Nutrition
9 Good Reasons to Eat More Salt!
9 Good Reasons to Eat Salt Salt. The salt of the earth. There's a reason for that saying. Salt is vital to life. And it's a vital electrolyte for our bodies to function—without salt, we can die. However, salt is almost always at the top of the “foods to avoid” list....
Estrogen and Your Liver Health
This ONE Nutrient Can Protect You from Fatty Liver Disease There is a silent and serious disease slowly taking over a large portion of our population. Fatty liver disease is becoming increasingly common in many parts of the world—especially the United States. It...
Fuel for Top Athletic Performance
As a competitive cyclist, I am around athletes all the time. It’s amazing to me what some of them eat, drink and fuel their bodies with before, during and after races. The myth of ‘carb loading’ is still there, as well as attempting to fuel with sugary, chemical-laden...
The REAL Reason for Weight Gain
Forget what has been drilled into our heads about calories and fat. Forget the grain and carb-heavy food pyramid. Forget low fat diets! It is carbohydrates and the resulting insulin surges that contribute the most to weight gain. Let me explain: Carbohydrates – it...
What are the Best Fats to Eat?
Are you confused about fats? Which ones are good? Which ones are bad? Avoid them? Eat them? Confusing and conflicting stuff for sure! Recent news headlines: Omega-3 deficiency can cause up to 96,000 deaths per year, say researchers. Omega-3 deficiency is the sixth...
Think Twice Before You Resort to Osteoporosis Medication
My mom has osteoporosis. So do about 52 million men and women over the age of 50. That’s over half of the over 50 population in the United States! And, as population ages, the numbers go up, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation. It’s clear there is...
Health Issues of Modern Diets vs. Traditional Diets
Westin Price was a dentist who lived and worked in the 1930’s. While taking care of his many patients who showed large numbers of dental cavities, he noticed that most of them were eating the basic refined diet of that time. That included foods made with white refined...
Beets and Athletic Performance
What would you think about a natural food that has been scientifically PROVEN to help you work out harder and longer? Remember when your mom used to say, “Eat your beets!” Well, there’s even more reason to now. Although this food has been around for a long time, this...
Don’t Become the Next Victim of Adderall!
I have three teens in college. (Yikes, I know!) They were talking about drug abuse the other day. They were all in complete agreement on this– the most abused drug in high school and college students is the medication for ADD/ADHD, Adderall. This addictive drug is a...
Avoid These Grains!
Cave men didn't eat grains; at least nowhere close to the form we eat today. But our country has been steadily increasing its consumption of grain for the past 30 or more years. Along with that are the rising numbers of obese and overweight people. In the 1970’s, the...
Best Healthy Sweeteners
Our craving for sweets often ruins the most well intentioned lean body plan, and we succumb to chocolates, handfuls of cookies, a slice of cake, a generous scoop of ice cream, or other such decadent fare. The key ingredient in all of these items and essentially most...
Beware the Pink, Yellow or Blue Packets
Diet Sweeteners Make you Fat! Are you using diet sweeteners in hopes that they will help you lose weight? Guess what? Your diet sweeteners may be making you gain weight. Yes, I hate to break it to you, but diet sweeteners can actually make you gain weight, because...
The Super Powerful Spice, Turmeric
Do you like Curry? The rich yellow color of curry comes from a super-spice called Turmeric. Turmeric has been around forever and used in India and other countries for thousands of years as a yellow dye, for delicious spicy curry dishes, and traditional Indian...
Incredible Lipid Panel-YOU Can Do it Too!
I recently had my blood lipid panel done for a physical. My Physician was absolutely blown away, and the results astounded even me! Here are my numbers: Total Cholesterol 192 mg/DL (physicians recommend total cholesterol below 200, but this number is subject to drug...
What They Don’t Tell You About Cholesterol
I talk to so many well-informed, health-conscious people who are concerned about eating a healthy diet, but the one thing that comes up over and over again is this 'cholesterol-phobia' towards cholesterol and saturated fats. And if you pay attention to mainstream...
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