Happy and Healthy, The Heather Way

You did it! You made it through 2015 and are ready to ring in the new year. You may have just experienced the best year ever or you may be glad to see it go. Either way, you probably will join billions of people around the world who will be celebrating into the wee hours of the morning. Whether you are having a party, going to a big hotel bash, or visiting family and friends, it is easy to overdo new years. You get caught up in the party atmosphere and kissing your loved one at midnight. There's cocktails throughout the evening capped off by a champagne toast when the ball drops. You forget all about the consequences of this....until the next morning. You wake up to a headache, an upset stomach, cotton mouth, and an overall feeling of the flu....the brown bottle flu. It's called a hangover and you probably remember it from your carefree college days. The kids need breakfast and there are football games to watch so what to you do. The experts at Labdoor.com  have put ...

I was in a major drug store yesterday just days after Christmas and just days before New Year's Eve and already the store was changing over to items to help you with some of those health related New Year's resolutions that you may be contemplating. One display of items caught my eye and brought this debate up in my mind once again: to detox or not to detox after the over indulgences of the holidays? A detox or a cleanse is like spring cleaning for your body. During the holidays and quite frankly though out the entire year we consume food that leaves toxins in our body. We also ingest toxins from medications and even the air that we breathe. Our body is a machine and when we become overrun by toxins our machine, like any other, will not perform optimally. Our bodies detox everyday naturally but especially during the holidays when moderation is not necessarily the theme, we can become overly toxic. You may feel tired, bloated, sluggish, and lose concentration. Do these sound ...

You've spent weeks, days, and hours planning a perfect holiday celebration only to have the day go south at the dinner table. The turkey may be perfectly browned and the ham perfectly glazed but if the conversation is a bust it just won't matter. I have put together 5 things you should never ask someone at the holiday dinner table in order to keep peace on earth and the day merry and bright.