Diet

Strength in Well-being

Will eating breakfast really fuel your day?

You might establish new resolutions, or you might choose some lofty goals that will help you move in the direction…

January 9, 2021

Healing Nutrition

There is something even better than willpower

The good news is that you can learn the pitfalls of relying on willpower and a few powerful tools and…

January 6, 2021

Nourishing Morsels

Bringing everything back to basics

Especially after a particularly challenging 2020, we are looking for ways to ensure that 2021 will be different. The clean…

December 30, 2020

Strength in Well-being

Cultivating your image of success

It’s been a dream that has been at our side for years – since high school, marriage, postpregnancy or after…

December 16, 2020

Healing Nutrition

Make sure stress doesn’t throw away all your nutrients

It’s been a peculiar year to say the least! With the COVID-19 pandemic, an election year and now, we add…

December 9, 2020

Nourishing Morsels

Caring for your ‘winter organs,’ aka the kidneys

When traditional Chinese medicine was first developed, it was thought to allow people to live in a state of harmony…

December 2, 2020

Strength in Well-being

8 health and wellness tips for the holidays

It’s been shown that stress and anxiety in all areas of life including family, finance, and health and wellness seem…

November 18, 2020

Healing Nutrition

Six nutrition principles most fad diets don’t include

That might mean your kids are still at home, your favorite gym is closed, your kids don’t have school sports,…

November 11, 2020

Nourishing Morsels

What sugar cravings are telling you

When I ask sugar-craving folks what their days are like, it’s usually followed with a litany of stressful tasks, a…

November 4, 2020

Strength in Well-being

When does the creep become a problem?

Well, I have some good news: It’s normal for your weight to flux up and down. As much as you…

October 21, 2020

Food

Why making your diet part of your identity is bad for your health – and society

Every diet that has gotten traction in my lifetime, an unconscionably long time, has boiled weight loss down to one…

October 18, 2020

Healing Nutrition

Fad diets: Let’s talk about intermittent fasting

They often promise quick weight loss or health improvements without much independently reviewed scientific data to back their claims. The…

October 14, 2020

Nourishing Morsels

Finding the pause as the fall sets in

Autumn is a giant invitation to all of us – human, animals, plants and soil – to begin the process…

October 7, 2020

Strength in Well-being

Weight regain: Why it happens and what to do

For decades, we have been told that if we just exercised more, ate less (or at least ate everything in…

September 30, 2020

Healing Nutrition

Fad diets: Let’s talk about Keto

As we learned last month, the thriving $193 billion dollar weight loss industry markets fad diets to Americans by enticing…

September 16, 2020

Nourishing Morsels

Nightshades and arthritis are often connected

The farmers markets and grocery stores are an abundance of nature’s glory. Fruit is literally falling off the trees. Home…

September 9, 2020

Strength in Well-being

The art of letting go of excess weight

And the same goes for letting go of excess fat weight. In fact, this process of dropping weight is a…

August 26, 2020

Food

In the quest for a pandemic coping mechanism, I’ve become a cookie monster

Granola Cookies.Stacy Zarin Goldberg/Washington Post I’m not saying these trips were wise. In fact, I’d say they were decidedly dumb.…

August 26, 2020

Healing Nutrition

Fad diets: Let’s talk about paleo

First let’s talk about the global $192 billion dollar weight-loss industry that not just survives, but thrives by marketing to…

August 19, 2020

Nourishing Morsels

Nourishing yourself and your community

We don’t often dive more deeply into the finer points of nutrition, such as how many nutrients are lost if…

August 5, 2020

Strength in Well-being

Maybe it’s low testosterone?

This isn’t ideal as testosterone is a key hormone in keeping both men AND women at optimal health with high…

July 29, 2020

Food

Six ways to cut back on salt – and keep the flavor – when cooking at home

Reducing sodium in your recipes isn’t an impossible endeavor … if you think about it strategically.Tom McCorkle/Washington Post The best…

July 26, 2020

Healing Nutrition

Don’t sell short the healing power of healthful food

The people I see in my nutrition practice experience a wide range of undesirable symptoms that prevent them from enjoying…

July 22, 2020

Nourishing Morsels

To B or not to (vitamin) B?

B vitamins are involved with many biochemical reactions in the body – especially the nervous system. They are crucial to…

July 8, 2020