“At Starbucks, the price of coffee isn’t so expensive. But the profit margin changes when you order any special blended milk and sugar concoction.” You end up paying more for calories and sugar – a Starbucks caffe vanilla frappuccino grande contains 58g …

Being obese (68.8% of U.S. adults are obese or overweight) and having a sedentary lifestyle opens the floodgates for many health problems and diseases, like cancer. It opens up to weight related cancers (like breast (after menopause), pancreatic, colon, kidney, and …

Sleep is a vital component of weight loss, and losing out of a couple of hours could be the hindrance to dropping down to that coveted pant size. Lack of sleep increases our craving for salt and sugar, and increases the …

It is a common misconception that diet soda should be substituted in place of regular soda during a diet but research reports a correlation between use of artificial sweeteners and obesity. Diet soda consumption can lead to cardiovascular disease, according to a …

How are those New Year’s resolutions coming along?! Here is a reminder of tips to keep you on the wagon: Tip #1: Review your week’s schedule Tip #2: Take a multivitamin every day Tip #3: Record everything you eat for …

An interesting NY Times opinion article discusses the limits of will power. The article references scientific research which suggests that “willpower is limited and depends on a continuous supply of the simple sugar glucose.” The writers of the article have …

From the NY Times Magazine article about decision fatigue: And this isn’t the only reason that sweet snacks are featured prominently at the cash register, just when shoppers are depleted after all their decisions in the aisles. With their willpower reduced, …

One of the main reasons to avoid prepared foods is that they are loaded with sugar, which also disguised by other names such as fructose, agave nectar, high fructose corn syrup, dried cane juice (so what if it’s organic?), etc. …

Don’t believe the hype!  Ignore: “Peace,” the “Street Yoga,” the “Recycle”…  Just because it’s sold for a high price at Whole Foods doesn’t mean it’s healthy! Instead, read the label (see below)!  The 3rd ingredient is “evaporated cane juice.”  What’s …

Yogurt????? Yes, most yogurt sold these days contains lots of sugar.  Even if fat free, high amounts of sugar are probably less healthy that if you ate yogurt from whole milk with fat in it. When I eat yogurt, I get …