The most common thing I hear my clients say they’ve been told: Move more, eat less Calories in equals calories out WHAT IF it’s just not that simple? What if there was something more powerful that was controlling your health? Our metabolism, immune system, mood and overall health is completely dependent on so much more […]
Last week I was running errands and caught Dr. Robert Lustig speaking on the radio. He was talking about his usual favorite topic: sugar addiction. However, what caught my ear was his use of the word tolerance. He said we all have a tolerance for certain types of addictive substances such as alcohol, tobacco, and […]
Whether at the office or out in the world, people always seem to have questions regarding food and nutrition. The food landscape has become hard to navigate similar to our political environment. Here are a few questions that have come up recently. I want to lose ten pounds, so should I decrease my protein intake […]
Did you know 86% of American use “diet” products and consumers spend $21 billion dollars per year on diet drinks? Clearly they believe these diet foods and beverages will help them in ways real foods do not provide. Is that hope true or is it just a magical wish? At the World Obesity Conference last […]
Venturing to Vancouver and attending the International Congress on Obesity I had no idea what the research would indicate. Would it be the same old messages of “calories in equals out,” “just move more,” and “cut down on fat intake.” It turns out this conference gave great detail to the complexity of obesity, weight challenges […]