by Vicky Garcia | May 1, 2014 | Blog, Nutrition
After you eat a meal or snack, your blood sugar levels rise and then decrease. You can start to feel tired if your blood sugar levels get too low. Snacks can prevent your blood sugar levels from dropping too much between meals. While sugary snacks can lead to sugar... 
by Vicky Garcia | Mar 31, 2014 | Blog, Recipe
Mexican Quinoa There are too many {wonderful} words to describe Mexican Quinoa: delicious. healthy. colorful. fresh. flavorful. easy and very important, HEALTHY!!! Load with protein and very Yummy!!!. It’s versatile enough to be a main dish or a side dish; and whether... 
by Vicky Garcia | Mar 24, 2014 | Blog, Fitness
20140324-223716.mov Resistance bands offer numerous workout benefits. When you use resistance bands, you improve your balance, strengthen isolated muscle groups, prevent injuries and challenge yourself increasingly and gradually. To some of my clients that have to go... 
by Vicky Garcia | Jan 7, 2014 | Blog, Nutrition
Salt is sodium plus chloride. Both are minerals. Salt is made up of 40% sodium and 60% chloride. It’s that 40% that causes so much concern among doctors today. Their findings point to the dangers of people overdoing salt intake in their daily diets. High blood... 
by Vicky Garcia | Dec 17, 2013 | Blog, Nutrition
All digestible simple sugars and starches eventually get converted to glucose in our body. Most types of cells use glucose as their main fuel source. After we eat sugars or starches, our blood glucose level rises. This signals our body to produce insulin, a hormone,...