Enlightened Eater

In my last post, How to put a stop to your nighttime nibbling, I presented research showing that having a higher protein breakfast can be the route to  stopping mindless munching at night. Including an adequate amount of protein at lunch, though,  is also key to maintaining high energy levels and decreasing cravings and overeating […]

Are you an endless muncher in the evening? Well, you’re not alone. Many of my clients come to me for help to put an end to their night time nibbling. Among the  countless reasons for their snacking,  habit is usually number one. Or so they think. My first question following this call for help frequently […]

Doesn’t it seem as though, on a regular basis, one food or another is given star status as THE one that’s the key to longevity? Well forget it folks. No one food can provide a complete arsenal of weaponry to defend against illness and death. A dietary pattern, though, is a different story. And none […]

The Mediterranean is hot, hot, hot. No I’m not referring to the weather but to the eating pattern. The Med Diet has been making headlines around the world all week. No doubt you have heard about the major study published this week in the new England Journal of Medicine which showed that subjects at high […]

You might think that detoxifying your body can be a daunting task. If you search  “detox diets” on the internet, you’ll only get about four million hits but if you go for “detox supplements”, the results skyrocket up to over seven million. Instead of wasting hard earned dollars on cleanses and supplements to rid your […]

Everywhere you turn nowadays, you hear about cleansing diets and the best way to detox.  At the same time, we’re constantly bombarded about just how fat we’re becoming and the toll on health this excess weight can take. Heart disease, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure and certain cancers are among the well known maladies linked […]

It’s a new dawn in the link between your genes and what you put on your plate. Do you get frustrated reading about nutrition research? Have you noticed that when a new study touting the benefit of a certain food is published, soon after another one, which has the opposite conclusion, makes the headlines? For […]

If hearing yet again that a lack of sleep can affect your weight and health feels like a bit of a yawn, shake off those cobwebs and take a listen:  A German study  found that just one night without sufficient shut-eye can reduce your metabolism enough to make a difference in your weight. And chronic […]