eating mindfully

December 4, 2015

Zero Calorie Brownies?

Wouldn’t it be great if this brownie actually existed? We all know a zero calorie brownie would taste like cardboard so let’s get real about the meaning of calories. What do those calories actually provide? Is it really about calories or the nutritional content in those calories? Society has created a stigma that calories equal […]

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November 7, 2010

Beer Gut? Spare Tire? How To Bust Your Belly Fat

We have a joking term for it — “beer belly,” but the reality is that the kind of fat that accumulates in and around the abdominal region is no laughing matter. In fact, it can have some serious health implications. There are two types of fat contained within the body: visceral and subcutaneous. Subcutaneous fat […]