With two out of three months of the first quarter passed, and one week into the last month, now is a great time to evaluate your New Year’s resolutions! If you’ve fallen off the bandwagon, don’t despair. You are not alone. Many Americans attempt to live healthier lifestyles beginning January 1 of each year. [...]
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Clean Up Your Diet, Eat Less Junk, Stay Healthy
Consider this statement from Nutrition doc David Katz, “Eating well is part of the formula that can reduce our risk of ANY major chronic disease by 80%” and you’ll understand the case for natural foods. It’s true, we are what we eat. The average adult loses about 300 BILLION cells each day due to aging [...]
A Reason to Enjoy Chocolate–For Your Health!
If you love chocolate like I do, you like to find justifcation for your favorite vice. So just in time for Valentine’s Day, allow me to share a few benefits of indulging in chocolate!
You’ve probably heard the real benefits are found in dark chocolate or cacao…which is loaded with antioxidants. Antioxidants are important because [...]
3 Steps to Stay Younger, Gain Energy and Lower Disease, Part II
To recap Monday’s blog, we talked about 3 simple steps for a longer, healthier life: move your body, eat your superfoods and stimulate your mind.
Today we will talk about #2–eat your superfoods– in a little more detail. Yes, my friends I am talking about eating your veggies. You can begin by working in at least [...]
Dietary Golden Rules
Last week, I attended a wellness seminar by Dr. Marynn Prewitt of Aesthetic Elegance Med Spa and Women’s Health Clinic (www.theGiftofElegance.com ). Much of what she talked about–the importance of muscle and resistance workouts–I’ve covered in earlier blogs. However, her “Golden Rules” for nutrition were wonderful little nuggets worth repeating.
*NEVER miss a meal, especially [...]
Stay Full & Lose Weight, Part II
Earlier this week, we talked about some simple strategies to help keep you on the track with weight maintenance or weight loss. Today, let’s continue that conversation with a few more ideas that are easy to implement.
1. Eat off a plate in stead of eating straight out of a large box or bag. This goes [...]
Stay Full & Lose Weight
Looking for effective ways to stay on track with your diet and weight loss goals? Here are a few simple strategies to help you get there–gathered from researchers at colleges around the U.S.
1. Pay attention. Really, you say? You betcha, instead of wolfing down your meal, slow down and note the color, texture, smell [...]