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Oct
14

Seasonal foods for weight loss

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The best weight loss programs educate you about various factor that affect what you see on the scale. Seasonal foods should be one of them.

That’s why you will receive from time to time ideas about what you can do with seasonal foods to keep your diet interesting. But the emphasis here is on “what is in season.” Fall is here and the hard-shell squash season has just  begun.

Today, I highlight butternut squash. Butternut squashes are high in the carotenoids lutein and zanxanthin, which are an important ingredient for preventing degenerative macular disease. And, they are high in vitamin A ad E as well.  One cup of butternut squash has only 82 calories.

But what to do with this knobby gourd? Read More→

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Being confused doesn’t help achieve your goals.

And fundamental confusion about how to eat is something that I am constantly coming across: Eat in the evening, don’t eat past midnight, and eat every two hours. One day you hear one approach, the next day, another. Read More→

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“I started the system a week ago and am happy to report that I have lost 6.5 pounds in 7 days. The first week was not at all bad and I hope that this week is as easy.”

This is the e-mail I received from a client of mine.

What did she do to achieve those results?

It should be obvious that anyone who succeeded knows the secrets. All of them know that systematic Read More→

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Aug
20

Cool off with those drinks

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 Who complained about rain? Well, now you have it.

Summer is finally here in full swing and it is hot, humid and muggy in New York City.

Cool off, rejuvenate and replenish with those three refreshing drinks for the Read More→

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Aug
13

Motivating Emotional Pain

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“How could I have it let get to this point?

“This can not happen to me!” Read More→

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Jul
08

Ongoing success strategies

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“BTW-am down to 145lbs!”

This was on the bottom of an e-mail I received. Don’t you love it? On the bottom and starting with a secret BTW. Come on, what is Read More→

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Jun
24

Did you hear about this?

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A warning: Don’t eat at your desk with the food that I am about to write about. Why? Because while I typed this blog, several bits of that food wedged themselves between several keys Read More→

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Jun
18

Soy- Dare To Be Tried?

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“Soy causes cancer and it is bad.”

“Soy helps to prevent cancer and it is good for you.”

Which statement is right? Who should you believe? I found myself in the same confusing position as I read reports and books dealing with soy as a protein source, as an adjunct to therapeutic Read More→

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Jun
04

More bang for your food buck

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Which berry should I pick today? How about this tomato? Or perhaps this pepper? Nah, that cucumber looks much riper. Back home in my little village Read More→

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May
28

Burn fat by feeding it

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Fat! That word alone makes many of my clients wince.  “I am fat over here and over there.” “There’s a fat roll on my back, on the stomach and around my knees.”
 
I’ve heard it all. And yet so many don’t eat fat to burn the fat. Read More→

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