I spent the weekend in San Francisco at the 2nd Annual Foodbuzz Festival. It was all about good friends, good times, and good food! Actually, the entire festival was centered around food—talking about it, sharing ideas, and, of course, enjoying every single bite. I used to dread these types of events. When faced with lots [...]
A lot of people think that you have to pay top dollar for quality foods. But part of maintaining my Feel Great Weight has been about learning to eat healthy without breaking the bank. I try to get the most nutrition for the least amount of money. So my kitchen is stocked with good food, [...]
The little-known weight-loss secret Eating a diet packed with the right kind of carbs is the little-known secret to getting and staying slim for life. When we talk about the right kind of carbs, we mean Resistant Starch. Hundreds of studies conducted at respected universities and research centers have shown Resistant Starch helps you eat [...]
The Glycemic Index Diet groups foods based on how easily they’re converted to energy by the body. How to Eat to Lose: Foods are assigned to “green,” “yellow,” and “red” groups giving you an eating traffic light. You can eat as much of the green foods–such as fruits, vegetables, lean meats, and low-fat dairy products–as [...]
Gwyneth Paltrow’s announcement that she has the beginning stages of osteopenia (low bone mineral density) has led to speculation that her low vitamin D levels may be a consequence of her macrobiotic diet. Now, a lot of people are thinking twice about their own diet schemes. We’ve written before about how liquid cleanse diets can [...]
The Fat Smash Diet: What It Is If Hollywood glamour is your thing, the Fat Smash Diet could be exactly what you’re looking for. Ian K. Smith, MD, used this diet on VH1′s Celebrity Fit Club, where Hollywood celebrities followed the plan and competed to lose weight. The Fat Smash Diet is not meant to [...]
Worried about gaining weight if you quit smoking? You’re in good company. Fear of weight gain is one of the biggest reasons smokers are reluctant to quit. For those smokers who do decide it’s time to free themselves from nicotine, worrying about weight gain can add to the stress of quitting, increasing the risk of [...]
Well, if you put the flaxseed in water overnight, in the morning you will have flaxseed water. I have been told that it is like a gel and it has a light taste, not precisely pleasant. My neighbor lost his very prominent tummy by taking that drink for a few months. At the time the [...]
Unlike other diet books that make big promises, Eat More, Weigh Less, by Dean Ornish, MD, soft-pedals the health claims for this diet for the masses, adapted from his regimen to reverse heart disease. Ornish is well known in the medical community because of his success in reversing blockages to the heart, once thought impossible [...]
The Cabbage Soup Diet: What It Is If eating a bottomless bowl of cabbage soup, along with a few other low-calorie foods, for a solid week appeals to you, the Cabbage Soup Diet is sure to lead to quick weight loss. However, since the food choices are so limited and the calories so low, boredom [...]
