How Many Fruits and Vegetables are on Your Plate? Created inNewsletter Library,Nutrition & Healthy Eating The human body evolved to consume a diet that is high in fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables contain a number of plant compounds that your body needs in order to operate correctly. If you don’t consume enough of these…

Gluten Intolerance – What Do I Need to Know? Created inNewsletter Library,Nutrition & Healthy Eating Approximately 40% of Americans have the genetic potential to become gluten intolerant. More than 1% of Americans have celiac disease. In fact, this percentage may be a low estimate because most physicians are unfamiliar with the signs and symptoms of…

Gluten Freedom Created inNewsletter Library,Nutrition & Healthy Eating The concept of the value and benefit of gluten-free food has been gaining momentum for the last 10 years. Discussion related to gluten-free diets goes back to the mid-1950s, but those peer-reviewed articles were primarily focused on the treatment of celiac disease and related gastrointestinal disorders. Today…

Food Combining for Good Health Created inNewsletter Library,Exercise & Fitness Most people are aware of the worldwide epidemics of diabetes and obesity. The World Health Organization definition of overweight is a body mass index (BMI) equal to or greater than 25. Obesity is defined as a BMI equal to or greater than 30.1 Worldwide obesity…

Five Small Meals Created inNewsletter Library,Nutrition & Healthy Eating Plenty of people go through plenty of suffering trying to lose weight. But why does it have to be that way? Surely there’s some discipline involved, but the process can actually be empowering and personally fulfilling. Weight loss doesn’t need to be about suffering. Losing weight…

Eat Your Veggies! Created inNewsletter Library,Nutrition & Healthy Eating Kids don’t have that strong a relationship to vegetables. Kids will go through the motions, pushing broccoli spears and lima beans around their plate a few times, but few veggies actually reach the inside of a kid’s mouth. And yet, we want our kids to eat…

Choosing the Right Diet for Me Created inNewsletter Library,Exercise & Fitness It seems as if every few months there’s a new diet whose rules and requirements we must follow if we’re going to reach the goal of good health. The “paleo” diet provides a great example of this phenomenon. We’re exhorted by paleo proponents to…

California Breakfast Created inNewsletter Library,Nutrition & Healthy Eating The mystery writer Raymond Chandler, author of “The Big Sleep” and “The Long Goodbye”, famously extolled a “California breakfast” of orange juice and a cigarette. Of course, this was back in the bad old days when lighting up was part of most people’s morning ritual. Today, although…

Breakfast of Champions Created inNewsletter Library,Nutrition & Healthy Eating We all know we should eat a “good breakfast”. Most of us can still hear the voice of our third grade teacher ringing in our ears – “Did everyone eat a good breakfast today?” – the kindly, inquiring tone usually accompanied by a penetrating stare. But…