Should You Join the Souping Revolution? Cleansing and detoxing diets seem to be here to stay, and juicing is the newest addition to the long list of detox diets. Think of souping as juicing but warm… and with even more nutrients! Souping is a diet where you eat soup and nothing but soup for a…
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Is There Such a Thing as Healthy Fast Food? When you’re hungry and on the run, fast food can really hit the spot. It’s quick, tasty, and, best of all, convenient. But it’s also loaded with calories, sugar, sodium, and fat—often enough in one meal for an entire day or more. And if you’re feeding…
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Cut Calories Without Even Noticing While I’m not a huge proponent for counting calories, it’s certainly a great step to take if you are a newbie to healthy eating. It helps you figure out accurate portion sizing and gives you a rough idea of what you should eat day-to-day. This is especially true if you…
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Do You Know How to Manage Your Hunger When You’re Trying to Lose Weight? Here is a question I was recently asked by one of my clients: “I am trying to lose weight by cutting down and thinking about what I eat. However, I don’t know what to do when I feel hungry. If I…
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Forget Resolutions, Build Good Habits Approximately 50 percent of us will make New Year’s resolutions this year, many of which will focus on getting healthier. “I’ll go on a diet,” “I’ll work out every day,” “I’ll cut out all sugar.” We’ve all heard these resolutions, if we haven’t made them ourselves. Unfortunately, by the second…
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Egg Yolks: Toss’em or Eat’em “Egg Yolks: Toss’em or Eat’em?” I get asked this question quite a bit when doing diet and nutrition consultations so I figured it’s about time to do a post on the subject. Ahh…the great “egg debate.” One side says you should limit your consumption of eggs, especially egg yolks or…
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How Can I Eat Smaller Portions and Still Feel Full? Need to lose a few pounds? These simple tips will make it easy to cut back without feeling deprived. Portion control doesn’t mean you have to eat tiny portions of everything. You don’t want to feel like you are on a diet, but you have…
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Tips for Guiltless Gobbling This Thanksgiving Can you believe that Thanksgiving time is already here! Thanksgiving for me is not all about the food (but it is something to look forward to). During this time of year, families come together which is wonderful but it can also create stress. From this point leading up to…
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Can a Fitness Tracker Help You Lose Weight? A fitness tracker (Wearable) will help monitor and track the user’s every movement, whether it’s when you are working out, sleeping or just going about your day. Wearing an activity tracker on your wrist each day might help motivate you to reach your steps goal, drink more…
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Eat to Beat the 3 pm Slump It’s 3:00 pm, your concentration has plummeted and you feel like your mind has left the building. You need to get through the workday so you ravenously grab for something sweet or a quick caffeine boost to help you stay alert. Instead of relying on quick and unhealthy…
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