Tag Archive: Fad Diets

When ‘Healthier’ is Not Healthy

Health foods are becom­ing more and more avail­able but health claims are becom­ing even more wide­spread. Instead of say­ing sugar, labels now say “nat­ural cane sugar” or con­tain images of idyl­lic farm land­scapes when in fact the prod­uct is shrink-wrapped in plas­tic and came to you from a net­work of con­veyer belts.

Why is Weight Loss so Elusive? 10 Questions to Ask

Weight loss is a lit­tle trick­ier than eat­ing less and mov­ing more. Chronic stress, expo­sure to dietary & envi­ron­men­tal tox­ins, med­ica­tion use, and hor­monal changes can all con­tribute to weight loss resis­tance. Many Amer­i­cans take on fad diets, surgery, weight loss sup­ple­ments and numer­ous other tech­niques to lose weight.

What Does it Mean to Detox? Small Steps to Take Today

Because of all of the poten­tial sources of con­t­a­m­i­na­tion from one’s diet and envi­ron­ment, it is gen­er­ally rec­om­mended to detox 1–2 times a year. This is a period of time where you make your­self account­able for eat­ing a clean diet and not let­ting your­self fall vic­tim to excuses.