Diets are popular. Really popular. It seems like every time I turn around, a new fad diet is making waves in Hollywood and everyone is talking about it! What I’ve found though, is that most people try diet after diet, constantly searching for the perfect solution to weight loss... [More]

I’m an advocate for partnering with a primary care physician to stay healthy, so when my mom mentioned that it had been a couple of years since her last visit with her physician, I wasted no time in convincing her to make an appointment. She was a little uncomfortable going by herself, so I accompanied her to the doctor’s office. Overall, the doctor was very pleased with how well my mother had been taking care of herself. But he told her that she had high blood pressure... [More]

At the gym I frequent, there’s been a lot of chatter about the exercise program P90X. I know I’ve written about home work-outs before, but I thought I should go into a little detail on this new program. For anyone unfamiliar with this program, it claims that you are guaranteed a ripped body in 90 days. How does this work? Allow me to explain... [More]

Whenever I entertain and have people over for dinner, I always make sure I serve up a colorful plate. I like to include a wide range of colors in the fruits and vegetables I serve. But did you know that there’s more than just a visual benefit to including a rainbow of colors in your meals?.. [More]

When the weather starts to get warm, one of my favorite treats is ice cream. However, it’s not the best idea to have a big ice cream cone every day – the extra fat and calories would start to add up pretty quickly! I was pretty excited to come across this recipe, though. Not only does this help curb my ice cream craving, it controls portion size at the same time... [More]

Who loves the movie Top Gun? Or rather I should say, who DOESN’T love the movie Top Gun? “I feel the need…the need for speed!” What a great movie. But, I didn’t want to talk about movies today. I wanted to talk about the danger zones we have when it comes to overeating, and well, you can see where I digressed. Almost all of us have danger zones... [More]

Grilling out during the long summer months is a big part of the warm weather fun for me and my family. I love to entertain out on the patio with freshly picked corn on the cob and healthy grilled chicken breasts. But what to serve for dessert? I recently stumbled upon this great sounding grill-able cake recipe from Mayo Clinic and can’t wait to try it out!. [More]

Have you heard about “negative calorie foods”? Put simply, these are foods that require more work to digest than they have calories. These are mostly certain types of fruits and veggies that are usually very high in fiber and contain a low number of calories to begin with. As a result, the energy it requires for the body to break down these foods and absorb all the protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals, and then get the unused portion out of the body may be higher than the actual amount of calories in the food itself... [More]

Have you ever been at a restaurant and decided that you were going to make the healthy choice and order a salad? While that grilled chicken caesar salad seemed like a healthy choice, did you know that you actually may be sabotaging your diet?.. [More]

Let’s get scientific for a minute and talk about calories. When designing a personal nutrition plan for yourself, calculating how many calories you burn in a day is an important first step. The number of calories you burn in a day is what’s known as your total daily energy expenditure (TDEE). Also known as your maintenance level, this number will give you a reference point for your diet. But before we can get that number, we have to calculate your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)... [More]