Diet

5 tips to enjoy the holiday without the weight gain

By Betty Murray Christmas is just a few days away, and thus begins the flurry of holiday parties. These last few weeks of the year can be stressful for anyone trying to lose weight. How can you manage the holiday season without gaining weight (yet still enjoying yourself?) Here five tips to help you enjoy the […]

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Benefits of the Paleo diet

By Betty Murray The Paleolitic (Paleo) diet (a.k.a. “caveman,” “stone age,” or “hunter-gatherer” diet) is growing in popularity, and for good reason. Touted as a means of successful weight loss, the Paleo diet isn’t a crash diet, but really a lifestyle change that results in weight loss and reduced cardiovascular risk factors. What is the Paleo

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Have a happy, gluten-free Thanksgiving

By Betty Murray Gluten-free diets are becoming increasingly common, and for good reason. Gluten can cause gut problems like bloating, diarrhea, cramping, constipation, energy loss and skin problems for people with gluten sensitivity or Celiac disease. Now that doesn’t sound like a pleasant way to spend the holidays, does it? Gluten-free diets aren’t only beneficial to

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The truth about fat: the good and the bad

By Betty Murray Fat is unhealthy. It leads to weight gain, heart problems and numerous other health conditions. Right? Not necessarily. For years, our culture has promoted one “low-fat” diet after another, but those diets aren’t doing anyone much good. Your body needs some fat, “good” fat. Fat is a source of energy and it helps

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How to handle emotional eating during the holiday season

By Betty Murray The holidays are a difficult time for many people, are they hard for you? Perhaps this holiday season will be your first without a loved one. Maybe you have to spend the holiday away from family and friends. Whatever the reason, it isn’t uncommon for the holidays to bring about depression. Coping with

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5 Tips to Help You Avoid Holiday Weight Gain

By Betty Murray For most Americans, holidays are often a time of breaking diets, overeating and weight gain. While a 10 pound weight gain over the holidays might be extreme, adding on one or two pounds of extra padding during the holiday season isn’t uncommon. During the holidays, we have a tendency to eat more than

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Trick or Treat: Four tips for a healthier Halloween

By Betty Murray Halloween is a holiday packed full of thrills and chills for kids and adults alike. It is also packed full of sugar and sweets. But some of those treats and sweets are downright scary. Do you know the worst Halloween candies? Here three of the unhealthiest candies: Candy Corn — You might as

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Want to lose weight? Don’t skip breakfast

By Betty Murray            This won’t be the last time you’ll here this: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. A new report from Cornell University muddies the water a bit about the importance of breakfast, but don’t let the results of the study fool you. Skipping breakfast is not

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Simple Ways to Cut 250 Calories a Day

By Betty Murray Losing weight comes down to one thing: are you burning more calories than you take in? Eating well and exercising regularly are essential for a strong, healthy body, but if you want to burn fat, you have to decrease the amount of calories you eat in a day and increase the amount of

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Delicious and nutritious: 5 healthy fall foods

By Betty Murray Fall is in the air. You may notice that with the changing seasons, the foods you see in the produce section of your grocery store are changing. During the fall and winter, there are several new fruits and vegetables in season that are hard to find other times of the year. When we

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