Leading health & wellness experts have known for a LONG time that saturated fats are not inherently “bad”. You’d never know it though by listening to the constant spin fed to us by “diet dictocrats”! They tell us to limit, reduce or avoid red meats, butter, fat and so on. That has turned out to [...]
Here’s an article I recently wrote that briefly explains how toxic choices we may unknowingly be making can directly sabotage our efforts to shed excess pounds of fat.
Once you understand the key component of fat loss that I describe in the article, you will finally have a much better chance of achieving optimal body composition!
You [...]
Apparently, I have subconsciously adopted a “diet” strategy that keeps my family and me pretty darn healthy and without too many worries about weight gain.
I didn’t realize until a few days into vacation that, back home, I don’t each much junk because I DON’T BUY much junk. If it’s not right there in front of [...]
A few days ago, the kids and I visited one of my aunts in the hospital after she had suffered a stroke. She has made enormous improvements and is back home now, thank God.
Anyhow, while we were visiting, I couldn’t help but notice the tray of lunch that had been delivered to her room right [...]
I had decided ahead of time that Super Bowl Sunday would be a “cheat day” as far as nutritional choices go. No need to set myself up for failure, I figured!
I suppose in the big picture, it wasn’t all that horrible, considering what I could have eaten… but my body still feels like it was [...]
I’d like to apologize for not being as regular with my postings as usual in the past week or so.
I’ve been spending most of my “Dr. Mom focused time” on a book I’m hoping to complete within the next week ~ “7 Essential Keys to Shedding Toxic Fat and Unwanted Pounds… The Wellness Way!”
(By the [...]
A few days ago, I posted a variety of ingredients that make up a common food. These were the ingredients:
Enriched macaroni, dried cheddar cheese, corn starch, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, dried tomato, salt, buttermilk, sugar, hydrolyzed vegetable protein and other natural flavorings, dried onion, dried corn syrup, disodium phosphate, dried garlic, sodium caseinate, citric acid, [...]
Take a guess at what this American classic is:
Enriched macaroni, dried cheddar cheese, corn starch, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, dried tomato, salt, buttermilk, sugar, hydrolyzed vegetable protein and other natural flavorings, dried onion, dried corn syrup, disodium phosphate, dried garlic, sodium caseinate, citric acid, dipotassium phosphate, FD&C yellow No. 5 and other artificial color, sodium [...]
I was perusing my Nourishing Traditions cook book by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, Ph.D. from the the Weston A. Price Foundation recently, and came across this brief statement about pasta that I thought you might find interesting and useful.
“… pasta, even and especially whole grain pasta, is difficult to digest due to the fact [...]
We’re not really big on traditional “dessert” in our family… at least not on a regular basis. I grew up in a family that had something for dessert pretty much every night. Now, as a grown-up and as a parent, it just makes no sense to me. From a health perspective, not much good can [...]
As predicted, the article I posted the other day about the school field trip that ended with lunch at McDonald’s has raised some questions, issues and strong opinions!
Good. It should.
Ultimately, we get to feed our children the way we choose to. As parents, I firmly believe that we make the very best decisions we possibly [...]
I know I’ve talked about this here before, but recently, I’ve had several opportunities for further observation into this matter!
Several times each week, I hear someone tell me that “It’s too expensive to eat healthy food.” I’m also often found on the receiving end of comments like, “We can’t buy all the healthy foods that [...]
The other day, one of the teachers at school sent home a copy of the USDA Food Pyramid and asked if I could teach the kids a nutrition lesson based on the pyramid.
I haven’t responded yet since I’m still trying to figure out how to delicately inform her that the inaccurate, genetically incongruent, bought-and-paid-for, and [...]
As some of you know, we made the decision to put our kids back in school for the remainder of the school year starting in January. Tough decision… because there is so much I loved about home schooling. Sure, I have more gray hair now, but I still think it’s a fabulous way to go [...]
Holiday Party tip and reminder:
Tip: Eat something healthy before you go. For example, eat some clean protein and some fresh fiber (veggies, small salad, etc.) Sure, it’s the old story of “feeling full” so you don’t pig out once you’re there. That’s a good point.
But more importantly, it’s making sure you give your body the [...]
I’ve been asked to give more of the really quick, really simple improvements we can make in our lifestyle choices (nutrition, movement and mindset) that will move us closer to health.
Done. I can do that!
These will be VERY short recommendations, tweaks, suggestions, tips, strategies, etc. Take it or leave it! These are simply things that [...]
Today is grocery shopping day. It’s not the usual list of suspects gracing my shopping list. Today, I’m also shopping for the ingredients for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and the “new” annual Holiday gathering at my dad’s house where I make a serious organic/grass-fed bison lasagna for dad, his closest friends and some [...]
Here’s a little article I recently wrote about a recurring lesson I’ve been working on with our kids. It discusses how making healthy choices, regarding food or anything else in life, is really up to each individual… NOT their circumstances (at least not exclusively!).
This is about taking responsibility for our choices. Just because the cake [...]
I grew up on peanut butter. I used to eat the stuff almost every day in my school lunch! I never liked lunch meats or hard-boiled eggs, and my mom wanted me to have some type of protein in my lunch… so peanut butter it was!
My hubby loves it, too. Double trouble!
In the past five [...]
Real, evidence-based science doesn’t have a lot of good things to say about coffee.
Savvy marketers and pseudo scientists can put whatever spin they want on it, but the evidence continues to demonstrate that the caffeine, the chemicals used in DE-caffeinating coffee, and the sugary stuff we add to our coffee ALL have serious, detrimental consequences. [...]
