Are Ultra-processed Foods Making You and Your Family Sick?
In today’s world, many Americans are eating more ultra-processed and processed foods and not eating real foods that contain adequate amounts of dietary fiber and other nutrients. 75% of Americans are overweight with 45% of children being labeled as overweight. 20% of kids are labeled as obese with about 1/3 of kids having diabetes or pre-diabetes around age 12.
Weight Loss the Easy Way…Take a Weekly Shot but…Just Some Food for Thought
Its no big secret how obesity has tripled in 60 years. How did we get here: poor diet with lots ultra processed foods, fast food eating, and sedentary lifestyles. Ultra processed foods make up about half of all the calories consumed. The Food Industry has created lots of high sugar, high salt, junk food with enticing ads.
Magnesium Keeps Your Body Running Smoothly
Recently a family member told me his health professional recommended he take a magnesium supplement daily. She told him to look for a magnesium supplement that contain at least 200 milligrams (mg). He’s 75 years old and is also on blood pressure medicine. He asked me about what foods were high in magnesium which prompted me to write this column about magnesium. As a nutritionist, I always recommend foods over supplements unless my client doesn’t eat the foods high in the nutrient needed, they have a medical condition where they don’t absorb the nutrient well may cause a magnesium deficiency. In fact, when I was working as a performance nutritionist, when an athlete suffered from muscle cramps, besides discussing hydration, potassium status, calcium status, I also talked about magnesium. Many of energy & muscle system reactions are magnesium dependent to work effectively.
Keeping a Daily Food Diary Can Help You Lose Weight
In today’s world there are calorie counting apps you can add to your I-phone, I-pad or Android which makes keeping track of your foods and beverages easier. Some of the calorie counting apps are really good but many now are charging a monthly or yearly fee.
Suggestions on Healthy Halloween Strategies
Since Halloween is just around the corner and most kids will be eating lots of the candy they have collected, here’s some helpful information to help you to control the amount of candy your children consume.
Adequate Daily Fluid Intake is a Key to Athletic Success
Drinking an adequate amount of water (fluids) is essential for top athletic performance. Water (fluid) is the most often nutrient neglected by athletes. If the you do not drink enough water (fluids), you will become dehydrated. When you become dehydrated, strength and endurance will be cut in half. If dehydration is not treated successfully, then you will continue to perform poorly, risking a heat illness. Heat illnesses can be life threatening!
Chia Seeds: Antioxidant & Nutrient Superstars
I have recently have become a big fan of chia seeds because they at antioxidant and nutrient superstars. I put the chia seeds in my steel cut oatmeal every morning with fresh blueberries, fresh blackberries and some walnuts. My breakfast has become my daily antioxidant & nutrient mega-blast.
Antioxidants Battle with Free Radicals for Good Health
Inflammation is the root of many health problems in our bodies. Inflammation causes heart disease. stroke, some cancers and autoimmune diseases like arthritis. One way to fight inflammation is through your diet.
WaterStep Filtration Systems Provide Safe Drinking Water
Founded in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1995, WaterStep is a nonprofit organization that believes everyone deserves access to safe water and that no one should die from waterborne illness. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), access to safe water is a global health crisis, with more than 2 BILLION people lacking access. This crisis is entirely preventable with the right tools, intervention, and resources. This is where WaterStep comes in!
Maximizing the Rainbow of Colors for Your Health
Choosing the most colorful foods to eat on a daily basis ensures you are getting lots of antioxidants which can help to decrease the risk of heart disease, cancer, dementia and macular degeneration. Each color in a vegetable or fruit represents a different set of antioxidants which contain different health benefits. Common antioxidants are: vitamins C and E, beta carotene (precursor to vitamin A), lutein, lycopene, anthocyanins and isoflavones.
Beginning a New Chapter in Your Life: Get Fit and Sassy!
