Educated eating – practical guidelines Valerie Early, RD Most people who lose weight gain it back within two years after their “diet,” often with a few extra, unwanted pounds. Keeping a food diary helps maintain your desired weight, but it can be very difficult to keep a food diary long term. If you learn these [...]

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Food monitoring to control weight Valerie Early, RD Let’s look at how food monitoring plays a role in weight. Food monitoring can help you assess your calories, food portions and meal timing, as well as to identify eating patterns that aren’t in your best interest to lose weight. Depending on your personal goal, food monitoring [...]

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Hormone & Energy Help Valerie Early, R.D. What do hormones have to do with weight loss and optimal health? Hormone fluctuations affect you throughout your whole life. If estrogen dominance occurs, weight gain occurs, if cortisol is high or low, weight gain occurs. If your adrenals are stressed and DHEA is low you will feel [...]

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Avoid the “seasonal seven” – healthy holiday eating tips Dr. Kristina Sargent   Ok. This is the time of year when eating gets totally out of control. Americans think they have a license to eat anything and everything in the name of the Holiday Season. Here are a few tips to curb your appetite and [...]

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The Fat Kid in the Class By Dr. Kristina Sargent      www.chiropractorwheaton.com That was me…the smart kid, teachers pet, fat kid sitting in the front row. At that time there was only one of us that fit that description, now 12 in a class of 30 would be considered overweight or obese.  The statistics are 16% [...]

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The SuperSizing of America…our Epidemic! by Sharon M. Weinstein, MS, RN, CRNI, FAAN The nation’s scales are rising, and it is clear that obesity is a crisis! So what can we do about America’s obesity epidemic other than avoid the doughnut shop, fast food, and take a walk each day? There is a difference between [...]

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How Obesity Causes Pain by Dr Mark G Sobor MD The U.S. Center for Disease Control has declared that obesity is an epidemic. One in three Americans are obese, twice as many as in the 1970’s. Soon, being overweight will surpass smoking as the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. The accelerating increase [...]

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Surprising Reasons for Weight Gain by Dr Steven Arculeo, DC It would not surprise you if I told you the reason why people gain weight is because of overeating, eating poor quality high caloric foods or lack of exercise, but you may be surprised it I told you toxins are a significant cause of people [...]

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The 5 Powerful Weight Loss Secrets – They Don’t Want You to Know by Dr Tom Bayne For years, the diet and weight loss industry promised amazing weight loss results through a variety of methods. Whether calorie counting, numbered food exchange programs, a special exercise or an easy pill, enough people get pulled in by [...]

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Proper Daily Nutrition by Dr Richard Ezgur and Dr Robert DiDomenico In addition to a healthy diet, Drs. Ezgur and DiDomenico recommend taking “Multigenics” multiple vitamin/mineral. Potential benefits of a quality multiple vitamin/mineral: Reduce your risk of disease including: cancer, heart disease, stroke, and diabetes Recover faster from colds, flus, and other infections Heal quicker [...]

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Tips To Avoid Recession Pounds by Dr Kristina Sargent In this economy, finances and budget are among the things most families stress about. One great way to cut expenses has been right in front of you the whole time – food budget. ChicagoHealers.com practitioner Dr. Kristina Sargent, DC, explains that many people’s tiny food purchases [...]

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5 Reasons We Struggle With Portion Control Dr Kristina Sargent So whats more important, the food we eat, or how much of it we consume? Interesting question, however both play a prevalent role in how fast we lose weight. We live in America, the land of “Big Everything.” Restaurant portions are growing, fast food portions [...]

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Belly Fat – Hazardous to your Health, Not So Hot for the Beach Either! Dr Martha Howard, MD Why do you put on belly fat? Two big reasons: Eating a high carb–especially sugar, corn syrup and white starches–diet! Being a couch potato. 10 years ago the average American consumed 165 pounds of sugar per year, [...]

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Educated eating – practical guidelines – by Valerie Early, RD Food monitoring to control weight – by Valerie Early, RD Hormone & Energy Help – by Valerie Early, R.D. Avoid the “Seasonal Seven” – Healthy Holiday Eating Tips – by Dr. Kristina Sargent The Fat Kid in the Class –  by Dr Kristina Sargent Belly [...]

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Winter Weight Loss by Dr. Tom Bayne, DC Winter is the time of year when the cold weather changes our biology and our mood and the end result is weight gain. Many doctors believe that humans are genetically programmed to gain weight in the winter as a way of insulating us from the elements. The [...]

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Eating Out Can Be Healthy by Dr Helen Lee Healthy eating while out can be simple with a little conscious effort. There are many restaurants which are more accommodating with requests and even have special dishes which are healthier. Be more conscious by choosing restaurants that you know will have more options. At the restaurant, [...]

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Weight Loss facts Georgina Salgado Chavez ND, LAc. Weight Lost Facts. . . Low Fat Foods DON’T WORK. You cannot lose weight using Low Fat Diets. Low fat foods have been popular for more than 15 years, but yet our society is getting more overweight as each year passes. This fact alone should tell you [...]

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