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The Feeding Tube Diet – Really???

Extreme measures are rarely necessary. I can teach you how to lose weight without deprivation or hunger.

Guilt-free Strawberry Ice Cream

It’s June and strawberry season is upon us early this year, thanks to our oddly warm weather. So of course, I made some healthy, delicious fresh strawberry ice cream!

Are You A “Grazer”? (I hope not)

Somewhere in the past decade, it became a truism that the best way to eat is to graze: to eat six small meals a day, but if you subscribe to this you may be doing yourself a metabolic disservice.

Meditation & Trauma

“Research is now indicating that the brain can be unset and reset — and meditation can do that effectively. Meditation can give you a sense of control over life, and that’s pretty significant.” – Fran Sussman via ‘Possibly a game-changer’ | recordonline.com. An article in The Times Herald Record on how meditation is being usedContinue reading “Meditation & Trauma”

New Class: Biggest Loser – The Healthy Way!

Starting July 5th: a small, ongoing (10 week) group workshop to teach you the secrets I have learned and shared with my private clients over the past twenty years to help people from their teens to their 70s achieve healthy weight loss, and feel great!

Roster of Success: My Day at the Office

I saw 9 clients yesterday, and everyone of them is achieving their goals. What about you?

The Myth of Whole Grain Goodness

The myth of “healthy” grains may be making you fat, tired, bloated and depressed.

New Class: Better Brain Function through Meditation

Please note that the class has started, but there are a few drop-in spots available on a first come first serve basis each week. You must let me know ahead of time if you would like to join us for that week’s class. We will review the core meditation in full each week, so you will be able to participate. Drop in fee is $28.

More Mythbusting: Fear of Fats

Have you been frightened into thinking that eating any amount of dietary fat is harmful? Then you need to read this.

Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Linked to Heart Disease – NYTimes.com

“…one serving daily of a sugar-sweetened beverage was linked to a 19 percent increase in the relative risk of cardiovascular disease.” via Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Linked to Heart Disease – NYTimes.com. As I have been teaching clients for many years, heart disease and problematic cholesterol, as well as diabetes, are far more likely to be aContinue reading “Sugar-Sweetened Drinks Linked to Heart Disease – NYTimes.com”