Should you follow the Paleo diet?
One of the most common questions I get asked as a nutritionist is what I think of a certain popular diet.
Generally speaking, as long as a diet provides proper nutrition and enough calories for your body’s needs, and is centered on real (NOT processed) foods if it’s something that works for you, great.
Now, the latest buzz in the diet world is…
Is this the secret to being thin for life?
Currently, about seven out of 10 of us are overweight or obese…so naturally, the medical and scientific communities are scrambling to figure out why and studying practically everything from food to environmental factors to whether someone scratches their backside when they wake up.
Why the Body Mass Index (BMI) is useless
The Body Mass Index (BMI) was designed to take a defined look at someone's height and weight to assess overweight and obesity.
A BMI of less than 18.5 is considered underweight; 18.5-24.9 is normal; 25.0 – 29.9 is overweight and 30.0 or greater is obese.
Blast that winter blubber now!
Spring is here, but you wouldn’t know it by the snow I see when I look out my front door this morning! The arrival of spring triggers a very common fear for many people:
Natural remedies for gout
About 8 million people in the US suffer regular attacks of pain, swelling, and inflammation in their joints, otherwise known as gout.
Gout is typically the result of one of two things—too much uric acid being created by your body, or too little uric acid being eliminated.
- Tags: Gout, Healthy Living, Weight Management
A sneaky cause of your excess weight
Most people realize that if they eat too much and exercise too little, they’ll soon have to lie on their bed to zip their jeans.
But there is another sneaky factor behind weight gain that most people aren’t aware of….
Toxins in your body!
- Tags: Healthy Eating, Toxins, Weight Management