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Want Beautiful, Healthy Skin? Eat Your Vegetables! - Potions, paints and powder are no substitute for a healthy diet. Have you ever noticed that the most coveted style for models and celebrities is a “no-makeup” look? Except for special occasions, like runway or awards shows, most strive to look natural, refreshed and flawless. In our culture, there is a huge emphasis placed on dewy complexions, smooth,...
July 27, 2015
"Really, I spent $50 on coffee -alone-?" a client recently asked, clearly stunned. About 10 days before, she complained she couldn't afford healthy food, so I gave her an assignment. For just one week, I asked her to track how much she spent on designer coffees, bodega snacks, convenience foods, splurges, and impulse buys. (Hint: A -food journal- makes a great way to track your spending.) - The experience...
July 20, 2015
The world has taught us to be impatient. From cell phones to social media, we are conditioned to expect instant connections, information, gratification, and results. When we start working out, we want to see the weight loss almost overnight; when we get sick, we want to see a doctor immediately, not after waiting; and when we take medicine—especially pain medication—we want it to start working as soon...
July 15, 2015
Several years ago, I traveled through Italy, a country impossible to visit without at least sampling pasta. While I enjoyed a few small dishes throughout my trip, I adamantly took starch blockers before those meals. Italian pasta tends to be lower in gluten and other junky ingredients compared with American pasta. Even so, when I came back and hopped on the scales, I had -lost- one pound. I was sold...
July 3, 2015
“It helps detoxify, works as a powerful antioxidant, energizes the body, and boosts immunity,” the announcer began. I was recently driving from Palm Desert to Los Angeles when I became riveted about this new, potential cure-all functional food. The more I listened, the more irritated I became. This wasn’t some magical superfood at all. It only became hip a few decades ago, yet kombucha originated about...
July 2, 2015
When It’s Hot, The Grilling is Easy - When the warm weather arrives, our meals often take us out of the kitchen and in front of a grill. But research has shown that turning up the heat may allow cancer-causing substances to form in our foods. Carcinogens form when meat is cooked at high temperatures, or over longer periods of time, or when meat juices drip and the flames hit the meat. Vegetables, mushrooms...
July 2, 2015
What Should I Eat? - We are constantly bombarded with health information, but it is often useless information. With just a click of a mouse we can learn all about the current fad diets, or read about the newest surgical weight-loss procedure, or lose weight by using smaller plates, or view an advertisement for the latest low-fat snack, portioned for ‘convenience’ in 100-calorie packages. None of this...
June 29, 2015
"Succumbing became all too easy, and a few bites quickly became the whole bar," my friend confessed about a particularly stressful three-hour airport layover when, after downing two glasses of pinot noir, she headed straight to one of the terminal's many bodegas, where she purchased and devoured a gargantuan dark chocolate bar. Whether for work or vacation, travel becomes stressful enough. Why add...
June 25, 2015
Some people think that mainstream media is strategically and methodically controlled by the corporate giants and the government, in spite of our having so-called "free speech" and a supposedly-independent press. Other people laugh at such views, prefering to relegate them to the attic-worthy, cobweb-ridden realms of conspiracy theory nonsense. The latest development at the FDA, though, concerning trans...
June 23, 2015
By Dana Poblete for Thrive Market - Going vegan can sometimes feel like all things sinful are suddenly out of reach, and blandness is the price to pay for a soul-soothing, cruelty-free diet. On the other side of the coin, you may be cheerfully gulping apple juice and melting soy cheese on a veggie pizza, proudly reveling in your ethical choices, oblivious to what's really in your food. First of all,...
June 17, 2015
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