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How to create the perfect healthy breakfast

Over the last 5 years, I've transformed from a night owl into a morning freak. When I say freak, I mean that in the sense that I obsess about every last detail of my routine. I've written before on the big picture, so check that out for perspective. Today, we drill into my favorite part of the morning, which is breakfast. Here’s my daily breakfast, based on a balanced diet, that ticks all the boxes from macros to micronutrients and taste. I’ve also included health benefits, recipes, calorie counts, and macros for all dishes.

Diet, Fasting, Health, WellnessAki RaninOctober 16, 2020 Comment

3 Tips on How to Not Stress Eat

Have you experienced being seated on a couch after a long tiring work week, staring out the horizon while holding a bag of your favourite crisps and just mindlessly munching away with every bite building up to unparalleled comfort, then realizing you’ve just emptied the entire pack in minutes, yet you’re craving for more?

DietNiko RatalaJuly 3, 2020 Comment

5 Low-Calorie Snack Ideas for Lockdown

With over 50 days in lockdown, you find yourself getting used to a new set of habits: a work from home set-up, a grocery shopping routine turned into a walking exercise and the pleasure of preparing your own meals. In fact, you probably cooked more meals yourself the last 50 days compared to the last 5 years.

And with time needed for commuting to work, socializing with friends, shopping in malls significantly reduced – lockdown presents quite a hefty amount of time, a luxury that most of us never had so much of before.

DietNiko RatalaJune 9, 2020Comment

Lockdown Diaries 2: King of Superfood Smoothies

Elevating my #quarantinebreakfast to hipster coffee shop level has been one of the best ways to bring joy to the (otherwise relatively dull) quarantine life and supercharge me for the day. The most essential part of this hipster coffee experience is my smoothie. The emperor, no, the KING of smoothies.

In this post Laura shares her legendary green smoothie recipe.

DietLaura RaninMay 28, 2020Comment

Calorie counting - a healthy habit?

In the world of healthy habits, we often hear about workouts, mindfulness, sleep, recovery, and nutrition. And truth is - a truly healthy life is a nice combination of all of these and much more. A big part of healthy living is understanding what we should actually eat in order to optimize our health and wellbeing.

Diet, Health, WellnessNiko RatalaMay 13, 2020Comment

Engineering the perfect morning for Wellness and Longevity

For years now, I’ve been seeking the perfect morning routine. Before you dismiss this whole thing because you’re not a morning person, let me disclose, neither am I. That’s mostly why I’ve become obsessed with it. It doesn’t come naturally to me. I must plan to win.