10 Days, 10 Ways to Lower Carbs, Day 6
T2T Restaurant Carb Hacks. It’s not as hard as you think to go low carb at a restaurant. Here are some of my favorite tricks to stay low carb and still enjoy yourself: I want to say something first. If you eat out once a...
10 Days, 10 Ways to Lower Carbs, Day 5
Today is a very important one. I’m not posting these in order, and maybe this should be considered #1. EAT MORE FIBER. Sounds simple, but here’s a trick that can help you get healthier, thinner, and lower your cancer risk. A win/win! The Role of...
10 Days, 10 Ways to Lower Carbs, Day 4
This one is simple once you see it in facts. Stop drinking ALL juice. Here’s why: Let’s take something you’d never eat on a diet. How about a “fun size” snickers bar? That’s clearly in the “no-no” zone, right? Well, what if I told you...
10 Days, 10 Ways to Lower Carbs: Day 2
Watch out for fructose and sugar in disguise. Fructose is in many natural foods. But where we get into trouble is the HIDDEN addition of sugar into processed foods. If you stick to a low carb diet, you’ll lose weight in part because you’ll ingest...
10 Days, 10 Ways to lower carbs: Day 1
The secret to staying healthy is lowering your carbohydrate intake. And I don’t just mean losing weight, I’m talking about lowering your cholesterol, triglycerides and inflammation. The stuff that makes us chronically sick. I’m going to post 10 days/10 ways you can lower your carbohydrate...
Boost Your Metabolism
Mark Hyman posted this great list on his blog this week. If you follow these 7 simple rules, losing weight and/or having more energy is much easier! I especially like #4. Read it, and avoid putting your body into starvation mode, where it “hangs on”...
The Right Receipt!
Last week we were in Denver to see my son. My son and husband had lunch together, and our son wanted to take him to a local restaurant that he liked. I loved his choice for so many reasons: 1. It was a great restaurant...
Grass Fed Beef ONLY
Updated Nov. 1, 2015 Changing your shopping habits to purchasing grass fed beef only is probably one of the best things you can do for your family’s health. I’ve updated this post with some new research and tables to make my point. We live in...
Fasting 101
Okay, there’s been a lot in the media lately about fasting. Here’s my take on it based on research and what I learned at Food As Medicine. There are amazing immune and cardiac benefits to fasting, in addition to weight loss. But, you must do...
Common myths about food.
I’m going to do a post on diet, food and myths that absolutely need to be de-bunked. Cheese is bad for you. Low Fat Foods are Better for You. This is the WORST misconception of them all. Don’t use Butter, use margarine. Juice is healthy...
Research confirms the opposite of what we were taught.
Recently, there are two studies I’d like to talk about that confirm what I’ve been saying on this blog for almost two years: 1. Fats are NOT the enemy, they are your friend. 2. Carbs are NOT your friend, they are the enemy! Recent studies...
Our food has become toxic.
This picture speaks volumes. I’ve already talked about why soda, (diet OR regular) is bad for you, but there’s so much more to say. Sugar is buried in everything. And it’s killing us. 86 million people in the US have pre-diabetes, and NINE OUT OF...
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