Dr. Marc Bubbs ND, CSCS @DrBubbs By far, weight loss is the most common resolution clients make, yet the research shows less than 5% will achieve their goals by the end of the year. Why is it so difficult to stick with a weight loss diet? One of the main reasons you fail to make […]
Dr. Millie Lytle, ND, MPH, CNS We are all bombarded with nutritional information. Mostly nutrition news comes from tertiary, non-expert sources who report on studies that discuss what we should eat and avoid. People are influenced on various diets by public opinion, the media, their friends and families and big food marketing strategies. In the
Dr. Sarah King, ND @sarahhealthyfox With a new year comes new resolutions. We want to better ourselves, eat healthier, exercise more. Right on cue the USDA decided to help out by releasing new dietary guidelines. The new guidelines include reducing sugar, salt, and saturated fat intake to a maximum of 10% of our daily caloric
Dr. Ariel Jones, ND What is juicing? Juicing is the process of extracting the liquid portion of the plant, fruit or vegetable from the fibrous portion. Juice contains all the vitamins, minerals and nutrients, like bioflavonoids and antioxidants without the fiber. Fiber in the diet is good, but when taken with juice, it slows down
Dr. Marc Bubbs ND, CSCS @DrBubbs A technique to kickstart weight loss Throughout history, going long periods without eating or fasting is a therapeutic technique that has been used for millennia to promote wellness and purge the body of toxins and disease. From an evolutionary perspective, our hunter-gatherer ancestors would have been without food for
Dr. Teri Jaklin, BA,ND, IFMCP @WaterdownClinic After years of not being taken seriously, even considered out right quackery, nutritional intervention as a cornerstone for recovery and maintenance for people with MS is now center stage, the star of the show. Ironically nutritional recommendations for multiple sclerosis go as far back as the 40s and since
Dr. Alethea Fleming, ND If you are active, taking good care of yourself, and eat right, do you need to think differently about nutrition when you are over 60? The short answer is no – all the same basic principles apply, but there are a few subtle differences that can make an impact. Nutrient density
Navigating Through the Diet Dilemmas Dr. Sarah LoBisco, ND @DrLoBisco There’s so much conflicting information in every aspect of healthcare today. One of the most obvious examples is with dietary recommendations and weight loss. There are equally qualified experts on either side of the spectrums of high-fat, low-fat, high protein, vegetarian, paleo, intermittent fasting, and
Dr. Bianca Garilli, ND @DoctorBianca I’m at that stage of life where the majority of my hours revolve around children – my own kids and those I see as patients in my naturopathic medical practice. Let me paint you a visual picture: kids at home, kids at work, kids as my tired eyes open over
Millions of children are gearing up to go trick-or-treating on Halloween, and for them, this is the fun part of the holiday. For others, horror movies, haunted houses and creepy costumes offer that element of fear to thrill seekers. But what if the trick or treating is really the aspect we should fear? We all
