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How to make High-Protein Pancakes
In a number of our newsletters, we’ve highlighted the importance of optimizing protein intake to boost your metabolism, keep you feeling fuller longer, fight cravings, improve carbohydrate metabolism, accelerate fat loss, and build toned, calorie-burning lean muscle. We’ve also stressed the importance of a balanced protein intake throughout the day—as opposed to the much more […]
Breakfast Cereals: Healthy Start or Fat Trap.
If you’re like the majority of folks out there—myself included—then chances are breakfast cereal is a staple in your house and pantry. We’ve been told our entire lives that cereals are a healthy component of a balanced breakfast. You might unsuspectingly be pouring yourself a bowl of supposedly healthy ready-to-eat cereal every morning. Heck, you […]
Dark Chocolate
Who doesn’t like dessert? For the most part, nearly all desserts are heavily processed and are rife with refined sugars and inflammation-promoting fats, like vegetable oils and even trans fats. Simply put, they are not a great option to help you lose fat, boost your metabolism, or optimize your health. But, what if you could […]
Optimize Your Exercise Investment with Strength Training Express
In previous newsletters, we have highlighted both the importance of regular physical activity as well as emphasizing fat loss over weight loss. In other words, a key objective during weight loss is to reduce body fat while minimizing loss of fat-free mass (e.g., muscle mass) to promote optimal overall health, metabolic function, cardiovascular health, and […]
Breaking Through Weight Loss Plateaus
A client recently asked me a question that is all too common, and I wanted to share some details with since it’s something that ultimately affects nearly everyone who’s diligently working to lose weight. Barb came to me and said, “After losing 80 pounds in 6 months, I haven’t lost anything over the last 5 […]
Portion-Controlled Meals Can Boost Fat Loss
We often get asked the question, “What’s the best diet?” While there are quite a few effective nutrition programs out there, the truth is that there’s not necessarily a single, universal “best” option. In fact, in a recent article published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers compared various popular diets differing […]
My Bulletproof Fat Loss Plan
Today I’m going to share one of my top fat-burning secrets: My Bulletproof Fat Loss Plan. I don’t know about you, but if you’re anything like me or my clients, finding, preparing, and eating nutritious meals at EVERY meal of EVERY can be tricky to say the least. But I want to share some great […]
Balance Your Protein Intake
If you’ve been following our newsletter, then you already know that protein is a KEY nutrient to optimize the way that you look, feel, and perform. Protein boosts the metabolism, keeps you feeling fuller longer, fights cravings, improves carbohydrate metabolism, accelerates fat loss, and helps build toned, calorie-burning lean muscle. But, if you’re like most […]
What Bread Is Good for Me?
Many people know that processed flours and the foods made from them (e.g., bread, bagels, tortillas, noodles and pastas, baked goods, etc.) are not the best options for optimal health and body composition. These fast-digesting, heavily processed carbohydrates lead to elevations in blood sugar and insulin, blood triglyceride levels, and LDL (i.e., “bad”) cholesterol. It’s […]
How to apply the Food Prep Ritual
In a previous newsletter, we introduced the role that environmental factors (e.g., package size, plate shape, lighting, variety, and even the presence of others) can have on food intake. The concept is simple: You have to shape your path to ensure that you consistently make the best possible choices for your health and weight management […]
Fit in 60 Seconds
Fit in 60 Seconds Regular physical activity and exercise offer a laundry list of amazing, indisputable health benefits. Simply put, regular physical activity can positively impact nearly every aspect of life and every system of the body. According to the American College of Sports Medicine, regular physical activity and exercise are associated with numerous physical […]
Getting Healthier by The Day
Recently, one of my clients offered some truly sage advice when she shared her recipe for health and fitness success: Getting healthier by the day. This approach—this mindset, this attitude—is a key component to a sustainable, long-term successful journey to improved health, body composition, and performance for a number of reasons as it: This approach […]
Focus: Clear the Clutter
We live in a fast-paced world with tons of distractions. It’s easy to get caught up in “multi-tasking,” continually investing only your partial attention to multiple activities (i.e., putting your eggs in many baskets). It’s not your fault; there are so many things demanding your attention that focus, to put it gently, is a challenge. […]
Why whole eggs are better than egg whites
You see, most people are totally confused and brainwashed into thinking that whole eggs are “bad” for you and that egg whites are somehow the epitome of health. And while there is nothing necessarily “wrong” with egg whites (they’re a quality protein source), the YOLKS are where the majority of an egg’s nutrition lies. **The […]
Artificial Sweeteners: Good or Bad?
When it comes to artificial sweeteners, what good news have you heard about them recently? More and more research is accumulating and highlighting the potential negative health effects of artificial sweeteners on gut health, mood, cognitive function, metabolism, and weight management. One of the largest impacts may be on gut health, as research has shown […]
Tip: Make Your Salad Dressing at Home
/in Articles /by adminWhen it comes to salad dressings, your best bet is to make your own at home. Most store-bought dressings are made with cheap refined vegetable oils (e.g., soybean oil), added sugar (e.g., high-fructose corn syrup), maltodextrin, artificial sweeteners, artificial colors, and MSG. Our favorite homemade salad dressings are vinaigrettes, which are simply a combination of […]