A recent study out of the University of Miami that tracked 2500 patients for a decade announced this week that drinking one can of diet soda daily resulted in a 61% increased risk of stroke, heart attack, or other cardiovascular event. While there is a lot of debate in the medical community over whether the […]
Category: Weight loss
Are Low-Fat Diets the Healthiest Way To Go?
Are low-fat diets the healthiest way to go and does following a low-fat eating plan offer the best chance for weight loss? Research says a resounding “No!” Do I hear a collective gasp? I know, I know: it is heresy to assert that “low-fat” is not the baseline of healthy eating! The low-fat mantra emerged […]
Glorious One-Pot Meal recipe: Dill Salmon
This morning I demonstrated a quick and easy one-pot dinner recipe for Dill Salmon to help raise awareness of multiple sclerosis and the Walk MS events coming this month around the country. In Colorado, I will be hosting the “Land of Nutrition” in the Wellness Tent at the Denver, Colorado Springs, and Boulder events in […]
Goat Cheese Good for Lactose Intolerance
I wasn’t surprised when I noticed that I had become lactose-intolerant when I was 21. After all, my sister had been lactose-intolerant since birth and my mother had been off of milk since she made the connection in her years ago that milk products made her quite uncomfortable. Bloating, gassiness, explosive diarreah, constipation, headache… these […]
More Sleep = Weight Loss?
I’ve mentioned that I lost 17 lbs last year. This happened without any intention from me, i.e., I wasn’t trying to lose weight. While I think there were several factors to this, one was likely getting more sleep. Ariana Huffington is on her own quest this month to get more sleep regularly, and one thing […]
