Can Organics Reduce Your Risk of Diabetes?

November 1, 2011 by
organic

What ISN'T in organic food is just as important as what IS in organic food! Setting aside the debate for a moment of whether organic foods have higher levels of nutrition content, whether they do or not is not nearly as impactful on health as consuming the toxic chemicals, drugs, hormones, etc. used to grow conventional crops and factory-farmed livestock.  There is mounting evidence that exposure to these chemicals may actually have a CAUSAL relationship to diabetes. In a Finnish study released in August 2011, exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP's) demonstrated up to double … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Physical Health, Physical Illness

Guilt Free Holiday Season

November 1, 2011 by
Christmas Dinner

Well that time of year has come upon us so soon. With Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays just around the corner and the colder weather approaching, it is common practice for many of us to indulge ourselves with the festive season food. Holidays are a time of relaxing and spending time with family and friends. I don’t think you should feel deprived of enjoying the food that is on offer at this time of year. If you have read many of my other articles, you will know that I do not endorse dieting. The more someone tells you to not eat something, the more likely you are to crave that food and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Healthy Holidays, Motivation

Staying Well

September 1, 2011 by
li11hold[1]

It’s important to build our immune systems so that we can show up for all the things we do. A regular supplement program supervised by your nutritionist or nurse practitioner is a valuable individualized plan that keeps you operating at your optimum functioning level. This can change as you strengthen and need different or fewer things depending on quality of nutrition that can create wellness. For example, be sure you’re not eating things to which you’re unknowingly allergic--simple blood tests can determine this. Good habits help us to stay well and exercising discipline early on so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy Eating, Integrative Wellness, Massage, Other Integrative Health, Physical Health Tagged With: , ,

Freshman 15? I think not

August 1, 2011 by
college food

Have you heard of the "freshman 15"? It's the idea that when a student goes to college, they gain 15 lbs from their new eating habits. I went to Penn State and I thought I was lucky. While friends around me gained weight, I managed to NOT gain the dreaded 15 lbs. The cafeteria at my branch campus was pretty good. I was making healthy eating choices and working out. I thought I was in the clear. Until I moved to the main Penn State campus, University Park, my junior year. There were so many new and exciting food choices - restaurants, sub shops, many cafeteria's and the infamous Penn State … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy Eating, Nutrition