Posts Tagged ‘healthy’

by Dr. Scott Saunders, M.D.

In the past, mothers would feed their children as much as possible so they could live through a famine. When there was food, they ate a lot in order to store up for the winter. Times have certainly changed!

We no longer have famine, yet moms still push their kids to eat. I often see overweight children in my office, with parents complaining they won’t eat anything. In one case, I decided to pursue …

By Jessica Sanders

With more people gaining interest in healthy diet options, there has been much hype around juice fasts; drinking all your meals for a certain period of time. Some turn to the juice fast fad to lose weight, others to detox their body.

However, there are a variety of opinions in the health world about whether this is a viable, safe option or not. So, before you start your first or next juice fast, be sure …

Does Splenda and Aspartame, etc. Make You Fat? What about the Natural Alternative, Stevia?

I wanted to talk about artificial sweeteners today because I've noticed that there's a lot of confusion and misconceptions revolving around these non-caloric sweeteners. Artificial sweeteners and the huge list of products sweetened with them are marketed to you relentlessly as “healthy foods” or “healthier” than sugar or corn syrup sweetened products. But are they really healthy or do they cause all sorts of health problems…

One of the biggest myths in the fat loss industry is that carbs like pasta make you fat.

Don’t get me wrong…unhealthy pastas (we’ll get to the 3 healthy pastas in one sec) and certain carbs can definitely cause more fat storage.

They can also lead to insulin resistance and cause certain food sensitivities that will KEEP you in a fat storing environment.

For example, most folks don’t even realize that today’s modern wheat …

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