Mediterranean Diet 101
The Mediterranean diet is based on the traditional foods that people who lived around the Mediterranean Sea ate about 50 years ago. Back then, in the mid 20th century, researchers noted that people in Spain, Greece, and Italy lived longer and healthier than Americans. And they had...
Do I Need Vitamin B12 “shots”?
You may have come across clinics offering vitamin B12 “shots” (a.k.a intramuscular cobalamin injections) and wondered whether you should I get one too. I often get asked; what’s the difference between oral and vitamin B12 “shots”? Is there a difference between types of vitamin B12? (did you...
Are You Getting Enough Protein?
Protein is a critical building block required to repair damage, digest food, fight infections, build muscle and bone, create hormones and even for maintaining good moods. Higher protein diets can help fight high blood pressure, diabetes and osteoporosis. Not to mention protein's great benefits for...
Sugar: How Much is Too Much?
Governments and organizations are finally declaring a maximum amount of daily sugar intake. While this is a step forward, there are still a few problems. One, they don’t all agree with each other. And two, health professionals don’t necessarily agree with them either. We all know sugar...
Fats: Keep the Good and Ditch the Bad
Fat is an essential macronutrient that supports your brain function, hormones, immune system and heart health. There are two types of fat: one that supports these functions and another that busts all of these (brain, hormones, immune system, heart health, and moods). That is why the information...
Why You Should Use a Customized Meal Plan
What is a Meal Plan? In a nutshell, a meal plan is a planning tool that helps you answer the “what's for dinner?” question only once per week. With a meal plan at hand, you are not wrecking your brain over what to eat for breakfast,...
Intermittent Fasting for Weight Loss
What is intermittent fasting? Intermittent fasting is not a diet. It is a pattern of eating with intermittent periods of fasting and feasting. It limits when you eat and not what you eat, which eliminates the need to count calories while still losing weight. Some believe that...
Lose Excess Inches With These Shopping Tips
Healthy weight management starts the moment you step into a grocery store and the choices that you make while shopping for food. Here are a few tips on how to make smart choices that can help with weight management and prevent you from making impulsive...
Is Sugar Making You Fat?
We are becoming fatter and sicker than ever before. In fact, we have an obesity epidemic. You can’t blame it all on genetics though. Over the past 160 years, our diets have shifted towards eating more processed foods, processed vegetable fats, and eating more sugar...
Enhance Weight Loss with Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple cider vinegar has become quite popular recently. Just Google “Apple Cider Vinegar” and you will find over 90 million results. Apple cider vinegar (ACV) is made by fermenting apples with yeast to convert their sugar into alcohol. The alcohol then converts into vinegar (acetic acid)...