Sleep Your Way to Happy and Thin
At this extremely busy time of year, it may seem like even more of a challenge to maintain your weight along with your good attitude. Could it be because you…
At this extremely busy time of year, it may seem like even more of a challenge to maintain your weight along with your good attitude. Could it be because you…
I’m so happy to see that people are becoming so much more aware of the sugar in their diets, and the impact it has on their health. The term “blood…
This week it seemed there was an explosion of information shining the spotlight on the toxic effects of sugar. Not a new battle cry from me, of course. Still, to…
We have a war going on inside of our guts! It is a constant battle between all kinds of bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Do you know what they are all…
If you haven’t yet heard that a high-fiber diet is good for your heart, I would be surprised. For years nutrition experts, including myself, have been telling people to eat…
The bacterium Clostridium difficile (also known as C. diff) is a major pathogenic contributor to the development of antibiotic-associated diarrhea, or diarrhea that results from taking an antibiotic. According to…
Obesogens—a term coined by Bruce Blumberg, a biology professor at the University of California, Irvine in 2006—are dietary, pharmaceutical, or industrial compounds that alter metabolic processes and predispose some people…
It is no secret that sugar is unhealthy. From high blood sugar to diabetes and heart disease, a diet high in sugar has far-reaching effects. But did you know…
Renew You Challenge Let’s start this week off right Here is your newest weekly challenge (I mean opportunity!) to help set you off on the right foot and in the…
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association found a three-fold increase in the metabolic syndrome in children eating the least amount of dietary fiber…