As I warn all my clients, there is a lot of hype around nutrition. The "health food industry" is in fact that - an industry. Unfortunately, that can mean it is concerned with profits and not necessarily providing truly healthy food. The latest of these hypes to come to my attention is agave nectar. Given this new information, I have removed it from my list of acceptable sweeteners to use as alternatives to sugar. Like many of these nutrition hypes the agave nectar story begins with a basis of truth. We are told how native Mexicans used the "product" for thousands of years for a variety of purposes, including medicinal. Then we get the truth - the "nectar" is not produced as the ancients...
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Natural Ways to Boost Your Energy - Part 2
In my last article I introduced you to six natural ways to boost your energy through healthy eating behaviors.As a quick reminder those were: 1.Eat protein with each meal. 2.Eat a diet balanced with protein, fat, and carbohydrate. 3.Don’t fear fat. 4.Reduce your sugar intake. 5.Eat breakfast. 6.Don’t skip meals. Now, here are six more, to give you a healthy dozen ideas. Get more sleep.Well this one may be rather obvious, but guess the number one reason people are tired and lack energy.They don’t get enough sleep! In fact 50 million of us suffer from chronic, long term sleep disorders while another 20 million experience occasional sleep problems.Why do we need sleep? It...
Natural Ways to Boost Your Energy - Part 1
Are you feeling tired?Run down? Don’t have the energy you used to have? Unfortunately you are not alone.One of the most common complaints of my clients is just that – being tired and not having the energy they desire to do what they want to do during the day (and night).Since it is such an important topic I plan to devote the next couple of articles to it.The material I’ll present can be found in greater detail in best-selling nutrition author Jonny Bowden’s The 150 Most Effective Ways to Boost Your Energy: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about Using Nutrition, Exercise, Supplements, Stress Relief, and Personal Empowerment to Stay Energized All Day.As you can see, the book covers...
Eat These Too! Ten More Foods to Nourish Your Body
In a previous post I listed ten foods to eat as part of a healthy diet. The truth is there are many healthy foods to eat. So, I decided to discuss another ten foods to include in your healthy diet. Again, they are in no special order. They are all healthy foods that I recommend you eat on a regular basis, unless you are allergic, intolerant, or sensitive. Broccoli is a cruciferous vegetable. Other crucifers include cabbage, cauliflower, kale, bok choy, and Swiss chard. They are all good for you. Broccoli is a great source of protein, fiber, potassium, calcium, vitamin C, folate, magnesium, phosphorus, beta-carotene, and vitamin A. It contains isothiocynanates that fight cancer and...
Eat These Ten Foods
As a nutrition consultant the most common question I get is, “What should I eat?” I’ll keep the answer simple – eat these ten foods (and as a bonus I throw in a few more!) The ten are in no special order. They are all healthy foods that I recommend you eat on a regular basis, unless of course you are allergic, intolerant, or sensitive. These foods emphasize what lacks in many American diets – vegetables and fruit for vitamins and minerals to fuel our metabolism, and healthy fats that are sources of Omega 3’s and vitamins A, D, E, and K. Blueberries taste great and are loaded with vitamins and minerals. Blueberries have been found to have anti-inflammatory and...
Three Simple Things You Can Do To Improve Your Health
While you may not be ready to follow my advice 100% of the time (even I don’t follow my advice 100% of the time) here are three simple things you can do which will have profound effects on improving your health and how you feel on a daily basis. Make Water Your Beverage of Choice Making water your beverage of choice has two significant impacts. First, most people simply do not drink enough water. Water is essential to life. Our body is made of lots of water and our body utilizes it in many complex chemical reactions that are the basis of life. Of course this leads to the next logical questions – how much and what kind? How much water should you drink? That will vary with how...