How you can take your kitchen to the cleaners.
This just in— straight from the pages of the Skinny Diaries! Here's how to beat the odds in light of the new stats that suggest that the average diet lasts only about six weeks. Half of the dieters lose their momentum because of their lack of willpower while a full 25% give up because they become moody or depressed.
This is what smart women do to obtain and maintain that slimmer figure – all year round – and what you can do, too. Try these tips on for size:
1. Get rid of processed carbohydrates and sugar… Continue reading Categories
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January 17th, 2012How you can take your kitchen to the cleaners.
This just in— straight from the pages of the Skinny Diaries! Here's how to beat the odds in light of the new stats that suggest that the average diet lasts only about six weeks. Half of the dieters lose their momentum because of their lack of willpower while a full 25% give up because they become moody or depressed.
This is what smart women do to obtain and maintain that slimmer figure – all year round – and what you can do, too. Try these tips on for size:
1. Get rid of processed carbohydrates and sugar… Continue reading A Poison in Your Food Linked to Over 60 Diseases
January 12th, 2012
It’s why we are becoming the United States of Diabetes.
Sugar has been linked to more than sixty different ailments, including Type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and most recently— Metabolic Syndrome, said to affect 75% Americans to some degree! (See full list of sugar-related ailments) Studies show that there are almost 30 million of us with Type 2 diabetes with another 70 million individuals that qualify as pre-diabetics. Sugar is very sneaky.
It is so pervasive in our society, not only in obvious forms such as cookies and candy but also… Continue reading Fight Insulin Resistance and the Hunger Hormone
January 5th, 2012
The bodybuilders' secret to healthy muscles is the key.
The number one cause of the number one health crisis of our time, the “diabesity epidemic“, is relatively simple— all those empty calories, refined carbs (rice, pasta, bread, cold cereals), and liquid calories from sports drinks, sodas, and juice that we consume day after day! Affecting almost 1 in 2 Americans, and up to 2 billion people world wide, this epidemic is almost always caused by either environmental or lifestyle factors, both of which are reversible and highly preventable.
Simply put, processed carbs are quickly… Continue reading The 6 Fat Flush Commandments: Part 3
October 27th, 2011
Lower your insulin and eliminate "false fat."
5. Lower Your Insulin to Lower Your Weight
Like cortisol, insulin is another fat-promoting hormone. Remember, hormones—and not just calories—dramatically impact weight. Insulin, the key hormone that controls blood sugar levels, is triggered by an excessive intake of carbs. Insulin helps store blood sugar in the liver and tissues as glycogen. However, the body can only store a limited amount of glycogen and any excess is converted to body fat with the assistance of insulin.
Fat-deprived individuals tend to eat too many carbs, programming their insulin levels to remain high. The insulin in turn instructs… Continue reading Eat Breakfast Like a Pauper?
January 24th, 2011
Just make sure lean protein is king.
According to conventional nutritional wisdom, "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper." This was deemed especially good advice for those with weight to lose.
Imagine my shock when I read the latest study in Nutrition Journal trying to disprove this time-honored advice.
Following close to 400 people and what they reported eating at each meal, researchers discovered that those who ate a big breakfast consumed, on average, 400 more calories a day than the rest of the study volunteers.
Dr. Volker Schustziarra, a nutritional specialist in Munich… Continue reading Is Your Cell Phone Zapping Your Thyroid?
October 6th, 2010
Electropollution saps energy—and packs on pounds.
Mobile phones and wireless devices are everywhere these days. Even if you aren't using your phone or WiFi at the moment, you're probably within range of someone else's. At least 84% of Americans have cell phones.
Due to the proliferation of these phones, Blackberries and other digital devices, broadcast and cell phone antennas, power lines, satellite TV, and WiFi zapping us everywhere from our favorite coffee shop to the public library, we're now exposed 100 million times more to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) than our grandparents were.
What's all… Continue reading Are You Frustrated with Your Stubborn Belly Fat?
October 1st, 2010
Go from tummy fat to tummy flat with healthy, slimming omega-rich fats.
Is your waistband feeling a little snug? Adding inches in your midsection does more than make it hard to fit into your jeans or zip up that slim skirt.
Belly fat increases your risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, cancer (both breast and colorectal), and gallbladder problems—even if you don't notice a change on the bathroom scale. Not that abdominal fat isn't often the first sign of being overweight—it is.
While it may sound counterintuitive… Continue reading Save Face With Natural Treatments to Heal Acne
September 13th, 2010
Restore glowing skin—without gut pain caused by acne drugs.
New research reported in the American Journal of Gastroenterology links drugs commonly prescribed to help control acne to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). While dermatologist David Margolis, MD, calls these bowel disorders "a rare outcome," earlier studies have shown that Accutane (or isotretinoin) can also cause IBD in some people with severe acne.
That's not the only problem: Accutane carries the risk of severe birth defects. This drug has been found to damage intestinal mucosa, leading to bloody diarrhea and colitis, while aggravating Crohn's disease… Continue reading Big Macs, With a Side of Statins?
September 8th, 2010
Lower cholesterol naturally with a whole body lifestyle approach.
In August, the Imperial College London published research concluding that cholesterol-lowering statin drugs could neutralize the dangerous effects of eating fast foods like Big Macs. And a year ago the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended statins for obese elementary school children.
Fortunately, new research in the journal Atherosclerosis reports that omega-3 fatty supplementation improves vascular function and reduces inflammation in obese kids. That's in addition to the considerable body of research on the benefits of these safe, healthy fats in protecting adults against cardiovascular disease. Fish… Continue reading Are Diabetes and Cancer Linked?
July 28th, 2010
Balance blood sugar and foster friendly bacteria to protect your health.
Most people realize that Type 2 diabetes is an underlying factor in heart disease. But did you know that scientists are increasingly finding an association between diabetes and cancer?
New evidence presented at an American Diabetes Association/American Cancer Society conference linked diabetes with cancers of the breast, colon, liver, pancreas, bladder, and rectum. "Traditionally, there hasn't been much overlap between research in cancer and diabetes," says Edward Giovannuci, MD, ScD, co-chair of this consensus report group. "But recently it's become clearer that there… Continue reading 
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