Tag: Nutrition
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Excess Weight and Cravings are Not Your Fault: Food’s Addictive Properties
I am collapsed on my couch at 10 PM, frantically inhaling handfuls of popcorn. After all, popcorn is a low-calorie, high-fiber, whole-grain food. While I eat, I am already mentally scanning the refrigerator for which leftovers I can eat next. Didn’t I buy some gluten-free crackers I could eat with cheese? For years, I blamed…
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Outsmart Your Environment Like a Goddess (and eat less without dieting)
Have you ever ordered a meal at a restaurant and thought, “Wow, this could feed two people!” You’re not imagining it. Over the last few decades, our portion sizes have quietly ballooned. This trend of oversized meals didn’t happen by accident or because Americans deliberately asked for bigger portions, it’s rooted in restaurant economics. The…
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Ending your War with Food is on the Other Side of Fear
Uncover the hidden fears that fuel emotional eating and cravings. Learn how facing your fears is the real path to peace and food freedom.
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How to Eat (and Live) to Keep Your Hormones Balanced Through Chaos
Being a woman in midlife comes with its own special blend of magic and mystery. You’re wiser, more confident, and hopefully caring less about what others think. But along with the empowerment often comes some surprising shifts. If you’ve noticed your weight increasing, moods swings, or sleep getting harder, it’s not all in your head.…
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Protein First: The Secret to Feeling Satisfied, Strong, and In Control of Food
Protein is one of the main building blocks of the body. It is composed of amino acids, which are used by the body for structure (like muscle), storage, transport, enzymes, hormones, immune antibodies, neurotransmitters, and more. These factors are what makes things happen in the body at both cellular and larger levels. Dietary protein helps…
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How to tell your ancient primal body to release weight
Your body was designed thousands of years ago for an ancient world. It is highly evolved with complex survival systems, but speaks and understands only a basic language. These systems break into three main categories: You must speak to your body in this basic language if you want it to align with your goals. To…
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Why I don’t like food tracking
When it comes to weight loss, two of the most common strategies are calorie counting and limiting food choices. Both methods can be effective, but they approach the goal of reducing calorie intake in very different ways: The choice between calorie counting and limiting food choices depends on your personality, lifestyle, and preferences. If you…
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Pros and Cons of Ozempic: Allowing a “Pause” and How to Maintain Muscle
Medications like Ozempic act to mimic the effects of GLP-1 in the body, a hormone naturally produced in the gut that plays a key role in regulating blood sugar and appetite. These medications have been remarkably effective at weight loss, however they do have some downsides. I attended a recent panel discussion where doctors were…
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Unlock Your Body’s Natural Fat-Burning Power
We find the taste of sweet and starchiness highly desirable. Back in ancestral times, these carbohydrate-heavy foods provided the energy we needed for survival. Calories were scarce so our bodies were wired to crave them. Harvest-time right before the lean days of winter was rich in carbohydrate-laden grains and fruit. As such, the taste of…
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