Brain Boosting Foods to Add to Any Meal

Once upon a time, people looked at proper nutrition as a pathway to weight loss. And while it is a key component of that, today people want more from their food — and rightfully so! The good news is healthy whole foods are happy to oblige! Or at least it would appear they do because there are so many incredible benefits of eating whole foods for mind and body.

January 30, 2023

Staying Healthy Through the Holidays

Just like that Halloween is over and now it’s full speed ahead to Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hannukah, New Year’s Eve and many other occasions that are often centered around food, drinks and okay a little overindulgence. (Eat, drink and be merry, right?). But the onset of the holidays does not have to derail a healthy lifestyle… and it shouldn’t have to mean sitting that merriment out either.

January 30, 2023

Loving Food that Loves the Body Back

Food enthusiasts can likely relate to the term “I love food.” Who doesn’t? But living a healthy lifestyle requires people to love food that “loves them back,” a term that Dr. Daniel G. Amen, a longtime psychiatrist and brain health specialist, uses to help patients understand their relationship with food.

January 30, 2023

Staving off Holiday Stress

The holidays are here! And while these are joyous times — with family, friends, fun and celebrating —the holidays can also be quite stressful and hectic. Holiday time needn’t derail any positive lifestyle habits and be the cause of added stress or even depression. Koibito Poke offers some easy tips to stave off stress during this season.

January 30, 2023

Sleep: A Key Component to Health

Most health-conscious people know that eating healthful, whole foods and keeping active are two of the most straightforward ways to promote a long and healthy life. But one of the “sleepers” to a healthy lifestyle is also quality rest.

January 30, 2023

Eating with the Seasons

Though fall arrived back in September, the weather just recently got the memo here in the valley. And with this enviable weather, Phoenicians are getting outside more and also turning to the produce of the season. In-peak produce of the fall harvest includes all kinds of that are healthy and delicious.

January 30, 2023

Healthy Holiday Indulgences

This is the season to throw healthy habits to the wind (at least until New Year’s Day), right? Not so! There is no reason to abandon one’s healthy routine in the name of “it’s the holidays!” … and there is also no need to deprive oneself either. Everything in moderation, as they say! But rather than focusing on food indulgences this year, why not redirect the holiday “indulgences” to experiences that are healthy for mind, body and soul.

January 30, 2023

Health Benefits of Eating Whole Foods

Each New Year, many Americans resolve to lose weight, exercise more and become healthier overall. According to a recent article on Forbes’ website, 33 percent of people polled cited “improved diet” as a top resolution, topped by “weight loss” (37 percent) and “improved fitness” (39 percent). A whopping 45 percent cited “improved mental health” to be a top resolution. But the fact is all these things go hand in hand.

January 30, 2023

Tips for Making and Keeping Realistic Resolutions

With another new year rapidly approaching there is no need to feel pressure to become a totally “new you” at the stroke of midnight. In fact, the sheer number of resolutions that people make and the amount of pressure they feel to transform themselves in the New Year are two of the biggest reasons why people abandon their New Year aspirations by February.

January 30, 2023

Easy Tip for Eating More Real Food

Let’s get real. After all, it’s kind of the motto at Koibito Poke — the concept is focused on healthy food that is satisfying, delicious and 100 percent real. So ok, it’s easy to eat real at Koibito Poke (and the options are really endless to create a customized poke bowl chock full of real foods), but what about the rest of the time?

January 30, 2023