Picture this: You hit the snooze button one too many times, had a last minute project thrown at you at work, and then sat in an hour of evening traffic. Finally home, you breathe a sigh of relief, head into the kitchen, and decide you deserve a snack after the day you’ve had. Maybe you [...]
If you follow the fitness industry, you’ve probably heard of the benefits of HIIT (or High Intensity Interval Training). The short, yet powerful workouts are touted as the best way to improve your overall conditioning, burn fat, and even balance hormones! (but that’s another article!) So, what is HIIT anyway? HIIT workouts involve working at [...]
It may seem like everywhere you turn the ketogenic diet, or keto for short, is being hailed as a miracle diet for weight loss and increased energy levels. Keto is the “it” diet of the moment, but before you decide to jump on the bandwagon yourself, let’s take a look at what this diet is [...]
It is commonly recommended that if you are hypothyroid that you don't follow a low carb diet. This is due to lower conversion of T4 to T3 with low carb diets. First, let's explore low carb diets, and then I will give my opinion based on my work with clients on a low carb diet. [...]
Have you ever notice that some foods keep you feeling full longer? And others give you the munchies an hour later? That can make the advice to "stop eating when you feel full" a bit tricky if you're picking foods that aren't filling. That's a phenomenon called satiety. It's the feeling of fullness, of being [...]
Have you heard of the fat hormone? Leptin, a recently discovered hormone, regulates body weight by suppressing food intake and/or increasing energy expenditure. Leptin is a very powerful and influential hormone produced by fat cells. Science has discovered that leptin is the most powerful metabolic regulator that tells your brain whether you should be hungry, [...]
If you often feel hungry, you are not alone! There are many reasons to feel hungry. Of course, the most obvious one is that you are actually physically hungry. Perhaps your stomach is empty, your blood sugar has dropped, and your hunger hormones are having a party. But other times, the hunger may not be [...]
I had a patient, Danielle, that was 42 when she found me. She gained about 35 lbs. and was unable to lose it. She had tried all kinds of diets and nothing was working. She had no energy, had brain fog, and was suffering from mood swings. Danielle went to her primary care doctor that [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV1PP46A_2M I have been a health care professional for 17 years. I graduated from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science with a B.S. degree in microbiology and a minor in biochemistry. I went to college and had the intention of getting a master’s degree, and then, a Ph.D. and working for a drug company [...]
The ketogenic diet is a very low carb, very high-fat diet. It has recently gained a lot of popularity in the wellness sphere because of some of its health benefits. A ketogenic diet has been shown to help some people lose weight (yes, even with high fat). It can also help improve certain health conditions, [...]
