Category: Healthy Eating
What Makes Her Fit Could Make You Fat!
Dieting. Oh what a daunting task! Counting calories, daily trips to the bathroom scale, enjoying ALL those Valentine chocolates vicariously through [...]
Is My Diet Affecting My Ability to Conceive?
Many people have heard the saying “you are what you eat”, well this saying is especially true for a couple trying to conceive. Never has nutrition p [...]
Ancient Wisdom for Hormone Balance and Weight Loss
Have you ever had the experience of trying to lose weight and you just can’t. “Doctor, I have tried everything and I can’t lose weight!” is a common t [...]
Why Do 80% of All Diets Fail?
You either don’t lose the weight, or you do lose it and gain it all back. The average dieter begins and breaks four diets a year. Four. We start out [...]
Mindful Eating Meets Mindful Self-Compassion
Another new year dawns and with it comes the barrage of weight loss plans, some balanced, others not and most promising a ‘quick fix”. The diet indust [...]
Try Quinoa for a Great Alternative to Grain
I adore grains of any form. I love the coarse texture, chew, nuttiness, and wholesome, satisfying taste. When quinoa recently became popularized I qu [...]
Go Nuts for the Holidays!
As we know, the holidays are a gift-giving season. What better way to show someone that you care than by giving them a homemade gift for the holidays? [...]
Kohlrabi…What Exactly is this Vegetable?
Yes, it’s true. Kohlrabi looks like a species from Mars with its green (or even purple) bulb and thin stems and leaves that shoot out from all sides o [...]
Delicata Squash
Until I became a CSA member, I admit that I shunned more unique types of winter squash, particularly Delicata. It was unfamiliar and I figured that, l [...]
Summer Fun with our Kids! Let’s Make Popsicles!
We’re in the heat of the summer… We’re dripping with sweat… Imagine a yummy treat that can cool you off—and it’s healthy too! Since my children were v [...]
Battling the Child Obesity Epidemic…Solved!
I have two children. They are young and healthy. I am grateful everyday for their health, but what about the baggage that they carry with them...their [...]
Naturally Sweetened Dairy-Free Frosting Using Maple Cream
Summer is just around the corner! With this change in season, there is the arrival of beautiful fruits and vegetables. In Connecticut, we are very luc [...]
Nana Terri’s Hearty Vegetable Soup
March weather in our Nutmeg State can be varied. Even as the weather starts to warm up, we can still feel a bite in the air. Soups are a nourishing wa [...]
The Right to Know…About What You’re Eating
Here we are in 2015, and there is so much to learn about our food and healthcare in America. Our food AND our health care, as they are one and the sam [...]
The Gerson Therapy
The Gerson Therapy is a natural nutritional therapy that activates the body’s extraordinary ability to heal itself through an organic, vegetarian diet [...]
The Vitals of Juicing
Today, more people are becoming aware of the importance of a healthier diet and overall better nutrition. GMO’s, hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, ma [...]
Planning Ahead for Healthy Lunchboxes
Planning Ahead for Healthy Lunchboxes
Even though it’s summer break, it’s a good time to begin efforts on improving school lunches for your childre [...]
How to Choose Your Nutrition Expert as Carefully as You Select Your Food
Standing in the grocery aisle or local market, you carefully evaluate the bounty before you. Sniffing, squeezing and visually examining each piece, yo [...]
Benefits of Broccoli: Sulforaphane and Your Health
We all know that eating our broccoli is good for us, and many population studies have confirmed that people who eat more vegetables, and in particular [...]
Integrative Manual Therapy and Nutritional Wellness for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Introduction:
Is recovery from Autism possible? This is a common question in many parents’ minds today, along with: what will it take? Autism is a [...]