Achieving optimal weight and health is both a mental and physical process.  To improve our physical health through exercise and diet, we must also slim down our minds, so to speak.   As much as we may overeat, we may also over think everything as well.  I call this Monkey Mind.  Read more

We have all done it. We’re cleaning up after a party, holiday feast, or other celebration and you munch as you go.  There’s one cookie left on the plate, and we eat it. We’re not hungry, but it’s there. Are you hungry? Nope, but we eat anyway.  Read more

Livin’ Easy…
Summertime and the livin’s easy... You may remember these lyrics from the popular song Summertime” all about lazy days of summer when everything seems to slow down. Summer is a good time to forget our worries and let our hair down.  It’s the perfect time to lose weight as fresh salads and delicious fruits and vegetables are in season.  Summer is the season of high energy, joy, and passion. Nature is at its full and glorious height, so it’s sensible to use this positive energy to get our health in tip top condition.  One way to do that is to adopt a sensible eating plan that balances our hormones and increases our vitality. A 21- day program is a perfect way to achieve better health and stay in stride with the season.  While on the program, your body will adjust noticeably to your new, healthy regimen.  Perhaps most importantly, you will love how you feel.    Read more

While many people experience weight loss as a natural side effect of adopting a vegan diet, some of you have shared that you're still having trouble shedding those extra pounds. So, I want to get specific about what works and what doesn't. First, there is a lot of vegan junk food out there (potato chips, French fries, even Oreos are vegan). Going vegan alone doesn't always result in weight loss for every person - it's the veggies and whole grains that really do the trick.   Read more

Ah, spring is in the air and our thoughts turn to flights of fancy.

Unless you’re sneezing your head off and scratching your itchy, red eyes out of your miserable skull.

With the advent of warm weather, pollen counts rise and some of us succumb to the congestion and physical symptoms we know as allergies. From rag weed to roses, the suffering begins just as the weather warms enough to be outside enjoying the sun, making increasing numbers of us absolute messes.

Studies show that one in five people in the U.S. suffer from seasonal allergies ranking them fifth in chronic diseases. And it should come as no surprise that global warming has increased the length of allergy season by four weeks over the last ten years, according to WebMD. 

So are you doomed to suffer, tissues always in hand? What if I told you that your food choices strongly influenced the severity of your symptoms? 

Once again, your kitchen can be your pharmacy.  Read more