Posts Tagged ‘metabolic balance’
Raw vs. cooked: Which is healthier?
Find out how to get more nutrition from your food with these easy tips
Read MoreExercise benefits that don’t include weight loss
Exercise is about honoring your body When people embark on a weight loss journey, there are two main areas they turn their attention towards –> diet and exercise. Diet is a much bigger factor to weight loss than exercise though. Exercising alone to lose weight is a slow process and it rarely works without the…
Read MoreYou guessed it – there’s another stress hormone!
Stress eating. Yes, it’s a thing. When you feel stressed, you probably experience one or more of the “fight,” “flight,” or “freeze” reactions. These reactions are related to stress hormones that impact your physical body when your brain feels threatened or challenged. You may have heard of the stress hormones adrenaline and cortisol. But, the…
Read MoreDo Calories Count?
What’s more important calories or hormones? This is a frequently asked, question, particularly when it comes to weight control. Though there isn’t a simple answer to that question, hormones are major players when it comes to hunger, satiety, weight control and cravings. However calories do count, but what matters when it comes to dieting? Well…
Read MoreHow Much Sugar is Too Much?
Everyone’s talking about how bad sugar is for you. There are even entire documentaries on the topic. The amount of information in the “health waves” can be crazy sometimes. Sugar is not a health food, as you know. And “added sugars” (ones that are not naturally found in whole foods like fruit) are particularly bad.…
Read MoreI believed this
For most of us finding a long-term solution for maintaining a healthy weight is like finding a needle in a haystack…extremely difficult!
Read MoreCan My Symptoms Actually Be A Food Intolerance?
Do you have symptoms that just don’t seem to go away? One of the trickiest things to figure out is whether a random symptom could be due to a food intolerance. That’s because symptoms can be delayed, or ongoing, and not even resemble a gastrointestinal symptom at all. In this post, I go over a…
Read MoreCommon Weight Loss Myths Busted
Sometimes it seems that everyone has an opinion on weight loss. It’s full of bad oversimplified advice, and magical “non-diet” diet products. And this information is all over the internet. I am so pleased to bust these bad boys. Want to know why? It’s because I care about you. If you’re looking to lose weight,…
Read MoreWhy is my metabolism slow?
You may feel tired, cold or that you’ve gained weight. Maybe your digestion seems a bit more “sluggish”. You may be convinced that your metabolism is slow. Why does this happen? Why do metabolic rates slow down? We know as we age our metabolism tends to slow down. As a post-menopausal woman I can attest…
Read MoreMetabolism and Calories-What’s the connection (and do I need to worry about it)? Find our here.
There’s a lot of talk about metabolism but what exactly is metabolism? What’s the connection between metabolism and calories and do I need to worry about it? Do calories really count? Well, yes, they do but they’re not the only thing that matters when it comes to how much you weigh and how much energy…
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