Everyone wants to be lean—and healthy. Or, so I would hope. But most still unfortunately fear fat. Yet healthy fat cannot be stored as fat, because it doesn’t trigger insulin. Insulin must be present for the body to stop fat. The fact is, the more healthy fat you eat, the leaner and healthier you will be.
Cravings are endless, be it for sweets, bread, alcohol, caffeine, pizza, or numerous other junk carbs. While you have long known you should avoid these foods, your brain refuses to listen. It continually pushes you toward these disease-inducing foods. With a new year just around the corner, you will attempt yet another diet. This time, though, you
This is one of the greatest myths perpetuated throughout the diet/fitness industry. I could do a 1,000 crunches with a client and their tummy will not get any leaner or flatter. I will make their core stronger, but not leaner. Why? Because your stomach is a direct reflection of your D-I-E-T. If you’re still eating foods that trigger
It is tragic to know just how many millions of people around the world still have such blind faith in taking statins, the most deadly drug in the market. These drugs do NOT protect you against heart disease, in fact, they will create new diseases in your body, i.e., stroke, heart attack, kidney failure, liver
Women have often devoted their lives to raising children, caring for a husband, running a household, and maintaining a full-time job. Sadly, however, they often neglect themselves along the way. With the kids now grown and the husband content, the woman suddenly wonders where did she go. How did she get here? She’s miserable. Her
One of the most empowering things I can share with others, especially women, is that diet failure is not their fault. It is a fact, and an alarming reality, that 98% of all attempts to lose weight, be it, low cal, low fat, or low carb diets, even stomach stapling—inevitably fail. Haven’t you ever wondered
For those who wonder why Americans are heavier than ever, carb addicted, depressed, and suffering from heart disease, you need not look any further than the low-fat myth that has been perpetuated for the last 40 years. I like to call this the low-fat myth because there wasn’t one, long-term study that verified the efficacy of
Since the early 1950s, doctors have warned their patients endlessly about cholesterol. yet most do not understand what cholesterol is, nor why the body can’t thrive without it. Please allow me: Cholesterol is a type of fat. It is a soft, waxy, fat-like substance found in the bloodstream and in all of our cells. And,
TO HOPEFULLY INSPIRE: “GOT FAT?” Tragically, even with years of science to support it, far too many people still fear eating fat. Why is that? If one was to truly understand the physiology of the human body, they’d realize this fear is without merit. FACT: Insulin needs to be present for the body to store
Don’t you ever wonder why your cravings are impossible to ignore? Don’t you ever wonder why no matter how much low-fat food you eat, you still can’t lose the weight, your tummy is getting bigger by the day, your mood is all over the place—and your doctor wants to put you on yet another pharma