I do not believe in deprivation, and I very much believe in enjoying healthy, tasty sweets. But too often dessert packs an unsuspected sugary wallop that can throw off any attempts to improve health and body composition.
Category Archives: In The Press
The Unsweetened Truth, Part 2: artificial sweeteners
Artificial sweeteners not only don’t work. They can work against you. Here’s how.
The Unsweetened Truth, Part 1: Sugar
We love our sweets. And the more we have, the more we crave. That’s not simply habit, or lack of will power. It’s biochemistry. Let me explain.
Are you a daily “grazer”?
Somewhere in the past decade, it became a truism that the best way to eat is to graze: to eat six small meals, or three meals and three snacks. If you know the facts, you might want to reconsider.
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”
Busting The Calorie Myth
Do you still believe the calories in/calories out formula? It doesn’t work. In fact, it works against you. Here’s why.
A Radical Proposal For Valentine’s Day
In my 20s, in a little hole in the wall on the upper east side of Manhattan, I got the best haircut of my life….. How a hairdresser taught me a most important lesson about self-love.
Meditation for Busy People
Today’s column in The Times Herald Record, in which my editor gives me 375 words to explain what meditation isn’t, what it is, how to do it, and the benefits. How’d I do?
Really, Paula Deen? Really?
I am deeply sympathetic to Paula Deen’s right to privacy as she dealt with her health issues, but pardon my cynicism while I doubt that explanation for the three-year lag time. Here’s the truth about diabetes, genes and lifestyle.
Carbohydrate isn’t always a dirty word when it comes to eating healthy
An article in The Times Herald Record featuring me, and one of my clients, on the issue of how carbohydrates effect us.
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