Denise Giesbers had been dieting for about a year when she noticed a reflection in a glass door. Man, that woman behind me looks stunning, she thought. Giesbers, 32, turned to compliment the woman, but no one was there. That’s when Giesbers realized — that stunning woman must be herself. Giesbers wasn’t the only one [...]
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With the holidays already upon us, finding dietary friendly meals is something we are all desperately striving to do. Stuffing can be one of the most fattening options placed on the dinner table throughout the holidays; but stuffing stuffed full of diet sabotaging ingredients doesn’t have to be the way to go! This year why not make [...]
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We are now well into the holidays folks. With Thanksgiving already over, you may be facing the annual predicament of how to maintain your current weight, or even weight loss trend. Doing so becomes like double black diamond dieting as well meaning neighbors, friends and family try to sabotage your progress with all kinds of [...]
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Serves 2 Ingredients: 1/2 Avocado 6-8 medium size Broccoli Heads 1/3 Red Onion 1 Celery Stick Big Handful of Spinach A thumb size piece of Ginger Root 1 Tbsp Bragg’s Liquid Aminos (Optional) or Tamari Wheat Free Soy Sauce 1 Pinch Cumin (Optional) 2 Pinches of Celtic Sea Salt garlic & pepper to taste Directions: [...]
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A diet that’s low in carbs and high in protein will probably lead to weight loss. But are high protein diets a healthy way to lose the weight? The controversy surrounding this type of eating plan is seemingly endless. A new study is further stirring the pot with a startling new finding about cardiovascular health. [...]
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Providing nutritional information has become a fairly vogue practice for most eating establishments- even before the new health-care reform bill. So we’re already seeing evidence of the positive effects that access to such information promotes; posting calories in restaurants makes a difference (in kids’ lives, at least.) New research shows that parents are using [...]
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American consumers receive a steady stream of advice to drink lots of water, stay out of the sun, wash hands religiously, exercise regularly and so on. The reality is, however, that we often do more harm than good as we attempt to adhere to the endlessly long list of health directives. Kent Holtorf, MD, [...]
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In a recent 2010 profile of Whole Foods Co-Founder and CEO John Mackey, he said that he had given up sugar, most processed foods and vegetable oils. Vegetable oils? Most people think these are healthy. But they’re not. Here’s why: It used to be that heavy weights were used to squeeze the oil from plants [...]
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Chocolate is one of those items many people regularly crave yet feel guilty for consuming. So you may be happy to learn that not all chocolate is bad for you– and some can actually provide significant health benefits if eaten in the right amounts. It seemed too good to be true when studies began to [...]
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It sounds very serious when you hear that someone “needed” a blood transfusion. And it is, for many obvious and not so obvious reasons. According to research I’ve recently read, what necessitates a transfusion varies dramatically from one hospital to the next. That’s surprising enough, but I also learned that receiving a transfusion of someone [...]
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