What Really Happens With Insulin Spiking Eating Habits
Eating Habits That Spike Insulin: What’s the Impact? Insulin plays a very important role in keeping our bodies stable. As our blood sugar rises, as it naturally does after consuming carbohydrates, insulin is released. This hormone moves sugar from the blood into muscles and fat cells for storage. This is all good and well and […]
5 Deadly Ingredients That Lead to Obesity
5 Terrible Ingredients that Make Us Fat Thousands of people have chosen to start living healthy and eating clean for a number of reasons: they want to lose weight, reverse illnesses or avoid deterioration of bodily systems. We have yet another reason why you should consider changing your lifestyle. Foods that aren’t clean cause more […]
Healthy Thanksgiving Side Dishes
Healthy Thanksgiving Side Dishes Making the change to a healthy lifestyle is one of the best decisions you can make for yourself. The positive effects can be seen throughout the body. Ease of weight management, more energy, a healthier immune system, these are just a few of the long list of benefits. The biggest struggles, […]
What Are Superfoods?
All About Superfoods “Superfood”, you can’t take a trip to the grocery store without seeing this term written somewhere. We see it on fruits, vegetables, grains and more, but what does it really mean? Due to the nature of the items this term is most often stamped on, we can safely assume it means “healthy” […]
5 Weird Foods You Should Be Eating
Yes, Eat These 5 Weird Foods With more and more people becoming aware of the benefits of clean eating, a lot of new food trends have begun to pop up. Many of the foods people are raving about are not actually as healthy as they claim to be. However, among the foods of these trends […]
Clean Eating 101 – Top 10 Best Clean Snacks
Ten Great Clean Snacks In the challenge to find the best weight loss solution, planning and prepping clean and healthy meals in advance can be a little time consuming and tricky at first, but it’s easy to get the hang of it. The real struggle is figuring out what to snack on when your stomach […]
The Common Denominator in All Weight Loss Success Stories
The One Thing All Weight Loss Success Stories Share As a medical weight loss professional, I’ve seen and helped thousands of patients reach their weight loss goals. While some of them have experienced amazing levels of success right away, others would return to my office after prolonged periods of ‘diet backsliding’ completely frustrated. Trust me, […]
What Is Clean Eating Anyway?
The Skinny on Clean Eating Clean eating is not only the most healthy eating plan on planet earth, it’s also the easiest to follow. We’re going to dedicate the month of November to educating you about the benefits of clean eating and how to make it part of your permanent weight loss solution. We’re even […]
Forming Healthy Weight Loss Habits – Controlling Cravings
Control Cravings with Healthy Weight Loss Habits You’ve heard the statistics. Inherited genes (like the recently identified KLF14 gene) claim to make us 2.5 times more likely to become overweight as an adult. This gene is said to lead to weight gain, high cholesterol, and even type 2 diabetes. While today’s society may be quick […]
Deciphering Ingredient Labels – A Vital Part of Your Weight Loss Action Plan
Remember to Read Those Ingredient Labels! (It’s Vital for Weight Loss) Reading food labels and understanding what you’re really eating is a solid first step when finding the right way to lose weight. It’s also a big part of weight maintenance. Unfortunately, we often rely on what the ingredient labels “seem to be saying” instead […]