How To: Keep Your Little Ones Healthy During Summer
As the end of the school year is nearing and summertime is just around the corner, I am sure many of you are busy making plans for your children over the summer. Whether it is enrolling your kids in camp, summer school or just letting them hangout at home, we need to begin planning for the summer. Although schools have gotten a…
6 Vegetables You Probably Aren’t Eating and Should
The majority of people not only fail to meet the daily dose of recommended vegetables, but actually consume less than two of the three to five servings that they should each day. The ones that do eat vegetables, are often eating the least nutritious (potatoes in the form of french fries, tomatoes in the form of ketchup, and iceberg lettuce). Variety is essential to…
How To: Enjoy Guilt-Free Birthday Parties for your Little Ones
Are you like me and cringe simply thinking about the foods served at children’s birthday parties? Sugary treats, multiple handfuls of salty chips, and unhealthy juice punches to name a few. While these tasty treats are fine to eat once in a while, kids can overload on these nutritional no-no’s if they attend a birthday bash weekly, as our kids so often do…
6 Reasons Your “Diet” Isn’t Working
Have you been struggling to lose weight? Have you “plateaued” or have you not even reached a peak yet? There are many reasons why your “diet” isn’t working, and mainly it can be because you are dieting, restricting, and putting your body into starvation mode. These 6 tips will help get you rev your metabolism back into shape, and hopefully, put…
Nutritionally Fit Meal Plans: Low Cal
Not seeing the results despite all the time in the gym? Diet is a large part of weight loss. Following a customized meal plan helps eliminate the guess work. Here’s a sample 1 day meal plan by Wendy Crump, R.D. Want to learn more about meal plans? Contact Wendy!
4 Ways to Hit Your Goal Weight for Summer
The season for shedding layers and showing a little more skin is finally here. While you may think you’re doing all you can to drop a couple pounds (sticking to your diet, exercising excessively, and skipping out on dessert), there are probably other, less visible factors that you aren’t taking into account. Here’s a couple things to think about that may be…
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…
The More You Know: 100 Calorie Snacks
Are you on a diet and think that snacking packs on the pounds? It’s the type and size of your snacks that can keep you from shedding weight. Wendy offers some great 100 Calorie Snack ideas so you can stay healthy and lose those inches! (Reminder: ALWAYS read the nutrition label to make sure the calories are in line with those posted…