It doesn’t have to be your blood.

They have no particular affinity for humans, but you might be the source of their next meal if you are nearby. Continue reading →