Healthy Body Not Weight Loss

Strong women with an axe

You may say “I want to lose weight” but what you really mean is “I want a healthy body.” Healthy body, not weight loss. People often ask me to present a ‘Weight Loss’ talk. I, however, prefer a ‘Body Health’ discussion. Weight only describes your mass; body health, in contrast, conveys information about how your…

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In support of a plant-based diet

Can we get all the nutrition we need from a plant-based diet? Here are few takeaways from WSHU’s “Join the Conversation” with T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., author of Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition (BenBella Books, 2014) He believes that protein is grossly overemphasized in our diets. When Dr. Campbell ran tests in his lab at…

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Food choices for your blood type

Eat Right 4 Your Type

Aspects of your physiology correlate with your blood type. According to Dr.Peter J. D’Adamo, author of Eat Right 4 Your Type, a diet based on your blood type, research indicates that your blood type is a key genetic factor that influences many areas of health and well-being, as well as how your body reacts to…

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