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Category Archives: eat right
Eat Right: Slash Your Own Medical Costs
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07May2012
Would you like to lower your medical costs the easy way? Just eat right and exercise regularly. That’s one of the results from a recent study.
Of the top 10 costliest medical conditions, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, many are chronic conditions that have one or more lifestyle components. This means that they can be caused or made much worse by lifestyle choices we make each day. Medical conditions that make the top 10 list include heart disease, cancer, pulmonary disease, hypertension and diabetes. All of these are directly affected by what and… Read the rest
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Tagged cancer, chronic disease, diabetes, diet, heart disease, hypertension, obesity
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Feed Play Love Event – There’s Still Time!
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25Apr2012
If you haven’t registered for the Feed Play Love virtual telesummit yet, there is still time. Join the 26 amazing experts, including our very own Johnell McCauley, as they discuss ways to FEED your child’s body and soul, give your child the space to PLAY and foster their own ingenuity and inspire ways for you to LOVE being a mom!
All of the sessions are recorded, so you can still catch up on the first few days as well as listen in live to remaining presenters. It’s an opportunity you just don’t want to miss!
Tomorrow evening (Thu, April 26… Read the rest
Eat Right: Stop the Urge to Eat on Impulse
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23Apr2012
Before you eat that last potato chip, that piece of chocolate, or that ice cream that you really don’t need, take a breath and think about your actions. Try applying logic instead of emotion.
A lot of people let emotions drive their eating, and this can lead to consuming too much. We eat when we feel sad, lonely, defeated, or depressed. Maybe you’ve experienced it – most people have at one time or another in their lives. When we feel ourselves in these situations, we tend to reach for “comfort foods” like chocolate, ice cream or chips to make us… Read the rest
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Tagged calories, chocolate, dessert, emotional eating, fast food, fat, meal planning
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Vegetables: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t
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20Apr2012
My kids just don’t eat vegetables!
Eeeewwwww! That looks icky and you can’t make me eat it!
Do these sound familiar? A common issue that we hear from clients is that their kids won’t eat vegetables – any vegetables! So, is it ok to “sneak” veggies into our kids meals by “hiding” them in other dishes?
Hiding vegetables in other foods in order to get kids to eat them has been the topic of much debate in recent years. Several cookbooks on this topic – most notably Jessica Seinfeld’s Deceptively Delicious – advocate adding pureed vegetables to common recipes. But… Read the rest
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Tagged children, family cooking, healthy eating, meal planning, teens, vegetables
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Is the current obesity epidemic contributing the rise in the number of children diagnosed with autism? According to a new study by the University of California, Davis and Vanderbilt University, the answer is “yes.”
Researchers believe that about half the risk of autism is genetic and half is a result of other, external factors. This latest study finds that mothers who are obese are significantly more likely to have a child with autism or another developmental abnormality.
The study involved more than 1,000 children as well as their mother’s health history. They found that those mothers who were obese before… Read the rest