http://www.steviva.com Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:11:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.steviva.com/informational/the-truth-about-gluten/ http://www.steviva.com/informational/the-truth-about-gluten/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:09:14 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1850 separating the wheat from the chaff If you are already avoiding gluten then you have something in common with NFL quarterback Drew Brees and Cyclist Tom Danielson, a record-breaking member of the Garmin-Transitions team. Both have been gluten free for the past two years. Going gluten free has become big business. Sales of gluten-free products [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/informational/the-truth-about-gluten/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/informational/how-paula-deen-and-others-could-make-a-difference/ http://www.steviva.com/informational/how-paula-deen-and-others-could-make-a-difference/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:45:02 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1846 educating the public on diabetes and more Last weekend Steviva Brands and Trinity Hill Farms attended the American Diabetes, Diabetes Expo in Portland, Oregon. There were several cooking demonstrations and one in particular stuck me as interesting; that was the cooking demo by Bobby Deen, the son of Type II Diabetic and celebrity chef Paula [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/informational/how-paula-deen-and-others-could-make-a-difference/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/motivational/face-the-music/ http://www.steviva.com/motivational/face-the-music/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:01:40 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1843 the healing and motivational qualities of music I have traveled abroad quite a bit and what I found is the common thread between all persons on this earth is music. Sheet music is the same here as it is in China, Russia Africa everywhere. Music is our common language. Music moves our souls. It can [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/motivational/face-the-music/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/informational/keeping-a-health-heart/ http://www.steviva.com/informational/keeping-a-health-heart/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:56:46 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1841 four habits to keep it pumping It’s almost Valentines Day, and hopefully you are feeling loved! The heart in the human body functionally serves as a circulation pump with an electrical impulses, using sodium, potassium, and calcium contracting the muscle and sending blood, oxygen and vital nutrients all through out the body. Heart disease is [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/informational/keeping-a-health-heart/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/motivational/silencing-the-committee-2/ http://www.steviva.com/motivational/silencing-the-committee-2/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:15:33 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1839 10 tips on terminating negative internal dialog Let’s face it, we all battle the little voices in our head that second guess what we are doing or offer criticism for what we have done. I encountered a little bit of it myself yesterday. I decided to explore from where that little critical voice originated. English [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/motivational/silencing-the-committee-2/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/informational/seasonal-affective-disorder/ http://www.steviva.com/informational/seasonal-affective-disorder/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:04:32 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1837 three changes you can make to help fend off S.A.D. Do you feel sad? Perhaps you tell your friends your feeling “blue” back in the day, a perhaps common idiom. Since it is winter and the days have been shorter, with less sunlight, some can acquire or express this syndrome of depression like symptoms, seasonally. [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/informational/seasonal-affective-disorder/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/alec-baldwins-war-on-weight-gain/ http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/alec-baldwins-war-on-weight-gain/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:44:32 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1833 turning around impending diabetes How many of you read about Alec Baldwin? Well, if you didn’t here’s the skinny. He went to the doctor for a check up and the prognosis was he was heading down the path of Type II Diabetes. Flash forward four months. Have you seen him lately? He dropped over 30 [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/alec-baldwins-war-on-weight-gain/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/informational/cut-your-cancer-risk/ http://www.steviva.com/informational/cut-your-cancer-risk/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:28:56 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1830 three changes you can make today to cut your risk This week the CDC came out with a report relinquishing statistics that the US population falls short with cancer screening. Much of the report is discussing women’s cancers such as cancer and breast, and colon cancer which affects men as well. To give you an [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/informational/cut-your-cancer-risk/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/motivational/living-in-gratitude/ http://www.steviva.com/motivational/living-in-gratitude/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:24:01 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1828 being thankful to all that is for all that is Our lives can be such a treasure trove of rich and beautiful experiences if we just allow it into our lives. For some of us this process might not be completely clear considering circumstances that may surround us. This is where faith comes in; the [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/motivational/living-in-gratitude/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/informational/immune-health/ http://www.steviva.com/informational/immune-health/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:24:46 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1824 five ways to boost your immune system Your immune system is located through out your entire body, much of it is in your “gut” as a part of the GALT (Gut Associated Lymphatic Tissue). One could say that “the road to good health is paved to good intestines” as Naturopathic doctors often teach. Thus your [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/informational/immune-health/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/informational/not_all_those_who_wander_lost/ http://www.steviva.com/informational/not_all_those_who_wander_lost/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:16:48 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1821 Not all those who wander are lost. