Category: Weight Management

More Foods That Heal

You may be familiar with the healing properties of some foods, but unaware that they can be helpful in more than one area of your health. For instance, you may have heard that flax aids digestion, but did you know it also improves mental health? Onions reduce the risk of heart attack but they also [...]

Hope For Food Addicts In The Form of a Hormone, Leptin

This Leptin hormone has really grabbed my attention. It answers some serious questions for me about food addiction and stress eating. So here’s another installment on Leptin from Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist Byron Richards. Listen up and then do some research of your own. Enjoy.

10 Foods That Promote Health and Wellness

Here are a few food facts that I hope you will find useful. 1.Avocados lower cholesterol, battle diabetes and smoothe the skin. 2.Carrots protect your heart, combat cancer, and promote weight loss. 3.Beets control blood pressure and strengthen bones. 4.Figs promote weight loss, control blood pressure and lower cholesterol. 5.Grapes enhance blood flow, conquer kidney [...]

Stress and Overeating

Stress is such a tough opponent and it gets tougher as we get older, especially for those of us who already have a problem with food addiction or emotional eating in general. Stress can not only make us eat uncontrollably. It can change our metabolism in such a way that it’s even harder to lose [...]