Posts Tagged ‘eating’

Cortisol – the “stress hormone” – has become a dirty word due to its role in causing weight gain, suppressing the immune system, raising blood pressure and more. But is cortisol really the offender we’ve made it out to be?

Cortisol is a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal gland and serves many important roles in the body.[1] This hormone helps regulate blood pressure, blood sugar, and insulin levels. Cortisol also assists in the …

John Pinette, the late comedian, quipped, “Every pizza is a personal pizza if you try hard and believe in yourself.” And Kevin James adds, “There’s no better feeling in the world than a warm pizza box on your lap.”

One thing is for sure, we Americans are obsessed with food! According to the site, ListChallenges.com, about 100 TV cooking shows travel the airways to whet our appetites.[1]

Unquestionably, good food is vital for our physical, psychological, emotional …

If you ever want to get a flat belly fast, then you must STOP eating fat-storing foods, and replace them with fat-burning foods.

The problem is, many “healthy” foods are anything but and are a total scam…and there’s also a TON of misinformation about which foods are truly unhealthy and which foods actually BURN fat.

For example, saturated fat can be a HUGE fat burner, and many foods marketed as healthy foods are some of the WORST foods for …

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 …

If you are addicted to tasting food, then this aggressive desire could be making you fat. The good news is you CAN change your taste buds to prefer eating healthy natural unprocessed foods!

You've probably noticed that I like to talk about food… and healthy eating in particular. I've always said that healthy eating does NOT have to be boring and bland, and if you know a few preparation tricks, can actually be exciting and delicious.

Many people seem to …