29 Jul Tip 60- Sugar and Wrinkles
I've had a love affair with sugar for many years. Ten years ago, I had some health problems and my physician told me to cut sugar, dairy and wheat out of my diet. I got in my car and cried all the way home. Sugar...
Health In A Hurry
22 Jul Tip 59- Food Traps
There are so many ways to blow it on our food choices. Food manufactures, restaurants and supermarkets don’t make it any easier to make good decisions. Here are a few of the latest tricks from the food industry: Supermarket: If you see a sign that says, “Limit,...
15 Jul Tip 58- How to “Fake” Eight Hours of Sleep…
A lack of sleep can leave you exhausted (yes, I figured you already knew that one!); and it can make it very difficult for your body to recover from any type of illness or hormone imbalance. A lack of sleep can also expand your waistline. Did...
08 Jul Tip 57- Our Kids Are Chubby!
Today, kids eat 200 more calories a day than they did in 1977. That’s an extra pound of fat gained every 17 days. Combine that with the fact that our kids are less active today; and no wonder our kids are overweight and at higher...
01 Jul Tip 56- Want to Lose 5 Pounds Today?
Sit up straight! Okay, so you won’t actually lose 5 pounds, but you will look like it. Every inch you stand taller, you appear 5 pounds thinner. We sit at our computers hunched over, and as the day goes on, our posture gets even worse. When you...
24 Jun Tip 55- Crazy Things that Can Cause you to Overeat (Part 2)
Room color! Fast food restaurants are painted a warm orange/yellow color, which will fire up your hunger! Consider painting your dining room a cooler color, such as blue or green. Get out of the kitchen! After dinner go walk your dog, water a plant, or brush...
17 Jun Tip 54- Crazy Things that Can Cause you to Overeat…
Variety: Variety may be the spice of life, but too much variety in our food can cause you to overeat. In one study, moviegoers given M&Ms in 10 colors ate 43 percent more than those who were offered M&Ms in just 7 colors. We eat with...
10 Jun Tip 53- Can I Have a Side of MUFA with My Salad?
It’s the new diet craze; eating more MUFA at every meal. A MUFA is a monounsaturated fatty acid; a fancy way of describing the healthy fats that are in plant foods. Numerous studies have shown that these fats enhance heart health, protect against chronic diseases...
03 Jun Tip 52- 100 Calories a Day
NO, this is not a new Hollywood weight loss diet. These are the extra calories that creep up when we are not paying attention. Eating an extra 100 calories a day adds up to an extra 10 pounds of fat a year. For most of...
27 May Tip 51- Sneaky Sugar Sources
Sugar, while yummy, can wreck a mood faster than getting stuck in traffic. While it tastes great going down, it dumps a load of sugar into your blood stream, leaving you moody, grumpy and tired. Too much sugar in the morning will drive you to eat...