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Lifestyle, Health, Nutrition & Inspiration from Luvo
5 Foods to Perk You Up
At the beginning of every year, many people vow to cut out various things in their lives, from toxic substances and unhealthy foods to toxic people and unhealthy habits. One resolution a lot of people make is to reduce their reliance on stimulating substances, which can include caffeine. Why do people want to reduce their dependence… Read more »
Sip on This: The Coffee Tonic
Coffee has been around for hundreds of years. You would think by now civilization had figured out every possible combination of how to enjoy it. Dripped, pressed, infused, on ice cream, with condensed milk, doused in pumpkin spices—we thought we’d seen everything. But human ingenuity related to ingesting caffeine knows no bounds, and another fresh take on coffee is popping up on menus wherever creative coffee-lovers live. In other words, everywhere.
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5 Foods That Help You Sleep
Do you have trouble sleeping? You’re not alone. In fact, just a year ago, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) published an article calling insufficient sleep a public health epidemic, with as many as 70 million US adults experiencing sleep difficulties.… Read more »
Make Your Own Kimchi
Kimchi is one of my favorite things to eat. I look forward to going to the farmer’s market every Saturday to grab some sweet daikon radish kimchi handmade by a local artisan. I’m lucky if the jar lasts me until the next farmer’s market. Now you know about one of my most guilty pleasures. Actually… scratch that–I don’t believe in guilty pleasures. There’s stuff you like, and stuff you don’t like, and if anyone objects to your preferences, you tell them where to go, ok?
5 Ways To Chill Out
People often tell me that I’m a really calm individual. It takes a lot to get me riled up or stressed out. I like to I think it’s because I hail from the land of chill dudes. That’s certainly part of it, but I think that a lot of the time, being chill is a state of mind. I’m no expert in chilling, and I wasn’t always this chill. I used to get paranoid and stressed out about things a lot. So what changed? As I grew older, I realized that a lot of our daily stresses are a result of things that we can control (mainly our attitudes), and when they’re not, we aren’t doing ourselves any favors by dwelling on them.
Interview with Vivica A. Fox: Winner of Luvo’s Celebrity Apprentice Challenge
This past Monday, Luvo was featured on an episode of The Celebrity Apprentice on NBC! Each team was tasked to create a bistro setting to present the Luvo brand, as guests sampled a selection of our frozen entrees. In the end, the women’s team came up victorious in the boardroom.
Kickstart Your Resolutions
So you made a few New Year’s resolutions. Congrats! Way to go. One of them probably has something to do with exercise, another might be reading more European literature from the early 20th Century. But one of the most common—and rewarding—resolutions you likely made has to do with eating healthy food that also tastes great. So why wait for the new year to start? Let’s get going on your resolutions right away with a few recipes for amazing party appetizers that taste great and are good for you too.