food sensitivities

Get Energized: 3 Steps to a healthy meal

This article was originally published on February 24, 2010 as my column Holistic Outlook, in The Times Herald Record. To see the original article, click here. Step one: Four for four Every time you eat, you are giving your body information. You probably want to tell your body things like: “Burn fat!” “Keep me energizedContinue reading “Get Energized: 3 Steps to a healthy meal”

In Obesity Epidemic, What’s One Cookie? – Well Blog – NYTimes.com

I have been preaching for many, many years, that the calories in/calories out model does not work. Here’s what does.

Top 7 Foods That Slow Your Aging

Top 7 Foods That Slow Your Aging. Great article by Dr. Mercola. Did you know he also studied with my own teacher, Dietrich Klinghardt, and incorporates much of Dr Klinghardt’s teaching in his principles? I think this article is a great primer. A few notes: See my article on protein shakes for my whey recommendations.Continue reading “Top 7 Foods That Slow Your Aging”

Gluten Sensitivity Featured in The Times Herald Record

Read my article, plus an interview with 2 of my wonderful clients, as featured in the The Times Herald Record on December 23, 2009. Can Going Gluten Free Change Your Life? Goodbye to Gluten: Two Who Feel ‘So Much Better’

Get Healthy to Lose Weight!

If you feel like you have done everything right—with no success. If you have found that watching your diet and limiting calories, even with exercise, does not work. You are not alone. If you have had this experience, it is not your fault! So many people have tried dieting, tried exercise, and still have not successfully gotten to the weight and body composition they know they could have. One of my specialties is helping people identify the problems that have kept them from succeeding in the past, and helping them finally succeed in reaching—and even surpassing—their goals.

Health Kinesiology

Health Kinesiology was developed by Dr. Jimmy Scott of Canada about 40 years ago. Through muscle testing, we can identify allergens (food, dust, pollen, etc), germs (viruses, bacteria, spirochetes), thoughts (I’m not good enough, I’m stupid), or emotions (anger, anxiety) that stress your system and drain your energy. The good news is that HK canContinue reading “Health Kinesiology”

Nutritional Counseling

Eating what is “theoretically” healthy is not the same as eating what is uniquely appropriate for you. In fact, many people who do their best to eat a healthy diet find that it is exactly those so-called healthy foods that are making them feel so lousy, and keeping them from losing weight, or having the body composition they want and for which work so hard.

A Gluten Free Vegetarian Visits Egypt

I am back from Egypt, and what an adventure! You can see lots of photos on my Facebook page, so please take a look, and leave your comments. The best part of the trip, of course, was spending time with my remarkable daughter Lily, briefly getting to be part of her new and very fullContinue reading “A Gluten Free Vegetarian Visits Egypt”

Gluten Sensitivity: You Are What You… Digest

Most people wouldn’t think that these could all be caused by a food sensitivity, but they often are. Sensitivity to gluten, the protein in wheat, barley, oats, spelt and other grains, can cause these problems, and many more. People often undergo years of treatment for these symptoms without ever being diagnosed for the true underlying problem: gluten sensitivity. Although gluten is not always the cause, it may be possible to successfully manage many of these health issues only if gluten is removed from the diet.

Identifying food sensitivities and helping clients adapt to eliminating them has been one of the most important keys to successfully assisting my clients reach their optimal health and well-being. Many clients come in with a long list of chronic symptoms, each of which has been treated, often unsuccessfully, with different medication, by a different specialist, and all of which we have been able to resolve within months simply by identifying and eliminating food sensitivities.