Your Best Health and Wellness Online

Well Thanksgiving has come and gone and yet again I am sure most of us have eaten a little too much of what should not have. I am fortunate to have had a wonderful meal prepared for me with organic and natural food used as much as possible. Still the tendency to over eat is still there.  As a result I started to look for some good tips on how to better control what we eat over the Holiday season.  After all there is a reason that the number one New Years Resolution is to lose weight.

One site I found with good information is 7 Tips For Eating Healthy During the Holidays. I liked the tips that they proposed with some exceptions.  When they say thicken with Corn Starch versus Cream simply due to calories I always consider the source and quality of the calories. Remember to stay way from processed foods as much as possible. A good organic cream is healthier for you than processed corn starch any day.

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After my little post about saving money by using a Co-op I was informed that there are also more ways to save money. How? Well by volunteering at one!

One of our future contributors mentioned that she volunteers every time there is a chance. Why volunteer? Well since the organic buying club she belongs to are 100% volunteer based, it is just a good thing to do. Someone has to separate out all the deliverables into the individual packets to be handed to all the organic buying club members. So why does this help save more money?

Well by using volunteers the buying club or co-op does not have to spend money for employees hence the food stays cheaper. But it gets better than that! At her buying club the volunteers get to save 15.00 dollars off their individual bags for helping that week! How awesome is that?

Not awesome enough you say? They also have to separate out the slightly damaged food, but they don’t throw it away. Any volunteers that might want it, can have it by splitting it amongst themselves. This means any bruised fruit or vegetables that are still good get to be added to the volunteers now cheaper bag. Also some volunteers do not like certain foods and they usually have left overs.. that’s right.. The other volunteers get to split it amongst themselves!

In the end she says she usually gets two or three bags of food, while providing a needed service and for a cheaper price than normal. It really pays to volunteer!

If you have any further tips on using a coop or any comments on this article please share it below. We would love to hear from you!

In these tough economic times it can be so hard to stay healthy.  I see more and more of my friends and co-workers cutting back on healthy food purchases and buying cheaper more processed foods.  So, is it possible to save money and eat healthy?

Luckily the answer is a resounding yes! One of the goals of our site is to show you how you can save money while staying healthy. While it is tempting to cheat a little here and there it is possible to save a few dollars on your organic food purchases.
The first way that we have found that works very well for my family is by a local Organic Food Buyers Club.  What this club does is provide a way for locally grown organic food to be distributed directly from the growers to the buyers while avoiding the middle man. Sometimes these clubs are also called coops or co-ops.  No matter what it is called you can get your healthy fruits and vegetables much cheaper than by going to your local healthy food market.

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Welcome to Your Best Health and Wellness Online! This is where we (and I do say we as there is a team of people behind this blog) will be providing you all sorts of information on how to live your best life yet. We believe that by eating healthy and following some simple healthy lifestyle tips you can begin to achieve just that!

Some of the things you can expect to find here are:

• Organic food information
• Alternative medicine information (truth and false information)
• Exercise tips
• Information on how to fight common problems like Candida
• Healthy home tips
• Financial tips because we believe health and wellness also means in your wallet
• Happiness tips - real health and wealth begins with you and your happiness

There may be more as we grow. If there are any topics of interest, please let us know. We welcome all comments.