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien Countless times we have all heard a friend or colleague say if only I had a new job or new partner, new house… infinitum. And thus the never ending conundrum of always wanting what believe we can not have. A wise sage once told me [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/informational/not_all_those_who_wander_lost/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/declaring-war-on-weight-gain/ http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/declaring-war-on-weight-gain/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:08:07 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1818 five easy steps to win the battle of the bulge It’s a war out there and the battle is the battle of the bulge. The one around your waist and butt. We are here to help you in your battle to be better. Therefore we are declaring war on waiting gain. Here’s a good battle [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/declaring-war-on-weight-gain/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/look-and-feel-better/ http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/look-and-feel-better/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:17:44 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1816 5 ways to slim down January is almost half over and have you made some headway on your resolution to get in better shape, by decreasing fat and increasing muscle? Weight loss is often a common thing at the start of a new year, it is a clean slate to leave old patterns behind and [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/look-and-feel-better/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/motivational/listening-to-your-intuition/ http://www.steviva.com/motivational/listening-to-your-intuition/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:10:01 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1813 5 Ways to tap into and trust your intuition Listening to your intuition is one of the most powerful assets you can carry in your saving account of personal development tools. But, it is one of the most difficult to tap into. Most of us do not trust our intuition fully. Not because our intuition [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/motivational/listening-to-your-intuition/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/breaking-the-habits-that-make-you-fat/ http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/breaking-the-habits-that-make-you-fat/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:08:49 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1811 little decisions that can take you from fat to fit According to recent research, the average person makes 200 decisions every day that will influence his or her weight. And most of these decisions aren’t monumental choices, most, in fact, are small choices, habits if you will, that over time can take us to two [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/breaking-the-habits-that-make-you-fat/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/motivational/battle-scars/ http://www.steviva.com/motivational/battle-scars/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:23:37 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1808 healing the wounds from our past We all have them. From the actual scars that our warriors have both mental and physical to the traumas each one of has experienced on our journeys through this life. Most of us carry these with us until the end and a few of us find a way to [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/motivational/battle-scars/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/exchanging-the-gift-of-holiday-weight-gain/ http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/exchanging-the-gift-of-holiday-weight-gain/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:57:20 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1805 9 easy tips to get you skinny in the new year If you are like me then you are looking to drop your holiday weight gain. Here are a few tips to help you say good bye and good reddens to your gut. Eat eggs for breakfast. A study in Nutrition Research found that people [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/exchanging-the-gift-of-holiday-weight-gain/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/motivational/out-with-the-resolutions-and-in-with-a-promise/ http://www.steviva.com/motivational/out-with-the-resolutions-and-in-with-a-promise/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:03:12 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1802 the one promise you must keep It seems that every New Year’s Eve I go through the routine of outlining my goals for the next year followed by a thorough and scrutinous review of the previous year’s goals and what I did and did not achieve. So much has happened in my world as well [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/motivational/out-with-the-resolutions-and-in-with-a-promise/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/informational/a-new-year-and-a-healthier-you/ http://www.steviva.com/informational/a-new-year-and-a-healthier-you/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:56:28 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1798 important health screening you should be considering Today can be gleamed at as the first day of the rest of your life, the turn of the calendar and a new page and start for you! What story do you want to be written for yourself in 2012? Are  you making some healthy new years resolutions, [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/informational/a-new-year-and-a-healthier-you/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/motivational/festivities-fun-health-happiness/ http://www.steviva.com/motivational/festivities-fun-health-happiness/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:03:58 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1794 three important ingredients in the formula of a quality life It is the time of year when we are gathering with friends and family for different festivities intended to be full of fun, however they sometimes lead us to stress simultaneously. Stress is different for each person, but for everyone it can wreak havoc on [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/motivational/festivities-fun-health-happiness/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/informational/out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new/ http://www.steviva.com/informational/out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:58:50 