Does the word "holidays" conjure up images of cookies and pies, gorging yourself on turkey and all the trimmings, and consequently packing on the pounds? It doesn't have to! Healthy eating can be a realistic goal during the holiday season; however, this goal [...]
Eating a lot of sugar-laden and high fat foods will change the flavors that our taste buds expect. So if you give your children a lot of sweet, salty, high fat foods throughout the day then these are the flavors their taste buds [...]
Want an easy way to eat healthier? Try creating an inviting atmosphere for eating at home. A new study, probing why people tend to eat more nutritious meals at home than away from home, suggests that psychological factors involved in eating pleasantly at [...]
I strongly encourage all my patients to stay away from aspartame. If you’re still consuming this poison, let me bend your ear for a moment. Aspartame is the most commonly used artificial sweetener in the United States. It represents over 50 percent of [...]
You can imagine that an acidic environment is bad for living cells. The following are three foods that skew the body towards an acidic (not the healthier alkaline) pH. The restoration of the health-promoting alkaline state is essential to the regeneration of bone [...]
Heartburn, acid reflux, GERD – whatever you call it, millions of people suffer this gastrointestinal malady on a daily basis. Patients coming in to LiveWell to see me for upper back and neck problems are often pleasantly surprised when their acid reflux improves. [...]
I get asked this question a lot. The short answer is, between 30 and 40 grams per meal. Protein requirements for generally inactive people are around .8 g/kg of body weight. But active people’s protein needs can be up to 100 percent higher [...]