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Eggplant, Artichoke, Goat Cheese Pizza on Cauliflower Crust with Comparison to Store-Bought Pizzas
Who ever said people with diabetes or people trying to manage their weight could not eat pizza? I couldn’t resist posting this amazingly delicious, low carbohydrate, gluten-free, high fiber, nutrient powerhouse pizza and comparing its nutrient contents to two store-bought pizzas (one so-called “healthy” and the other not-so healthy). People with diabetes—you will never believe…
Read MoreChia Seeds: What's All the Rage?
If you grew up in the 1980’s, you may remember the popular “chia pet” terracotta figurine that would sprout chia. The rage was to watch the “chia pet” sprout and grow a coat of fur or hair in just a couple of weeks. At that time, the chia seeds health food benefits were not popularized…
Read MoreGET Diet Therapy
If you are a health care provider, you will find this book to be the holy grail on diet therapy to improve your patients outcomes. Remember: FOOD IS MEDICINE PURCHASE HERE: DIET THERAPY IN ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING: Nutrition Prescriptions for Improved Patient Outcomes by Katie Ferraro, MS, RD & Cheryl Winter, MS RD, MS APRN, FNP-BC
Read MoreGET Your Number & Personalized Meal Plan
VITAL Health Solutions has YOUR number–your number to better control of your weight and your health. YOUR number is unique and obtained with the state-of-the-art, MedGem® Metabolic Analysis device. You may have even seen this device used on the TV show, “Biggest Loser.” Getting Your Number & A Personalized Meal Plan (and measuring your body…
Read MoreGET A Grip
GET a Grip on your “Body Composition.” Body Composition is simply the amount of lean body mass and body fat that makes up total body weight (weight alone is not an adequate measure of your health). The lean body mass (LBM) includes the bones, muscles, water, connective and organ tissues. Body fat includes both essential…
Read MoreParenting Meal-time Tips for Preventing Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity has become a national healthcare crisis in recent years. Children who are obese as preschoolers are at increased risk for adolescent and adult obesity, as well as an increased risk of developing many chronic diseases, including diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol), asthma, and sleep apnea, as well as emotional problems such as low…
Read More9 Best-Kept Secrets for Getting Children to Eat Foods That are Healthy
Is mealtime often a nightmare when trying to get your child to eat healthy? Relax, it doesn’t have to be this way. Eating is the one behavior your child truly does have control over, and that’s okay, because after all we want our children to grow up to be assertive and independent, don’t we? As…
Read MorePumping Iron to Improve Your Diabetes Control
To maintain a healthy body and to promote good diabetes control, your body needs iron! You may remember from your high school chemistry that iron is a strong, hard, magnetic, silver-gray metal that is atomic number 26 in the chemical element list. Iron is found naturally in the foods we eat, and iron is a…
Read MoreHow Are You Bathing Your Cells? The Key to Appetite Control
I wish I had a dollar for every time a client stated, “If only I had more willpower I would not have a weight problem” or for when they asked me for a medication to decrease their appetite. First of all, realize that there is NO such thing as willpower. Willpower is nonexistent, and the…
Read MoreDark Chocolate: A Tiny Piece is All It Takes for Health & Pleasure
It’s now less than one month after Christmas, and I am posting an article about “chocolate.” Did you get your fill of chocolate over the holidays? Does anyone ever get their fill of this delectable treat? It is soon to be February, which as you know is a very popular time for chocolate. Do you…
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