We have a faulty perception of food as simply calories in and calories out. Many people think that nutrition is just about eating less and exercising more. It is so much more than that. In fact, much of my weight loss advice is geared around eating as much as you want of the right things. My philosophy towards wellness is that if you give the body what it needs to express health — it will.
Tag Archive: obesity
A Closer Look at Heart Disease in this Country
You see we have the social and technological capacity to be achieving much better health outcomes. We have a healthcare management problem. Patients with chronic disease are seeing acute care specialists. We have people going to chronic care providers with acute problems and expecting acute symptom-relief. When people with chronic disease finally seek care, it is an acute problem. We can rid symptoms to keep people working and living, but are we really curing disease? Are we really improving quality of life? Curing disease means preventing its incidence in the first place!
Surviving the Grocery Store Jungle
So many of us rationalize our grocery choices too quickly — and we fail to provide our bodies with the right foods required to promote health. Many of us think that for a product to be allowed on the shelves, it must be safe. I mean, don’t these things go through rigorous study and testing? Unfortunately, they do not.
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.
