Gail Posner’s Nutrition While You Shop Recap

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We all know that sugar is bad for us. We know we should limit our fat intake. We know we need to eat more fruits and vegetables and add more fiber into our diets. We know this, yet we keep reaching for those sweet and salty treats. Sometimes, we just need a reminder. Last week, [...]

Best Ways to Stop Food Cravings Once and For All

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Strengthen your will power, but how? One reason most diets fail is that long-term goals can be overwhelmingly difficult: When the plan is to watch what you eat for the next six months, drinking one caramel latte with whipped cream seems like a minor slip. To avoid that kind of thinking, commit to eating well [...]

Start the New Year Off Right with This Healthy Fat!

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For years people have avoided coconut oil thinking it to be a “harmful” saturated fat. Moreover, many people avoid fats all together thinking they are going to make them fat. In fact, our bodies need fats to properly function, especially good fats such as coconut oil. The culprits that are making us fat are processed [...]

“The Clean 15″ – 15 Foods That Don’t Need to Be Organic

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Kick your healthy new year off with good news about some of your favorite conventional fruits and vegetables! When you hit the grocery store this week be sure to fill your shopping cart with nutrient dense “power produce.” Read all about it: The Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) Shoppers Guide to Pesticides discusses fruits and vegetables that are [...]

How to Survive The Holiday Eating Season (It’s Not Too Late!)

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Lots of folks don’t think about what they eat over the holiday season until January, when they stare sadly at the number on the scale and then trudge off to hit the gym, join Weight Watchers or pick up the latest fad diet book. It doesn’t have to be that way. Health experts say you [...]

Belly Fat – Getting Rid of It

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According to some recent studies on weight loss, eating low carb may have benefits even beyond weight loss. During an 8 week regimen that was designed to achieve weight maintenance and then an 8 week weight-loss plan, overweight people followed a diet containing either 43% carbs or 55% carbs and less fat. During the maintenance [...]

10 Healthy Reasons to Eat Chili

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Chili has long been thought of as a greasy, fat filled meal that no health conscious person would be caught eating. Not so anymore. Chili has become a wonderful dish full of healthy nutrients for your body, and it definitely fits into today’s healthy diets. The top 10 healthy reasons for eating a bowl of [...]

Cancer And Diet Go Hand in Hand

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Cancer is largely attributable to the cumulative impact of toxins on our systems. External factors such as polluted air, water and food chemicals, along with pesticides on our food, play a major role. Heavy metals like mercury that is in many immunizations and flu shots plus immunological weakness come into play as well as PSYCHOLOGICAL [...]

The 100 Foods Dr. Oz Wants in Your Shopping Cart

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It’s the only grocery list you’ll ever need. Dr. Oz covers everything from produce to desserts to keep your kitchen stocked with only the healthiest foods. Print this list and take it on your next trip to the supermarket. Courtesy of the Dr. Oz Show. You may also like: Vitamin B12 -The Forgotten Energy B [...]

Traditional Chinese Medicine and Autumn

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As the first few weeks of fall our upon us, we will begin to notice many changes occurring in our environment. The temperature drops, the winds bring a chill foreshadowing the winter ahead, and the trees put on a lovely display of colors before dropping their leaves to conserve their energy for the cold months [...]