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    Basics of Nutrition and Healthy Eating

    August 20, 2019

    Nutrition is considered to be the process of ingestion, digestion, absorption and metabolism of foods and how nutrients in food perform different functions to keep our body operating. In order to maintain a healthy lifestyle, our bodies require carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and water. Water, which makes up about 65% of our bodies, acts as a transport medium for nutrients and waste products. Water is constantly being lost through digestion, breathing, sweating and urine. It is critical that you replenish your body at regular intervals.   Although not a nutrient, FIBER plays a key role in keeping nutrients and wastes moving through the body. Some Nutrition Guidelines The relationship…

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    Setting a Caloric Threshold: Weight Loss Plan Step 2

    September 26, 2018

    I hope you gained some tips on how to incorporate movement into your daily routine from last week’s blog?  I lost another pound this week and continue to stay upbeat about my journey. Remember these are small steps.  Personally, diving in with both feet when trying to lose weight has never worked for me; so, I make gradual changes. Read more about Step 1: Get Moving  – HERE This week I want to share with you some knowledge on HOW to eat while on a weight loss plan.  I have a personal friend, Jennifer Quirk, who is a health coach and during a recent interview, I learned a few tips…

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    Reducing Carbs Better Than Exercise

    July 27, 2017

    Visited my internal medicine doctor last week, for my six month check-up.  Because I have high blood pressure, I like to keep it monitored. I was actually looking forward to the visit because it would be the first time I weighed, since staring my new power walking regime. Unfortunately, I GAINED 3 pounds!  I was devastated! My doctor assured me, walking the 2.6 miles at least 3 times a week was great, but perhaps I had boosted my appetite with my new routine. He said eating carbohydrates would trump any exercise I had endured.  Time for a CARBOHYDRATE CUT BACK. What are carbohydrates? Any food containing refined sugars, starches, fibers…

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    Distribution & Marketing of Our Food – PART 3

    September 14, 2016

    A four part series examining the United States Government’s relationship with the agricultural industry and how that directly affects your family’s health So far, we have examined the United States governmental hold on our food supply and how subsidized foods are dangerous to our health.  Corn, the number one subsidized food in this country, is processed and manipulated into everything from high fructose corn syrup to feed for cattle.  The Agricultural Department and the Food and Drug Administration have created an additive, detrimental food supply, contributing to our country’s ill health and obesity. Mass Distribution The Grocery Manufactures of America want to sell cheap processed foods, at higher prices in…

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    Does the Government Decide What You Eat – PART 2

    September 7, 2016

    A four part series examining the United States Government’s relationship with the agricultural industry and how that directly affects your family’s health In part 1, we discovered CORN is the most heavily processed food in the nation and high-fructose corn syrup is killing us, by making us the most overweight nation  in the world.   Because the US Government subsidizes farmers to produce more corn, eventually  to be processed, but does not compensate farmers to grow fruits and vegetables, we are a nation that is doomed. Government Is Not Concerned Our national “Dietary Guidelines,” are developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, in conjunction with the United States Department…

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