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1792 using the new year as a springboard for renewal 2011 was certainly a very intense year. It was filled with protest and strife for some of the world. For others maybe 2011 was a good year but, regardless of the quality of your year, in the next few days we bid a farewell to 2011 [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/informational/out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/informational/in-the-spirit-of-giving/ http://www.steviva.com/informational/in-the-spirit-of-giving/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:24:26 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1790 5 gifts of health Have you heard the saying “if you don’t have health, you don’t have anything?” Well, it is true! If you are too sick, you won’t be able to enjoy your free time, family, friends, or your finances. Americans are very giving, to their work, their family, philanthropy,etc, but there comes a [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/informational/in-the-spirit-of-giving/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/holida-portion-control/ http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/holida-portion-control/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:20:50 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1788 how watching portions will allow you holiday sweets and treats Tis the season where sweets and treats are abundant, tempting and in your face at the office, home, friends and just about everywhere. We are hit with a slew of temptations from now until the New Year making it harder to stick with exercise and [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/holida-portion-control/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/thinking-and-inking-yuletide-eating-habits/ http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/thinking-and-inking-yuletide-eating-habits/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:44:31 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1786 a simple method in modifying holiday eating behavior Are you thinking about eating that piece of fudge? The simple act of writing it down will help you think twice before acting, something that may be especially helpful this time of year. Now’s the perfect time to find a pen and pad and start logging your [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/thinking-and-inking-yuletide-eating-habits/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/informational/basics-for-back-health/ http://www.steviva.com/informational/basics-for-back-health/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:08:57 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1745 4 tips to keep a strong spine You’ve may of heard this line before, but once again, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure! This same philosophy is well applied when it comes to injury in the musculoskeletal system. Many back injuries occur on the job, and most often for health care [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/informational/basics-for-back-health/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/motivational/breezing-through-the-holidays-with-a-positive-mental-attitude-2/ http://www.steviva.com/motivational/breezing-through-the-holidays-with-a-positive-mental-attitude-2/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:00:12 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1742 ho ho how a positive mental attitude can affect your health and holiday Nothing else contributes as much to one’s sense of well being and health as a positive mental attitude especially during the holidays. A Positive Mental Attitude (PMA) can make a crucial difference to our lives. The difference between brooding over our problems [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/motivational/breezing-through-the-holidays-with-a-positive-mental-attitude-2/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/quick-and-easy-low-sugar-baked-apples/ http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/quick-and-easy-low-sugar-baked-apples/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:44:37 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1722 Serves: 4 Serving Size: 1 baked apple Carbs Per Serving: 2.6 g Prep Time: Skill Level: Easy Ingredients: 4 large good baking apples, such as Rome Beauty, Golden Delicious, or Jonagold (google cooking apple varieties) 1 teaspoon molasses 1/4 cup Fructevia, Steviva Blend or tiny dash Steviva Brands Pure Stevia Powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/quick-and-easy-low-sugar-baked-apples/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/quick-and-simple-low-sugar-autumn-harvest-salad/ http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/quick-and-simple-low-sugar-autumn-harvest-salad/#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:46:41 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1718 Quick and Simple Low Sugar Autumn Harvest Salad Serves: 4 Serving Size: 1 1/2 cup Carbs Per Serving: 2.6 g Prep Time:<20 minutes Skill Level: Easy Ingredients: Vinaigrette Dressing: 1/4 cup white wine vinegar 1/4 cup olive oil 2 tablespoons minced chives 1/2 tablespoon Fructevia, Steviva Blend or tiny dash Steviva Brands Pure Stevia Powder [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/quick-and-simple-low-sugar-autumn-harvest-salad/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/steviva-brands-say-that-support-from-family-holds-the-key-to-beating-the-holiday-bulge/ http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/steviva-brands-say-that-support-from-family-holds-the-key-to-beating-the-holiday-bulge/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:28:21 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1716 Holidays are a time for family and friends, but also present the perfect opportunity to keep off the weight – says Steviva Brands President. Celebrating a holiday is always a special occasion. But for dieters – the coming together of family and friends can lead to weight gain, lack of motivation and overeating all of [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/diet-articles/steviva-brands-say-that-support-from-family-holds-the-key-to-beating-the-holiday-bulge/feed/ 0 http://www.steviva.com/recipes/going-nutty-for-holiday-nuts-2/ http://www.steviva.com/recipes/going-nutty-for-holiday-nuts-2/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:10:02 +0000 Site Admin http://www.steviva.com/?p=1713 sustaining and high in omegas going nuts make sense There is nothing more satisfying than eating walnuts, pecans and almonds during the holidays. They are totally delicious. Nuts a great source of plant based protein which makes them ideal for vegans and omnivores alike. They are high in fiber, antioxidants and full of monounsaturated, polyunsaturated [...]]]> http://www.steviva.com/recipes/going-nutty-for-holiday-nuts-2/feed/ 0