September 21st, 2011
When I was younger, I always liked the concept of “do-overs” – you know, when you mess something up, you get another try. I love applying that metaphor to our health. It’s easy to be overly hard on ourselves – maybe you didn’t eat so clean over the summer – too much sugar, alcohol or
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March 15th, 2011
In the fast paced world in which we live, with lots of eating on the run, it’s so easy to choose the first food we see and kick clean eating to the curb — a large pizza with extra cheese instead of a small one with veggies, soda instead of water, fried food instead of
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December 2nd, 2009
Your favorite Clean Eating Coach can sometimes find herself in a clean eating pickle. Can I make clean eating dishes that are focused on the healthiest foods? You betcha, but that doesn’t mean I always eat slowly and mindfully, taking clean eating to a whole other level.
If you must know, sometimes I eat really fast and
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March 10th, 2009
I want to encourage you to think outside the box about what constitutes a meal, especially a healthy one.
We tend to think of a meal as something that’s big, often heavy and has to come at certain times of the day. But I when I think healthy meals, I’m of the mind that less is
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February 24th, 2009
One of my new favorite tools to support healthy eating and exercise is fitday.com. Are you one of the millions of people who are already familiar with the power of Fitday? If not, now’s the perfect time to learn more about his handy, useful tool to help you stay on track with your health.
I first
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February 6th, 2009
We can all chew our way to better health, one mouthful at a time. And given the chronic health problems and record levels of obesity in this country, I wish more people would join my slow chewing movement and adopt this habit. You can lose weight, feel more satisfied and enjoy your food more just
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January 14th, 2009
In Ayurveda, the traditional medicine of India, my constitution type is classic Vata. By nature, Vata people tend to be cold, thin and dry (as in dry skin, etc.). So I always thought that a raw food diet would just make me more cold –no hot soup and cooked food just seemed like a stretch
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December 1st, 2008
Let’s talk diet…as in post-Thanksgiving, get back on track, healthy eating. Diets really don’t work unless we’re talking about a diet of healthy, good for you food that you’re maintaining for life (with the occasional departure, of course).
The question is, did you enjoy Thanksgiving in moderation, consciously eating and feeling good afterward, or did you fall
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