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Sugar Blues
You Probably Have Sugar Blues I’ve been re-reading the classic book, “Sugar Blues” by William Dufty. This book, written in 1975, remains the definitive crushing indictment of sugar every one of us should read and read again. We should read it to save ourselves and our families, to help solve the challenges of weight gain, cancer, depression, other mental diseases, diabetes and so on. “Sugar Blues” delves deep into the history and impact of sugar on health and society. Dufty suggests that the very addictive white crystal, which is consumed in vast amounts in our modern diets, is a primary factor in numerous health problems faced by many of us…
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Foundation for Nutritional Health Before Disease Sets In
Foundation for Nutritional Health Before Disease Sets In When you’re ready to adopt a lifestyle change where you’re using food to fuel and heal your body instead of to comfort you and fill emotional needs, it means you want to look at what’s going into your body, what needs to be eliminated from your diet, and what you can add going forward for better health. You’ll be focusing on nutritional health! There are really two steps to this process. First, you want to get rid of the foods that are damaging your body at a cellular level. Second, begin feeding yourself foods that help boost your body’s ability to not…
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Premeditated Eating…how much do you think about what you eat?
Premeditated Eating Just as I love classic cars, I love classic TV. One of my favorites is Perry Mason. His job was, more often than not, to prove premeditated murder committed by one of the suspects. The planning and execution of the crime reminds me of how I eat and how I counsel my clients to plan their eating regimen…but in a good way… I call it “premeditated eating” and it truly is just that. I always make it my lifestyle to eat purposefully. I have to think about it because it’s in my best interest to do so. It helps me continue to keep my depression at bay and…
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Eat to Beat the Blues
Eat to Beat the Blues Is it possible to change your mood by changing your food? Can you eat to beat the blues? I mean can you really affect a significant change? My answer would be a resounding “yes” as I am living proof that you can absolutely do this! That is why I teach and write and now have a membership website devoted to guiding and helping people do what I did more than six years ago. I “disappeared” the chronic depression that had plagued my life for decades, and I lost twenty pounds. I did it accidentally in just a few months. So how do you eat to…
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How Artificial Sweeteners Affect Your Body
How Artificial Sweeteners Affect Your Body It’s important to understand how artificial sweeteners affect your body. They have several undesirable effects, so let’s discuss what they are and what they do. Artificial sweeteners are additives to food and drinks that make them taste sweet without adding to the sugar or calorie content. From diet soda to protein bars, you can find these sweeteners in just about anything labeled “sugar free”, “diet” or even “low carb”. For people who consume products with artificial sweeteners, what follows is important information to have and to take to heart. Let’s discuss five ways artificial sweeteners may affect you…some or all may surprise you. Your…
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Keep Your Brain Young
Keep Your Brain Young When you think about aging, your thoughts may wander to images of being less able bodied, slower and older in appearance and to physical health problems. Let’s discuss some ways to help keep your brain young! There is another side to growing older that is not thought about quite as much but can be even more devastating than physical challenges. That is the effect that aging can have on your brain. Just like your body, you brain can begin to age as well. How can you protect your brain into your healthy older years? Here are some strategies and suggestions that may be able to help……
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How I Removed Processed Foods From My Diet
How I Removed Processed Foods From My Diet Today, I was asked if I had written a post addressing how I removed processed foods from my diet. I hadn’t, so it seemed like a good topic for a few hundred words. The complete answer is longer than I can write in one post, which is why I am constantly creating content to help you do what I did along this journey, but I’ll give you the “Reader’s Digest condensed version” here. What follows are what I consider to be the top three things we did to change our eating habits, our health and our weight forever. We learned to read…
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Can Happiness Improve Your Health?
Can Happiness Improve Your Health? I think especially today in the chaotic world in which we live, it’s important to ponder the question, “Can Happiness Improve Your Health? Happiness is an important ingredient in any healthy life. Many studies indicate happiness does play a major role in your health, whether it’s living a healthy lifestyle or reducing the amount of chronic pain – happiness is the solution to many of our health woes. Encourages Healthy Living According to studies, happier people are almost twice as likely to eat more fresh vegetables than people who say they are not happy. Eating more produce definitely improves your health over eating a diet…
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Healthy Energy Bars – Everything You Wanted to Know About Nutrition Bars
Everything You Wanted to Know About Nutrition Bars With so many nutrition bars claiming wholesomeness, how do you know which ones are good choices and which ones are basically junk food in a pretty wrapper? With so many choices, how do you know which are the healthy energy bars? Continue reading to learn more about which protein bars you should buy and which you are best to avoid. What to Look for in Protein Bars Most protein bars have about 150 to 270 calories. Healthy energy bars and quality protein bars usually have seven or more grams of protein along with three or more grams of fiber. Lastly, healthy protein…
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Food and Depression – They Are Related!
Food and Depression Recently, my sister sent me an article from the Wall Street Journal on food and depression that is so good, I just had to share it with you. From personal experience, I have known for years that food and depression are related. That’s how I “disappeared” my own decades long struggle with it; I changed my diet. In this article, titled, “The Food That Helps Battle Depression”, Elizabeth Bernstein says in part: …later this month in Los Angeles at the American Academy of Neurology’s annual meeting, researchers from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago will present results from their research that shows that elderly adults who eat…
