For many people today, the gold standard of healthy eating is a natural, organic, whole foods diet. And for sure, this is a fabulous standard to aim for. But it’s not always enough. You could still be missing this one particular key ingredient. You won’t find this missing ingredient on…
What Is Water Weight and How Do We Let It Go?
When it comes to weight loss, one of the main places that many of us tend to target is our belly. We’re all familiar with the terms associated with “belly fat,” such as belly bloat, water weight or swelling. In order to try to “beat the float,” or trim down…
Why We Overeat: A Hidden Reason
So many people today who are struggling with weight or other digestive issues believe they have a problem with overeating. They think that if they could just stop eating when they should, then their metabolism would function perfectly and their body would naturally find its proper size and shape ……
Pleasure and Calorie Burning
When it comes to food, we all have our favorite dishes – those special flavors that hit us right in our happy place. But we live in a culture which tells us to be afraid of our cravings. We’re taught that those foods that we love to eat are dangerous,…
Here’s Why the Big Drug Companies Are Excited About Binge Eating
In the last few years, more and more people who struggle with binge eating have begun to speak publicly about their challenges. This is a great thing, because it’s helped many people to overcome the feelings of shame and isolation that so often accompany bingeing. The movement toward more openness…
The Best Medicine in the World
If you’re always feeling like you need to fix yourself, your weight, your body, your image, you’re not alone. As humans, we’re delicate. We’re susceptible to sickness, hurts, aches and breaks. It’s natural to want to search for healing. What’s less helpful is thinking that if we could just “fix…
5 Unexpected Tips for High Energy Nutrition
For so many people, having more energy is at the top of the wish list. As full as our schedules may be, we often feel like we could be doing more, if only we had more energy. For this reason, the marketplace is filled with supplements, beverages, and bars that…
Gluten Sensitivity Made Simple
Gluten is one of the hottest topics in the nutrition world today, and one of the most controversial. It sometimes seems like each of the experts is saying something different, and to top it all off, they’re using terms that sound similar but aren’t quite the same. Some people talk…
Relax and Burn Calories
In today’s weight-obsessed culture, it’s easy to feel pressured about having a certain body shape or size. Messages from family, peers, or the media often tell us we need to be thin to be happy, and we can even start internalizing these beliefs and beat ourselves up for not having…
What is Epigenetics
Most of us have been taught that our destiny is largely determined by our genes. It’s true that there are certain aspects of our physiological makeup that are not likely to change overnight, such as the color of our eyes or the structure of our bones. However, a newly emerging…
