When trying to lose weight having goals will help you achieve great results. How much do you want to lose each week? Areas to improve your diet? Exercise? These goals should be set each week. I have lost 20lb & my husband has lost 43lbs. Having too...
A funny thing happened to me a while ago. For some reason it just now dawned on me to blog about. Sorry, I’m slow. At the time, I had switched Yoga studios. I like a vigorous practice and my old studio cut back on classes. Now, as luck would have...
Many obese people don’t see themselves as fat and in fact, they think they’re healthy – or so says a new study. Talk about being a “glass is half full” type of person. I wish I was like that! The problem is this positive...
A survey of 1,037 women has uncovered a knowledge gap when it comes to certain weight issues – including their influence on their children’s weight. Here are some of the findings of the survey – conducted by HealthyWomen. Continue reading…...
Girls Scout Cookies are such an iconic American tradition and a multimillion dollar stream of revenue for the organization’s fund raising efforts. If you were around back in the early 90′s you may remember the reports of people finding all...
A study from Duke University showed that the manner in which Doctors communicated with patients, regarding their weight loss, impacted their success — it is better to be Dr. Mark Green than Dr. Greg House, when broaching the subject of weight....
I’m not sure how any of us survived so long eating all that gluten and dairy, but by the thousands people are switching to a gluten-free and a dairy-free lifestyle for many reasons. Fortunately, award winning french chef, Alain Braux, just released...
Go ask anyone who starts to snort and sniffle when pollen is high and the smell of fresh cut grass wafts through the air, and they’ll tell you, antihistamines are a godsend. Antihistamine medication is used to stop allergic reactions. Histamines...
… that’s the advice from a new study, published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. Researchers found that a diet rich in walnuts and walnut oil may help the body to deal better with stressful situations. Sheila West, associate...
In our fast paced western culture, often one of the first things to go is sleep as we try to cram more and more into our day. A new study form the University of Chicago showed evidence that lack of sleep can actually derail your attempts to lose weight...
