Nutrition
Maybe you’re tired of hearing about the wonderfulness of fruits and vegetables. You know how great they are for your health in general. Now we know fruits and veggies reduce stress in women. It’s just one more reason to love ‘em. They’re always the preferred choice over bad fats, too much sugar and “white” carbs, […]
I don’t know what it is—except it’s “the holidays.” Everything changes this time of year. First, the days are short and that doesn’t agree with me. Do I have seasonal affective disorder or SAD? I probably do, evidenced by the fact that I’m counting and recounting the days until Dec. 21 when things “turn around” […]
We don’t eat the same things—and the same way—we did during other previous life stages. Now that we’re at the midlife and boomer junctions of life, we want to eat smartly without making a big production. Help is here and it’s Keri Gans of Keri Gans Nutrition. I asked her to tell us how we […]
It’s that time again. Time to lose weight in the New Year. Resolution time. Call it what you will, it’s an annual event for millions of people. In fact, four out of five Americans plan on losing weight in 2014. Are you one of them? Check out these new diet statistics to find out how […]
Every morning, I pour myself a 6-oz. glass of Costco or Trader Joe’s orange juice and I can’t imagine a morning without it. But would I want to drink only juice for days? No way. I’m a big believer in a balanced diet, and I’ve had no weight problems as a result. I like the […]
We know that 78 million Americans are obese—(coincidentally, that’s also the number of baby boomers in this country). Millions have tried Weight Watchers and succeeded, with a brand “50 years in the making.” Now the company has shown that weight loss is better together. Weight Watchers recently partnered with scientists at Baylor College of Medicine […]
If you’re feeling bombarded by daily news telling you to eat this and not that, you’re not alone. It’s especially confusing when one food is good for you but it’s also bad for you, depending upon your personal health history. At 372 pages, this new book from Reader’s Digest is really appetizing: “Food that Harm, […]
It’s that time of year. No more snow and ice—for now, anyway—and the earth’s bounty is yours for the picking at your local farmers market. I’ve only had one guest blogger on Mind Your Body TV and I’m pleased to welcome back Sharon Palmer, RD. Sharon stars in this Mind Your Body TV video about […]
Salt is in the news again. Can we shake our salt habit and reduce sodium in our diets? We’ve all heard enough about salt to know that too much of it is bad for us. Still, the average American’s daily salt intake is approximately 3,400 of sodium daily—yes, the two words, “salt” and “sodium,” are […]
One in eight people has Alzheimer’s disease. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, between 2000 and 2025, some states and regions across the country are expected to experience double-digit percentage increases in the overall numbers of people with Alzheimer’s due to increases in the proportion of the population over age 65. “The Alzheimer’s Diet,” a book […]
Who doesn’t love seeing contestants on NBC-TV’s “The Biggest Loser” become the biggest winners when they take control of their health and life—aided by near-guerrilla tactics doled out by the best in the (weight loss) business? That support—some call torture—is an advantage most “regular” people don’t have. Eleven contestants from the show participated in a […]
Welcome to a post by my first—and best—guest blogger, Sharon Palmer, R.D., author of “The Plant-Powered Diet, The Lifelong Eating Plan for Achieving Optimal Health, Beginning Today.” Sharon is just lovely and she really knows food and how it can impact our lives. She’s also a freelance food and nutrition writer. To learn even more about […]
It’s the weekend. Feels like a great time for a steak: a fat, juicy, marbled, delectable piece of meat. Heart attack on a plate. There. I said it. “Meat.” It’s pork, lamb, and the above-referenced beef. I grew up eating meat and probably still eat too much of it, although I have made giant strides […]
So what’s a coffee drinker to do? Maybe, tip that cup. According to a National Cancer Institute study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, when men drank 2 to 3 cups a day, they had a 10 percent chance of living longer than those who drank none—for women, the number was 13 percent. […]
We Americans should be feeling pretty “sweet” since we consume 130 pounds of sugar every year. The topic is frequently in the news, and I think it will be for a very long time—until “things change.” Dr. Sanjay Gupta recently did a story for CBS News in which he interviewed San Francisco endocrinologist Dr. Robert Lustig, […]
Society’s obsession with weight loss has spawned yet another freakish method to lose pounds quickly—which as we all know, is not recommended and certainly not easy. If you’ve missed national morning shows’ coverage of this latest fad, here’s the lowdown on how to get food down—through your nose—and also get your weight down. Feeding tubes […]
Just like too much sugar in the American diet, salt is omnipresent in our foods—and it’s killing us. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) says that reducing sodium consumption by half would save an estimated 150,000 lives per year. And that in turn would reduce medical care and other costs by roughly […]
It’s the end of a long day and for millions of American baby boomers, it’s time to pop the reticent cork on a tasty bottle of Chardonnay, or to rim the margarita glass with salt. The lure of a drink, accompanied by titillating social conversation, an enhanced appetite and the promise of a “good […]