by admin | Aug 30, 2012 | Natural weight loss, Naturopathic health, Nutrition
This post comes to us from our friends at Optimal Body Balance. Are you 25 or older? Did you know that after you turn 25, your metabolism can slow down by 5 – 10% per decade! For the average American, that means their metabolic rate decreases by 20 – 40% over their...
by admin | Aug 14, 2012 | Natural weight loss, Naturopathic health, Nutrition
This post comes to us from our friends at Optimal Body Balance. Got chocolate cake cravings? Don’t give in! Instead try these tricks… Go for a walk. University of Exeter found that employees who took a brisk 15 minute walk ate half as much chocolate afterward as those...
by admin | Jul 31, 2012 | Natural weight loss, Naturopathic health, Nutrition
We are born to love sweetness. In nature, almost every plant that tastes sweet is not poisonous, so we are naturally drawn to these foods. Unfortunately, food manufacturers know this and take advantage of it by adding sugar to almost every single product lining...
by admin | Jul 26, 2012 | Eating Naturally, Natural weight loss, Naturopathic health, Nutrition
So you tried all the strategies in Part 1 of this series but you are still hungry all the time. Here are three additional points to address which will help you tame your hunger: Think bad bugs. If the microbial environment of your GI tract is off (a condition called...
by admin | Jul 5, 2012 | Eating Naturally, Natural weight loss, Naturopathic health, Nutrition
Another Reason to Ditch Sugar and Saturated Fat: They Make You Stupid Part I of this two part series highlighted the dangers of sugar consumption on brain health and what you can do to stop it. Two recent studies have found that consumption of sugar-rich foods and...
by admin | Jul 3, 2012 | Natural weight loss, Naturopathic health, Nutrition
Another Reason to Ditch Saturated Fat and Sugar: They Make You Stupid Two recent studies have found that consumption of sugar-rich foods and saturated fats are associated with decreases in memory, slower learning and reduces brain functioning. In other words, eating...
