Eating For Health

What is a topic you hear over and over again in January?   Everyone is talking about people going on diets to lose weight.   You hear a guy at the gym saying his doctor wants him to lose 60 pounds.   You hear a woman at the gym saying her daughter is going on the Whole30 diet to lose weight.   U.S. News & World Report notes the Whole30 program restricts food groups, can lead to short-term weight loss but watch out for the rebound when participants may start indulging in all the foods they had to give up.   Result?   They may regain the lost weight and even more.   Fad diets don’t work to help you change your lifestyle but usually offer some quick solutions that aren’t viable for the long term.   You may lose some weight but when you go “off” the fad diet, the weight can pile back on.   Anyone can go on a diet and lose some weight.   What most people want is to lose weight and keep it off.   This requires more than a diet, but...

Trying to drop a few pounds for summer?   Everyone knows that better nutrition and exercise are good ways to burn off calories and drop some pounds.   But are there some easy tips that can enhance weight loss?   Sometimes it is stress that is adding pounds, especially to our stomach area.   How?   According to Dr. David Greuner from New York City Surgical Associates, when we are stressed our bodies produce more cortisol.   This causes our blood sugar to rise and our bodies to store more fat.   Not a good picture. So reducing stress may help reduce those inches around your midsection.   What are some tips to try to lose a few pounds or to keep that weight off?   1. Kitchens – keeping healthy snacks handy is one way to be sure you are eating healthier.   Researchers have studied snacking behaviors in cluttered kitchens and in a more organized, standard kitchen.   They found people ate more cookies in a cluttered kitchen.   ...