10 Tips to Stop Sugar Cravings

One of our biggest nutritional mistakes is reducing fats while increasing sugar.  In the past 30 years, fat intake in the U.S. has decreased roughly 25 percent, while sugar intake increased more than 30 percent.  During this time, obesity and diabetes rates tripled.   Cancer, asthma and osteoporosis are also linked with this trend.  If you do nothing else than cut down on sugar, many of your health problems will go away.

The problem, of course, is often sugar cravings, particularly for women. 

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Boosting Energy:

7 Tips to Combat Fatigue

Fatigue: It’s one of the health complaints I hear most about from my clients.  I was once plagued by chronic fatigue myself, severe enough to keep me from reaching for my coveted goals and even from going out with friends.  And, of course, no one wants to go to a tired nutritionist.  I had to figure out why I was so tired, and how to turn it around.

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Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Diets

Not so Healthy

Robert, a British man who retired and built a home near me in Turkey, wanted my nutrition advice after going through a triple heart bypass operation.  Robert has always been lean, active, a non-smoker and followed a low-fat diet, yet at age 65, he began experiencing chest pain and shortness of breath.  Strangely, his blood cholesterol was a dangerously low 120 mg/dl.  Stranger still, after the bypass, his doctor prescribed a statin, a drug known for reducing blood cholesterol levels. 
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Are You Fat Deficient?

One of the biggest mistakes most Americans make in trying to lose weight and get healthy is to reduce fat.
People avoid fat to lose weight and prevent disease.  Yet consider this: since the 1970’s Americans reduced fat intake nearly 25 percent, from 45 percent of calories to 34 percent. During the same period, obesity nearly tripled, to a staggering 30 percent.  Diabetes rates have also tripled and overweight has soared to over 60 percent. [Read More]

Good Meat, Bad Meat

I recently attended a grass-fed beef and wine tasting event, a strange thing for me to do because I haven’t eaten beef since I was 12 years old.   It was held on a serene wooded hilltop of Napa Valley at the Long Meadow Ranch, a family owned operation dedicated to producing sustainable, organic grapes, grass-fed beef, eggs, olives and produce. 
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Pork and Lard:

Choosing Healthy Versions

Bacon is the nutritional equivalent of cigarettes it seems.  Deep-fried in lard?  You might as well be serving up a shot of cholesterol.  Ham, sausage, and other pork products have been also relegated to the “bad” category.  Sadly, we have been misguided. 
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How Healthy Is Your Diet?

Many Americans mistakenly believe they are eating healthy.  Health doesn’t come from a diet of salad and skinless chicken breasts.  It is not about choosing cholesterol-free or buying non-fat milk instead of whole.  It comes from eating real foods, whole foods, food with the natural fat and cholesterol. 
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Getting Thin and Healthy on Butter

Butter is considered unhealthy by many in the United States, however recent research and observations of other cultures show butter to be a health food.

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Are You Speeding Aging with Vegetable Oils?

Is your choice of cooking oil leading to wrinkles, weight gain and increased risk of disease?  Vegetable oil intake - from sunflower, safflower, canola and corn oils -- has increased over 400 percent in the past 75 years, replacing the world's time-tested, healthy traditional fats and corresponding with inflammatory disease.
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Spring Liver Detox

Feeling irritable? …depressed? …Having digestion problems? ... Can’t burn fat? Does one drink leave you sick? A cup of coffee leave you wired? These are signs of a congested liver. Because spring is when the liver is most active, you may notice such symptoms are worse in this season. Spring is thus the ideal time for detoxing your liver.
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Yin-Yang Balance and Food Choice

Choosing the right foods for your constitution is the foundation to healing and vitality. As a longtime nutritionist I can report remarkable changes in individuals’ health when they get their food selections right. Keep in mind, the right food for someone else may not be the best choice for you.
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