Diet

Stop eating these foods to protect the trillions of tiny soldiers fighting for your health

The microbiome is the vast collection of trillions of bacteria in your digestive system that work together to maintain health.…

March 31, 2021

When in doubt about your diet, go dense

For many of us, feeling overwhelmed by information can lead to confusion or just plain giving up on our nutrition…

February 24, 2021

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

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

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

Don’t sell short the healing power of healthy food

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

July 22, 2020

Spring cleaning: From the inside out

With environmental pollution, toxic body care products and processed foods, most people need a detox. Internal cleansing and detoxification have…

May 20, 2020

Yale study puts Americans’ perspectives on food, environment to the test

production a significant contributor to rise in greenhouse gases across globe, but to many, it’s a mystery

February 24, 2020

Diet

The skinny on intermittent fasting

Abstaining from eating for specific lengths of time can be helpful for some people, not only for weight loss but…

October 23, 2019

How you can avoid joining the failing $33B ‘Dietpalooza’

A mix of vegetables at City Market. When improving your diet, replace packaged, processed food with better, more nutrient-dense food.…

July 24, 2019

Healing Nutrition

Spring cleaning your nutrition

Even though we’re bored, sometimes it’s easier to stay in the rut than to get out and try something new…

March 20, 2019

Living

How much do our diets influence our brain activity?

we eat can affect our mental health and the way we think

December 31, 2018

Local News

TOPS weight-loss group installs new officers to ‘Sound of Chapter Music’

The new leaders of Take Off Pounds Sensibly, from left: assistant weight recorder Lillian Allen, weight recorder Diane Townley, secretary…

August 7, 2018

Living

Foods to eat to facilitate a better night’s sleep

With Thanksgiving having kicked off the holidays and Christmas on the way, it’s this time of year that we may…

December 6, 2017

The Metabolic Approach to Cancer takes on disease with food

Durango-based health professionals wrote the book on cancer and nutrition

May 24, 2017

Local News

Go slowly with those New Year’s resolutions, nutritionist says

But Kelly Proctor, a health advocate and nutritionist, advises starting out slowly rather than trying to stop bad habits cold…

December 27, 2013

City staff sheds 428 pounds

“Before, all I could do was sit and watch my grandkids play softball,” he said. “Now, I’m able to actually…

July 22, 2013