Sodium Packs A Bigger Punch To The Heart Than Veggies Can Counter
If you’re a frequent consumer of processed foods, which includes choices from canned soup to breads and chips to frozen meals, you’re likely putting your heart at risk due to the high sodium content of these foods. And if you think adding other healthy foods to the diet is going to offset the damaging effects […]
Holy Guacamole!
If you’ve ever been to the fresh produce section of the grocery store, you’ve probably noticed that among the brightly colored squash, tomatoes, bell peppers and chilies, there’s a little dark green pear-shaped berry (yes, berry!) with crocodile-like skin. And if you’ve ever eaten guacamole at your favorite restaurant or had toast smothered in avocado, […]
Facts on Flax
Would you trust a product with more than FIVE-THOUSAND years of five star ratings? I would! Let me introduce you to a humble little seed I like to call flax. This tiny golden seed of goodness has been recorded in history to have been cultivated by the ancient Babylonians, used by Aztec warriors and utilized […]
Go Nuts!
Almonds, walnuts, cashews, pistachios, pecans, brazil, pine, hazelnut. Unless you have a nut allergy, you’ve probably eaten at least half of these kinds of nuts. And it’s no wonder. Think about your favorite childhood lunch. Peanut butter and jelly perhaps? Favorite candy? Reeses? M&Ms? Whatchamacallit? What about dessert! Brownies with nuts in the frosting? Pecan […]
Is Intermittent Fasting Right For Me?
Food tastes good, and we like to enjoy good things in our lives. But, as the saying goes, sometimes too much of a good thing is not a good thing. Overeating is a major problem in our society today and sometimes people may have to take more serious steps to break this habit, especially if […]
Two Nutrients Offer Benefits For Autoimmune Patients!
Autoimmune conditions can be very tricky to manage. Most every aspect of a patient’s lifestyle can have potential positive or negative effects on whether symptoms are in a flared-up state, or are relatively calm. Diet plays a huge part in managing autoimmune conditions and there are many beneficial modifications we make with patients that can […]
The Skinny on Fats
83.15 Billion dollars a year! That’s the yearly revenue of the global fitness industry. It seems that everyone is willing to pay ungodly amounts of their hard earned cash to get just a little closer to that model image of the super-fit guy with bulging muscles on the cover of that magazine. Or, ladies, that […]
Power in the Powder
Tanned, oily hunks with bulging six packs. When you think of protein, the first thing you may think of is scantily clad men and women posing under the gleaming stage lights contorting themselves into any position that makes their muscles pop out as far as the viewer’s eyes. But bodybuilders aren’t the only people who […]
Is Skipping Breakfast Putting Your Heart At Risk?
Many people have gotten into the habit of routinely foregoing “the most important meal of the day”. Whether it’s due to running out of time or because they just don’t feel hungry (or the thought of eating makes them nauseous), not eating breakfast may have some negative consequences as it relates to your heart health. […]
Need To Lower Cholesterol? Add More Fat!
What??…. If you had to do a double-take when reading the title, let me assure you it was correct. For those who have been working on eliminating fat from the diet because you thought ANY type of fat was bad for you, you probably need to keep reading. You could be losing out on the […]
