A 12-Week Diet to Help You Slim Down for Summer
All right, here we are a third of the way through the year. How are your New Year’s resolutions going? If you’re feeling a bit frustrated and disappointed that you won’t be swimsuit-ready by the time swimsuit season starts, don’t despair! You can still lose some weight and tone up in time for the end [...]
Childhood Obesity: Parents Need to Set a Good Example
You’ve heard the adage, “parents are a child’s first teacher.” Well, apparently this is true not only in forming good eating and exercise habits, but also when it comes to treating childhood obesity. A recent study at the University of California in San Diego showed that a parent’s good example resulted in more weight loss [...]
Finding Time to Cook at Home
When you’re trying to lose weight, time, or the lack thereof, can be one of your biggest obstacles. When you’re busy with work, school, kids and the responsibilities of running a household, it’s difficult to find the time to make fresh, healthy foods three times per day. We so often turn to fatty, salty and [...]
Juicing: Is It a Safe and Effective Way to Lose Weight?
Several of my friends have been talking about a documentary called Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. The movie chronicles the journey of Joe Cross, a man who is 100 pounds overweight, suffering from an autoimmune disease and taking steroids (which have many side effects, including further weight gain) for his condition. He decides to take [...]
Spring Ahead With eDiets
Spring is in the air! I know that right now, some of the northeastern states are getting a bit of long-overdue snow, but for many of us, signs of spring are everywhere! I know that when I step outside, I hear birds, bugs and frogs singing every morning, and the typical southwest Florida humidity is [...]
Meatless Meals
If you observe Lent, the 40-day period of abstinence before Easter, you might refrain from eating meat on Fridays. Aside from being part of some religious belief systems, cutting down on meat is healthy for your heart, and may also aid in weight loss. Even if you don’t have a religious obligation to fast from [...]
