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Summer Fitness

Summer is the perfect time to get in shape. The days are longer and warmer and we have the added incentive of The Swimsuit. It's also the perfect time to simplify:cut out the gym, get outside, practice some easy at-home exercises, eat to promote energy a... Read >

Body Language--The Physical Clues to Health and Disease

One key to creating health is to listen to ourselves and our bodies. Being aware is a powerful tool, one that allows us to understand clues and symptoms of both health and disease. These tips come in the form of cravings, moods, or physical cues and can m... Read >

The Emotions of Eating: How to Nourish Yourself the Right Way

Food. Merriam-Webster's defines it as, "any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, and promote growth". For many of us, however, food means so much more. It is a way to socialize, ... Read >

Making the Most out of your Vegetables

We all know that eating our fruits and vegetables is the number one way toward improving health and aiding weight loss. Powerhouses of nutrition, fruits and veggies also have high levels of fiber, keeping your stomach full longer and your pipes cleaner. ... Read >

Beauty the Beast--Taking Back Control of Your Body Image

We live in an unbalanced culture when it comes to weight,some would even go so far as to say schizophrenic. Over 60% of us are overweight or obese and yet our models are 23% skinnier than the average woman and our media is obsessed with the current weigh... Read >

Five Tasty Food Substitutions to Make Now

For many of us, eating well is a process with a big learning curve. We aren't taught what is truly healthy for us and sometimes it takes a while to wean ourselves off packaged and processed food. The benefits, however, of making a slow transition to eatin... Read >

Embracing Failure: The Real Secret of Weight Loss Success

What do these people have in common: J.K. Rowling, Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey, Winston Churchill, Michael Jordan, Walt Disney, and Henry Ford? Besides being household names, these are only a handful of extremely successful people who credit FAILURE with ma... Read >

Pollution: Obesity's Secret Dirty Cause

While we have been told the alarming amount of weight gain in the last couple decades is the direct correlation of eating too much and exercising too little, scientists are discovering that not everthing is what it seems. Pollution, they have discovered, ... Read >

Get a Quality Workout Without the Pricey Trainer

While talking to a friend recently, she commented on reading a statistic about Hollywood stars and their personal trainers--turns out the average star works out with a personal trainer for at least two hours, several days a week. On top of personal chefs,... Read >

Ditch the Additives, Ditch the Weight

By now it's obvious that we believe whole, unprocessed foods to be an integral part of a healthy diet, but here's another reason to ditch the packaged foods'even those that claim to be 'diet' or 'healthy' or 'low in fat': it seems that additives and food ... Read >

The Skinny on Good Fats

So many people think that the way to lose weight is to cut all fat out of their diet, but this is definitely the wrong approach. Your body needs fat: not only does it make food taste good, it helps us produce the right levels of hormones, protects our imm... Read >

The Three Keys to Weight Loss--Metabolism, Digestion, and Elimination

This week, we again look to the natural world to help us with weight loss. Looking at the body holistically, we can pinpoint three areas in which herbs and food can help us balance our bodies and lose weight'by increasing our metabolism, stimulating our ... Read >

Get off my Nerves--The LInk Between Metabolism and a Healthy Nervous System

The nervous system, made up of cells, tissues, and organs that regulates the body's response to internal and external stimuli, is extremely important for the high-maintenance functioning of the body. In humans it consists of the brain, spinal cord, ner... Read >

The Liquid Dealbreaker--How Drinks are Ruining our Diets

In recent studies on effective weight loss, one of biggest tools of success had to do with keeping a diet journal. Seems like we often like to kid ourselves when it comes to what we eat, how much, and how often. Keeping a journal makes you accountable to... Read >

What a Fungi! Adding Medicinal Mushrooms to Your Diet for Health and Weight Loss

Medicinal mushrooms have been all the rage in Asia for, oh, the last 2,000 years and it seems like we here in the West are finally catching up to the idea. Taken in food and capsule form, mushrooms have been used for everything from treating cancer and d... Read >