The winter holidays tend to be packed with food-filled celebrations, including many treats that only appear once a year. It can be tricky, at best, to keep eating healthfully. In fact, the National Institutes of Health notesthat Americans tend to…
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How to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
Posted in eating well, food, gaining weight, healthy choices, holidays, indulging, new year, portion control, season, Thanksgiving
Multivitamins: To Take, or Not to Take?
My observant brother texted me this week asking what is the deal with multivitamins: Following a barrage of negative studies in the last few years suggesting that they may not provide any health benefit, and may even increase risk of…
Why Diet Matters More than Exercise for Weight Loss
If you’re trying to lose weight, it’s important to eat less and move more, but it’s not a 50-50 equation—you’ll drop more pounds by paying closer attention to your diet than you will by increasing your exercise. That’s partly because…
Posted in active, cancer, cardiovascular disease, depression, diabetes, eating well, exercise, healthy choices, weight loss
For Those of Us Who Haven’t Gone to Cooking School…
I recently spoke with Sybil Kramer, MD, an endocrinologist in private practice in Melrose, MA, about the most common struggle facing her patients with diabetes: how to prepare healthy foods, whether they are trying to make favorite dishes lighter or…
Is Your Commute Killing You?
How’s that for a sensational headline? Perhaps more accurate is what Bill Briggs wrote in his MSNBC article on the topic: “…new science suggests your sluggish slog from home to work (and back again) is slowly sucking the life out…
Posted in cancer, commute, eating well, exercise, healthy choices, high blood pressure, obesity, sleep, stress, traffic
Shopping Guide: Foods Low in Saturated Fat and Sodium
Another reader question: What can you eat that is lower in saturated fat AND sodium? Seems like when they lower saturated fat they add sodium. It’s not your imagination—when food manufacturers lower the fat in their products, they often increase…
Snack Your Way Healthy
Done right, snacks can fill in nutritional gaps, help keep your blood sugar steady, and quell cravings. Experts say you should eat every few hours, which for me means that I need a bite to eat in the late afternoon…
Reward Yourself
I read a lot of magazines in my line of work, and a suggestion I’ve read over and over again is that when faced with a large goal, your best plan of attack is to identify smaller, realistic steps that…
Paula Deen’s Diabetes Diagnosis
First, is anyone really surprised by Paula Deen’s revelation that she has type 2 diabetes? Assuming she eats what she cooks, the woman has been courting disaster for years. That said, she is charming, gracious, smart, and hilarious, and I…
Candy on Halloween? Yes, Please!
So I know I’m supposed to encourage everyone to make healthy choices, including eating well. But I have a confession to make: on Halloween, I eat as much candy as I want. None of this “I’ll just have one piece,…
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