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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]