Category: Weight

The Power of Fasting for Health + Side Effects

The Power of Fasting for Health + Side Effects

Move over breakfast, fasting is here to stay.  Sorry, Kellogg’s and Nabisco. Research in the world of fasting is becoming robust for helping with many aspects of health.  The power of fasting can benefit everything from your weight and inflammation to reducing cancer risk. As you will quickly find out, fasting is definitely not for everyone and…

Ready to Reach Your Health Goals?

Most of us always have a health goal or two in mind. Whether you want to lose weight, gain muscle, clear up your skin, or something entirely different, it’s completely human to always be working toward something. You might not always meet your goals as quickly as you want to, and that can be frustrating.…

Body Image: It’s not about the fat.

Body Image: It’s not about the fat.

Updated March 18, 2019 Often, our body image is closely tied to our self-worth. People often say they “feel fat.”  But, is feeling fat a true feeling? Why do we associate a feeling with body fat?  I want to take time to appreciate the wonderful breadth of knowledge and insight that my good friend and colleague,…

Tryptophan Health Benefits Beyond Turkey

Tryptophan Health Benefits Beyond Turkey

When people think of tryptophan, one word mostly comes to mind: turkey.  This is really a funny thing to me.  Tryptophan health benefits are very promising and vast. Let’s explore this substance called tryptophan, which is so much more than a Thanksgiving nap-inducer. Turkey isn’t even in the top 5 high-tryptophan foods. But, it is…

5 Ways To Beat Your Sugar Cravings

5 Ways To Beat Your Sugar Cravings

Sugar craving is like quicksand; you may not realize you have slowly increased the amount you eat until you are entrenched in it.   Slowly but surely it begins to take over more and more of food real estate in your diet. You need some understanding of how this happens to learn to beat sugar…

7 Coffee Health Benefits

7 Coffee Health Benefits

7 Coffee-Related Health Attributes I do love talking about the health attributes of foods. Coffee health benefits are very vast and I will describe them for your here. I also include a recipe feature with coffee, which is a true love of mine. Here is an overview of coffee health benefits Focus Energy Memory Burns…