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10 Tips for a Healthy Holiday: 4th Of July

Summer is here! Don’t let the holiday or vacation get in the way of a healthy celebration! Here are 10 tips for a Healthy 4th of July!   1. Grill with Care:  Remember that you can’t tell just by looking when meat is done. Invest in a quality food thermometer and make sure you follow the temperature guides provided by foodsafety.gov. 2….

Butter or Margarine, Which One is a Healthier Choice?

A question commonly asked by many of my patients is what should they use margarine or butter? Margarine is a vegetable oil based substitute for butter with added chemicals to make it tastier and easier to spread.  Hydrogen has been added to the vegetable oil to make it a more spreadable product, producing an unhealthy product. The processing involved to harden the…

How to Keep it Healthy: Thanksgiving

Be Your Healthiest This Thanksgiving Don’t let the temptation of a Thanksgiving feast ruin your healthy diet.  Try these suggestions for a healthy Thanksgiving meal. Tips for a Healthy Thanksgiving 1: Watch your portions. Take it easy with the carb-laden dishes such as stuffing and mashed potatoes. A serving of most carb-containing foods is: 1 small dinner roll, ½ cup mashed potatoes,…

Eat to Control Your Blood Sugar

Eating to Control Your Blood Sugar Eating to control your blood sugar isn’t just for people with diabetes; it is an important way to reduce your risk of heart disease, diabetes and it promotes satiety, increased energy and weight loss. I’m a big fan of prevention, so I’m on board with the idea that we should all eat as though we have diabetes. Controlling blood sugar…

Beyond Breakfast: Countless Ways to Use Greek Yogurt

Greek yogurt a fantastic food that can be used in recipes to decrease calories, pump up the calcium, protein and reduce fat. Greek yogurt is high in protein and calcium with the added benefit of helping you feel full longer.  A full tummy is a happy tummy and  in turn lead to weight loss. Here are some great ways to add Greek…

Tip: Spice Up Your Morning with Oatmeal!

Spice Up Your Morning with a Delectable Bowl of Oatmeal Multiple Ways to Turn Ordinary Oats into Out of the Ordinary Delicious! It’s 1030 am and your stomach starts to growl, problem is those hungerpangs tend to come at the most inconvenient time, you’re busy at work, or just too busy to drop everything to eat. Often times when this happens you find yourself…

Holiday Wonders: Tips on How To Avoid The Holiday Bulge!

The holidays are here! I’m already getting lots of people calling me making appointments for after the holidays. Great, but it’s the “holiday mindset” that gets people into trouble. One of the best and worst things about the holidays is the food. We are dazzled when thinking about the extravagant spreads, seasonal foods and delectable treats. Then come January you spend months trying to get those nasty…

Nutrition Apps to Help Your Daily Health!

Nutrition Apps, too Many to Choose From! Are you ready to get a hold of the perfect nutrition app? Try finding a nutrition app and inevitably you will be bombarded with a whole lot of choices. Lifestyle apps are rapidly becoming the “go-to” for nutrition advice. But with hundreds to choose from and not all created equal, consumers find themselves completely confused…

To Juice or Not To Juice…

    Should I Be Juicing? When I first went into private practice, juicing was considered extreme. But in the past few years, juicing has taken on a whole new meaning. Juicing is currently believed to be the best way and only way that gets the junk out of your body and restores the body to a healthier state. Now it seems…