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How to Prevent Holiday Weight Gain

How to Prevent Holiday Weight Gain

We all tend to indulge a bit more than usual during holiday time, so I’ve come up with some tips to help you stay on track til the new year (when everyone hits the gym!). Before you groan and think I’m going to say, “Just eat less and avoid sweets,”...
Are These Hidden Chemicals Making You Fat?

Are These Hidden Chemicals Making You Fat?

We all know the basics, right? Avoid sugar, corn syrup, soda, and processed foods to lose weight or prevent weight gain. Know the sneaky places sugar hides: yogurt, cereal,  ketchup, fruit juice (extra credit: “fat free” snack items). Maybe you’ve...
7 Reasons Why Diets Don’t Work

7 Reasons Why Diets Don’t Work

Confession time: I HATE the word “diet.” Weird for a nutritionist, right? I started my first diet at age 9. That was when the low fat craze hit back in the 80s, and my mom had a book on counting fat grams. I read it cover to cover and cut out mayonnaise...
10 Reasons You’re Not Losing Weight

10 Reasons You’re Not Losing Weight

Are you working hard on a weight loss plan, but the scale’s just not moving? There are several reasons why you’re not dropping the lbs. I hear frustrated folks lamenting about how they’re eating perfectly and doing everything by the book, but...
How to Maintain Your Healthy Weight

How to Maintain Your Healthy Weight

Have you recently achieved your healthy weight? Congrats! If you’ve been on a weight loss plan, these are great guidelines to maintain your healthy weight. Let’s take a look at foods and habits that keep you feeling good and looking healthy. How to...
Can Diet Soda Cause Weight Gain?

Can Diet Soda Cause Weight Gain?

Do you drink diet sodas or use chemical sugar substitutes to avoid sugar and weight gain? . Studies are showing that participants are 65 percent more likely to be overweight if they consumed one diet soda a day compared to if they drank none. (source) Two or more low-...
All About the Thyroid: Hypothyroid

All About the Thyroid: Hypothyroid

How much do you know about that little butterfly-shaped gland in your neck? You probably don’t think much about your thyroid gland, the master gland of your endocrine system, until you start to feel fat, fuzzy, frazzled, and fatigued. Or even worse: your hair...
Why Am I So Tired? (and other complaints)

Why Am I So Tired? (and other complaints)

Overweight, fatigued, and insomnia. These are the most common complaints I get. They are all related. Let me explain. Your adrenal glands, situated atop the kidneys, are your body’s command and control center, regulating stress and sleep and sugar cravings,...