When asked, most people will tell you that they know what they should be eating, they just don’t do it. As a clinician, I asked myself, “How can we help these people make the dietary changes they know will improve their health?” It turns out, the answer was very simple.
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Look – we all know that we should eat better, but who has the time??! If that sentiment has crossed your mind, this post will help you find the time to improve the quality of what you put into your mouth on a daily basis.
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A warm bowl of soup can really hit the spot when the weather is cold. Here are several recipes that our clients have shared that not only help warm the body, they lift the spirits and are a great comfort food to enjoy as the snow flies.
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The leaves are falling, winter is coming and you (hopefully!) have a bounty of food from your garden waiting to be consumed. Here are some quick crockpot recipes to help warm you up this autumn season.
(more…)If you’ve seen any of the print and TV ads being promoted by the Corn Refiners Association lately – the ones implying that high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is essentially the same as table sugar – you may be rightfully confused. In this post, we will set the record straight. (more…)
Aspartame is a widely used artificial sweetener. Since its discovery in 1965, it has been used in thousands of food products as a non-caloric sweetener. Aspartame is about 200 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar). However, aspartame is not the only artificial sweetener found in foods; others include saccharin, neotame, acesulfame potassium, and sucralose. More than 6000 new products that contain artificial sweeteners were launched in the United States between 1999 and 2004, including soft drinks, baby food, Pedialyte, frozen foods, chewing gum and many (many) foods aimed at weight loss and blood sugar management (see other posts on the effects of artificial sweeteners and blood sugar and weight gain). (more…)
Give the gift of health!