When moving from high school to college, research has suggested a college freshman will gain the ‘freshman fifteen’ pounds. But moving from college to the real world and your first job takes you living far from your family, on your own in your own apartment is yet another potential time to gain an additional ring around your waist unless you are not careful.
Is Eating a High-Sugar Diet Killing Americans?
Most people have a sweet tooth because we all love to eat brownies, cookies, candy and ice cream. These foods are actually considered comfort foods in today’s world. Medical research has been suggesting for years, high sugar intake is the main culprit in increasing your risk of all of the killing diseases in America.
How Vitamin D Can Help Keep You Healthy
Vitamin D is unique in that it is both a nutrient we eat and a hormone our bodies make. Research has suggested adequate vitamin D may help with bone health and muscle strength, help to prevent depression, prevent some types of cancers, treat heart disease and type 2 diabetes and help create a strong immune system.
A Potassium-Rich Diet Can Lower Your Risk of High Blood Pressure
Americans need to get more potassium in their diet to help lower the risk of high blood pressure, kidney stones, osteoporosis, and stroke. Women should get 2,600 mg and men should get 3,400 mg of potassium every day. Most Americans don’t meet that goal on a daily basis.
Time to Get Serious About Downsizing that Ring Around your Waist
It’s time to get serious about downsizing that ring around your waist. Eating better and become active every day will help you to reach your goals and you will feel better and have more energy to do all the things you want to do each day. Knowing how many active calories you are burning each day will be helpful accomplishing your goal of waist management!
Organizing & Planning Quick and Easy Healthy Meals: A Checklist.
If you want to lose a few pounds in 2023, get healthier and have more energy, you should consider spending more time in your kitchen. Not only can you get healthier but you can also save money.
Keeping a Daily Food Diary Can Help You Lose Weight
In today’s world there are calorie counting apps you can add to your I-phone, I-pad or Android which makes keeping track of your foods and beverages easier. Some of the calorie counting apps are really good but many now are charging a monthly or yearly fee.
Excellent Website for Gluten-Free Menu Choices at Popular Restaurant Chains
If you have been diagnosed with Adult Celiac Disease, you need maintain a gluten-free diet even when you eat out. Here’s an excellent website which details gluten-free choices at many popular restaurant chains.
Drinking Alcoholic Beverages Daily Can Make a RING AROUND YOUR WAIST
Drinking lots of Alcoholic Beverages as part of your daily or weekly routine can create a RING AROUND THE WAIST quickly unless you are in the know as to how many calories are in these drinks and how the calories fit into your daily caloric intake.
Get on the Ball: Back and Abdominal Exercises
Finding effective and functional exercises for the abdominal and back muscles is a popular topic of discussion for people wanting to “tone” up the midsection and to rehabilitate their lower back problems.
Strengthening Your Muscles using A Prism® Smart Ball Exercise Ball
It’s Christmas time and many are looking for a great gift for your family member who wants to get fit in the new year. A great gift is a Prism® Smart Ball Exercise Ball.
Guidelines for Becoming a Vegetarian
There are many types of vegetarian diet eating patterns in today’s world. Who knew there were so many different types of vegetarian diets?
What is Cryotherapy?
Maybe you have an injury or you’re recovering from a recent surgery? Have you suffered from chronic pain, fibromyalgia, or rheumatoid arthritis? Cryotherapy can help with pain management in arthritis and help recovery quicker from endurance exercise.
From Pill Popping To Inexpensive Disease Prevention Strategies
What if you went to the doctor and she/he prescribed daily exercise, eating more colorful vegetables and fruits, and routinely practicing Yoga, Tai Chi, Laughter Yoga and Meditation but not any medication?
Can Coffee Perk Up Your Health?
Is coffee a villain or a health food? Find out more about coffee and its link to diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and more.
Depression and Heart Surgery
The fact is that depression is a very real problem in bypass patients. Kathryn Berla, EdD discusses things to do to help.
Acupuncture for Backpain
Acupuncture has been around for 4000 years and the benefits are now recognized by western medicine for backpain
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