Archive for the 'Nutrition and Fitness' Category

March 10 2011

Journals- Keeping Track of Health

Do you know one of the best ways to stop eating foods that are bad for you?  Start a food journal and write down everything you eat and drink for a day.  Then continue the practice for the whole time you want to lose weight.   Why you are at it, write down how you [...]

February 7 2011

It’s Never Too Late to Start Again

It has been a challenging few weeks for me, both writing and personally.  I am in that dead of winter space where I know things are happening, they just aren’t visible.  I am in the editing phase of my book and it gets quite tedious moving forward and backward through all the pages, looking for [...]

January 10 2011

Time to Eat Healthy!

Have you ever heard of the Mediterranean Diet?  Well, you have now!  Not only do I eat gluten free, but I love to try new recipes that help me to eat new vegetables.  The Mediterranean Diet is about eating fresh fruits and vegetables and eating less refined carbohydrates, sweets, and even meats.   One might look [...]

November 30 2010

Gluten Free cut out cookies

Holidays can be tough for those who must avoid gluten, especially children.  One of my favorite things to do growing up was to make cut out cookies for the holidays. It was difficult fifteen years ago to eat gluten free, when the gluten free flours and recipes did not have the right texture for rolling [...]

November 9 2010

10 Ways to Reduce Stress

I am in the process of looking through old newsletters and finding great information that never made its way to my website.  Here is a great way to help you reduce some of the stress you may be feeling.  Even if you do one of these things, it will bring you back to the present [...]

October 25 2010

Clean Out your Pantry Part 2

Dump the High Fructose Corn Syrup! In the late 1970′s, when Dr. Atkins tried to tell people that fat didn’t make people fat, the obesity rate in this country was 15 percent.  It was at this point that the low fat industry took hold, and thirty years later, the obesity rate is at 32 percent. [...]

October 12 2010

Stress and Belly Fat

When our bodies are under stress, the adrenal glands secrete an abundance of cortisol. The right amount of cortisol helps with regulating blood pressure cardiovascular function metabolism An Excess of Cortisol Weakens the immune system puts heart into overdrive raises blood pressure adversely affects brain function signals the body to store fat around the organs- [...]

October 12 2010

It’s a Soup Day!

I heard the rain beating against our north bedroom window when I woke up this morning.  It has been raining every since.  I  downed three cups of tea, and decided to see what I could throw into the crock pot for soup. 2 cups leftover chicken, 1 sweet potato, 1 russet potato, 2 stalks celery, [...]

October 10 2010

MUFAs- Are you Nuts?

Nutritional Facts about Nuts More than 40 studies have shown that including nuts in the diet can reduce the risk of heart disease regardless of what kind of nut is eaten. Research shows that people who eat nuts even one time a week have  25% less heart disease than those who do not consume nuts. [...]

October 9 2010

Are You Eating Healthy MUFA’s?

MUFA’s A MUFA is a mono-unsaturated fatty acid, which has been found to be very beneficial to your health.  There are five categories of MUFA’s: Avocados Dark Chocolate Nuts and Seeds Oils Olives What do MUFA’s do? MUFA’s Protect your heart and decrease the risk of Metabolic Syndrome.  Studies show that by decreasing carbs and [...]

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