Getting started with any healthy eating plan can be difficult — and often the hardest part of the entire process of focusing on improving your weight and health for those of us who need the help the most! Count me in as someone who in my previous life as an overweight, unhealthy person had always [...]

Here’s another interesting article about an ongoing study about breast cancer and its link to early puberty in girls. You see, we’ve been overfeeding our kids and not instilling the importance of regular exercise for so long that it’s actually changing when little girls first get their periods. (The later the better because early menstruation [...]

Earthshattering, but true: fruits and veggies might actually be good for you! :)
Yet another study shows that the more fruits and veggies you eat, the lower your risk of breast cancer recurring.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081215/hl_nm/us_cancer_breast_diet;_ylt=AqToc_70otSRLMxx13bV7jTVJRIF
On a side note, I wish more time was spent in the media and doctors’ offices sharing how helpful a healthy diet is in [...]

Ahhhh, now there’s a topic I love writing about — the true meaning of healthy eating. Before I actually start sharing the healthiest foods to eat, though, I want to discuss the current state of what is considered food in the U.S. (and most other industrialized countries) versus what our bodies need.
There was a time [...]

This is a truly simple, yet delicious soup that I make when I want something mild and comforting. In fact, I sometimes refer to it as Sick Soup because I developed the recipe once after a bout of food poisoning, but since that probably doesn’t sound all that appealing (ya think?), I’ll stick to Simple [...]

One of my favorite meals prior to embarking on my current (much healthier) way of eating was falafel from one of a few vendors. What isn’t good about spicy patties made from my favorite of all beans — the garbanzo, a.k.a. chickpea? In particular, one stand in Hamburg, Germany (where I lived for many years), [...]

You might think I’m crazy for what I’m about to post, but bear in mind that healthy eating is what has saved me from a life of illness, so I am very, very passionate about this subject (so passionate, in fact, that I switched careers in order to help others learn how to eat right!).
Brace [...]

Organic, schmorganic, you might say. Eating any fruit and veggies at all is better than none at all. So true, and you’ll never hear me argue anything different!
In my household, though, both my husband and I are remarkably sensitive to chemicals of all kinds, and my husband in particular reacts to the pesticides sprayed on [...]

I started this blog to share knowledge I have gained in the course of my own (and my clients’) journey toward health, happiness and a healthy weight. And perhaps the most valuable piece of advice I can offer is this: it is more important to take care of yourself than anything else you might do [...]

Once you do any reading at all about how to eat healthfully, you quickly fnd out that there are lots of different opinions on what’s healthy. I’d like to draw the proverbial line in the sand now because a lot of what’s out there is dead wrong.
What’s NOT healthy eating:

Any diet where you’re told to [...]