3 Easy Steps To Get A Handle on Your Eating
Many individuals trying to lose weight focus on what foods they should avoid, however weight loss is a much bigger picture. It’s not so much what we eat as it is our relationship with food. Simple guidelines to approach weight loss: #1. Hunger cues: How many of you eat when you’re hungry? Most of us eat because it’sbreakfast, lunch or dinner time, so…
How to Keep It Healthy: Foods to Support Detoxification
It’s January and you’re ready for a fresh start. For many the word “detox” comes to mind when thinking about starting a New Year. However, the word “detox” tends to freak us out, because we imagine a diet of nothing but liquids. Good news, you can help your body detox just by eating differently. 1. Cut down on sugar– Consuming high amounts of sugar contributes to inflammation…
Keep Your New Year’s Resolution Lose Weight
This Year Do Things Differently… Happy New Year! This time of year marks a new beginning, a time in which we make resolutions. Why is it that with each passing year we find ourselves making the same absurd promises to ourselves? This year will be different we will actually follow through with our New Year’s resolutions. Resolutions are healthy and productive, however…
How to Keep It Healthy: For Santa
The count down to Christmas is finally here and children around the world will be leaving Santa treats to fuel him for his ride. But don’t forget Santa needs good nutrition too! Just think about how many homes Santa stops at dropping off gifts and drinking a glass of whole milk and two cookies at every stop. Santa will most likely consume more than 7 billion calories…
Is Food Making You Sick? Food Sensitivity Testing May Answer Your Questions!
Is Food making you sick? You may have a food sensitivity! Are you… Feeling tired, bloated, achy, or run down? Getting migraine headaches? Tired of taking expensive medications that don’t work and leave you with undesirable side effects? Frustrated because you keep visiting your doctor but still can’t find a solution that takes your symptoms away? Registered Dietitian Wendy Crump is now…
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,…
Back To School: Healthy Lunches for Kids
Ways to Add Nutrition to Your Child’s Lunch Box It’s that time again, get ready, get set and go pack those lunches because the kids are going back to school. Like so many moms, you’re once again faced with searching through the refrigerator and cupboard grabbing for anything you can find; often unappealing, dull and not necessarily nutritious. Planning lunches can be easy by following…
How to Keep It Healthy: Sushi Style
Sushi a “light” fare? Sushi a traditional Japanese cuisine has gained popularity, and is thought of by many people as a light and lean meal option; however some of its health benefits were lost when they “Americanized” sushi and added mayo sauces and deep-fried the rolls. Tips to keep sushi healthy: 1: Skip the tempura roll. A nice fancy name for “fried”…
To Be Or Not To Be Gluten Free?
You may have noticed going gluten-free is the new craze. It seems as though everybody these days is on a gluten-free diet and almost everyone you know has self-diagnosed as having gluten intolerance. Going gluten-free seems to be the cure to almost every health problem. Many people might feel better, experience less digestive distress by giving up gluten containing foods, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that gluten…
What’s the Skinny on Halloween Candy? <100 Calorie Halloween Treats
Frightened of Halloween Candy? Don’t Be! Here are some Halloween treats low in calories. 100 Calorie Halloween Treats • 2 snack size snicker bars- 90 calories, 4 grams fat, 12 grams sugar • 1 tootsie roll pop-60 calories, 0 gram fat, 10 grams sugar • 2 mini reese’s cups- 80 calories, 5 grams fat, 10 grams sugar • 7 gummi bears- 70 calories,…