Turn Your Work Day Into “Healthy Time”
For most of us, we spend more time at work than anywhere else. So if you’re going to make healthy lifestyle changes, why not use that time? There might be some healthy opportunities you can take...
View ArticleThe Super Easy Super Bowl Recipe
Here’s the beauty of this recipe; you don’t need to measure anything! Just buy your ingredients and layer them in a glass, bowl, or serving dish. Feel free to add or subtract a layer to make it taste...
View ArticleThe Bizarre Dental Trivia Quiz
Trivia is awesome, especially when the questions are “a little out there.” Today’s trivia quiz is based on ridiculous dental facts. If you answer all of these correctly, you’re a dental genius! 1) In...
View ArticleWhat’s the Deal With Super Foods?
Have you ever been talking to a health nut, and they throw around the term “Super Food?” While your imagination might run wild wondering what a super food actually is, do you really know what they’re...
View ArticleHow Do You Get Your Kids to Enjoy Vegetables?
This is a question for all the parents out there: How can we get our kids to eat and enjoy vegetables? This week, NPR featured an article suggesting that forcing kids to eat vegetables leads to less...
View ArticleWellness Trivia: The Fast Food Quiz
A huge part of eating well is understanding the unhealthy temptations that are always lurking. Since fast food is quick, tasty, and convenient, it might be the most tempting of them all. With that in...
View ArticleWhat Does Organic Really Mean?
Lately I have been really curious about what makes a food completely organic. Personally I try to buy all organic, but if you want the truth I seriously had no idea what ‘Organic’ meant. I don’t recall...
View ArticleIntroducing the 7 Second Snack
I’m not sure how it happened, but eating healthy seems to be associated with taking too much time. Well, over the past couple of weeks I have been racking my brain trying to figure out how to show...
View ArticleThe Health Benefits of Blackberries, Raspberries, and Boysenberries
We know berries can be considered a luxury at the grocery store, but admit it, every time you splurge you have no regrets. Well, since it’s berry season we wanted to give you 5 good reasons to enjoy...
View ArticleInfographic: Is Your Salad Really Healthy?
The time has come ladies and gentlemen! My internship is coming to a close, and tomorrow will be my last day with PacificSource. It’s pretty sad, but it has been such a wonderful experience, I am lucky...
View ArticleI Think My Baby is Trying to Kill Me
This chubby faced, gummy smiled little man is my son. Adorable isn’t he? Granted, I’m a little biased because those are my genes he’s sporting, but his cute level through the roof. I absolutely adore...
View ArticleIt’s Time for Healthy Tailgating!
“Healthy tailgate? Isn’t that an oxymoron”? That’s what people asked us when we announced our plans to host a Healthier Tailgate at tonight’s OSU vs. USC football game at Reser Stadium in Corvallis,...
View ArticleHealthy Tailgating + Diabetes Awareness = A Healthy Bonanza at OSU
When the Beavers take on a big time opponent like USC on the football field, it brings a big crowd to Corvallis, OR. So we figured, “Let’s hit these pre-gamers with some ideas for living a healthy...
View ArticleThe Super Simple Salad Shaker Guide
One of the main excuses for not eating well is, “It takes too much time to prepare a healthy meal.” Coming to your rescue is a magical tool called “the salad shaker!” Just cut up your ingredients,...
View ArticleSuper Bowl Sunday: Blow Outs, Pig Outs, and Work Outs. It’s All Here!
If you’re a Seattle Seahawks fan, you’re probably still celebrating their dominant 43-8 victory over the Denver Bronco’s at the XLVIII Super Bowl. Blow Outs: When it comes to Super Bowls and getting...
View ArticleThe Return of Weird Wellness Trivia
Here we go again! Is there anything more fun than random wellness trivia? Nope. If it’s your first time taking one of our wellness quizzes, just take the quiz, check your answers below, and see if...
View ArticleIntroducing the One Week $40 Healthy Eating Challenge
There’s a common myth that states, “In order to eat a healthy diet, you need to spend big.” We wanted to put this myth to the test, so we reached out to our old friend Kim the Intern and asked her to...
View ArticleNutrition Month (part 3): Cooking Techniques that Add Flavor
Here’s part 3 of Laura’s (our registered dietician) ode to National Nutrition Month. If you missed the other posts, here they are: part 1, part 2. Food has natural unique flavors that can be enhanced...
View ArticleHey Boise, It’s Time to Take Back Your Lunch!
Remember how great it was to be a kid? You didn’t have the responsibilities of an adult, you could eat whatever you wanted, and you got a lunchtime recess! Well, we can’t take away the responsibilities...
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