As always, it is always important to read labels because canola oil is found in many salad dressings, mayo, sauces, chips and baked goods and here are my top 12 reasons why you should cut the Canola: Reasons To Cut The Canola 1. No long term studies have ever been done on the safety of consuming…
8 Fertility Foods: get pregnant and have a healthy baby!
Do you wonder about which foods are best for getting pregnant and having a healthy baby. I have been thinking a lot about fertility lately and me and my husband are getting to the point where we want a baby soon. For the past several years I have been working on including plenty of these…
Think Again About Your Protein Bar
Think Again About Your Protein Bar – INGREDIENTS: PROTEIN BLEND (WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, CALCIUM CASEINATE), GLYCERIN, COATING (MALTITOL, PALM KERNEL OIL, COCOA POWDER, MILK FAT, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLA EXTRACT), MALTITOL, COCOA SOY CRISPS (SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, COCOA, TAPIOCA STARCH), COCOA POWDER, GROUND PEANUTS, WATER, CANOLA OIL, NATURAL FLAVORS, SOY LECITHIN. CONTAINS:…
12 Tips to Avoid Overeating
Eating too much has always been a struggle for me since I was a little kid because I never felt full until I was stuffed and then it was too late. I am sure there are many reasons for this like my parents getting divorced when I was three years old which meant I turned…
8 Natural Cold Remedies to Improve Immunity
I never get sick, knock on wood. I used to get a million ear infections as a kid probably because I was allergic to dairy and wheat/gluten which overwhelmed my detoxification systems causing me to have a lot of earaches (and anti-biotics). This week I started feeling like I was getting a cold so I…
11 Natural Ways to Heal and Prevent Heartburn
11 Natural Ways to Heal and Prevent Heartburn – 11 Natural Ways to Heal and Prevent Heartburn Follow an elimination diet: Gluten from grains is the most common food that is causing people heartburn. A good guide to getting off gluten and many other common allergens is a30 Day Detox Diet. Gluten, dairy, soy, and…
10 Simple Ways to Improve Your Sleep
If you have been looking for better Sleep tips then you are in luck because this article will give 10 simple ways. One of the great people I studied in nutrition school was T. S. Wiley who empathizes how vital sleep is to hormones and overall health. “Electricity, the widespread use of the light bulb, the discovery of fire,…
Meet Sandy: Former Type 2 Diabetic
Meet Sandy: Former Type 2 Diabetic Meet Sandy: Former Type 2 Diabetic Sandy Before: I met Sandy at an outdoor boot camp that I was teaching. It was almost as if destiny brought us together because she was 30 minutes late and almost missed the whole class! I liked her right away because she had…
Reasons Beans Are Not Health Food with Baba Ganoush Recipe
I grew up eating black beans and brown rice at least once a week and I was taught this was the height of health food. People in my immediate family believed that authors like John Robbins and Jane Brody were the pinnacle of nutritional know how. I ate a ton of beans all my life…
14 Ways to Overcome Your Sugar Addiction in the New Year
I wanted to give you 14 Ways to Overcome Your Sugar Addiction in this post. Follow these simple steps to get rid of the sugar demons inside: Eat quality meat and eggs from pastured or grass fed animals at each meal to control blood sugar Eat wild fish 3 times a week for omega-3’s that…
8 Reasons to Shun Sugar
8 Reasons to Shun Sugar As I have been addicted to sugar and carbs most of my life, I have to be very careful not overdo it with these foods. I sometimes eat a bit of raw, dark chocolate on special occasions such as birthdays or holidays, although I’m always fighting the impulse to…
10 Reasons I Am Sour on Soy
There are 10 health reasons to avoid soy foods and I am excited to share them with you. Soy products have flooded the market since the vegetarian craze of the 1970’s. It has been touted as a way to save the earth and our own health. I believed this hype and and dove head first…
10 Good Reasons To Give Up Gluten
10 Good Reasons To Give Up Gluten Gluten has been given a bad wrap the past few years and it may seem unwarranted but if you look into it a little further you will see that there is a lot of good reasons to try an elimination diet for a while. The wheat we…
Top 5 Most Common Paleo Weight Loss Mistakes
Paleo is an amazing lifestyle that can help you to regain your natural shape and reverse many health problems. Primal food plans are elimination diets that lower inflammation by removing irritating foods that will help your body promote it’s own healing and weight loss. As a nutritionist I see a lot of people who try do…
10 Reasons to Eat Your Yolks
10 Reasons to Eat Your Yolks – It makes me crazy when people eat egg white omelets in an effort to be healthy. I urge you to eat whole eggs often and cook them with grass fed butter or Virgin Coconut Oil Starting your day with whole eggs will help regulate your blood sugar so…
5 Healthy Foods That Are Ruining Your Weight Loss Efforts
5 Healthy Foods That Are Ruining Your Weight Loss Efforts – 5 Healthy Foods That Are Ruining Your Weight Loss Efforts · Soy Milk– and other soy products contain powerful phytoestrogens that trick the body into storing more fat and disrupting hormones. It has been proven to depress thyroid function which is a main…
6 Tips for Keeping Slim and Trim at Your Next Party
6 Tips for Keeping Slim and Trim at Your Next Party – 6 Tips for Keeping Slim and Trim at Your Next Party As a person who used to be 238 pounds just ten years ago, I know what it like to feel anxious at social events. At parties I used to drink and eat non-stop to…
