Who Taught You to Be Afraid of Calories? Why are Americans so afraid of calories? Better yet, why are Americans so hung up on counting calories? Since the 80’s, when diet culture and the health & fitness industry exploded, Americans have been concerned with...
The center of Holistic Health and Medicine is looking at all the factors that are impacting your health and well-being. This includes your mental, physical, emotional, spiritual and nutritional health. When one is off, it impacts the other areas as well, and could...
Do you consider yourself a Yo-Yo’er? Given the context, I’m sure you can guess what I’m talking about. If not, let me explain. When I’m talking about a Yo-Yo’er, I’m not talking about the person who actually plays with a toy yo-yo. I’m talking about the person who is...
Our bodies are magnificent, intelligent machines and tell us everything that we need. There’s on caveat.….we gotta listen. See, the body is designed to give us signals like when it’s time to eat, drink more water or when something is off within our bodies like illness...
Keeping a food diary or journal is a great tool to assess your eating habits and patterns; what you’re eating or not eating, etc. It helps identify what nutrients you’re missing out on and what foods you should probably cut back on. “Research shows that for people...
Contrary to the generalized stereotype that all vegans are assumed to eat a whole foods plant-based diet, there comes a new wave of individuals who inadvertently identify as junk food vegans. Ethical grounds aside, many switch from a standard American diet to veganism...
