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We consistently plan to take better care of our health, including a commitment to ourselves to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Even when we’re sorely tempted by holiday sweets or Halloween candy, we say no. What happens, then, when you just can’t lose weight...

In the quest for a healthier, more vibrant life, many of us turn to the internet seeking advice on weight loss. It's no secret that the concept of "calories in versus calories out" has dominated the weight loss conversation for decades. Yet, here's the twist – calorie...

Bombarded Let’s face it. We’re bombarded by diet culture. We’re overwhelmed by advertisements, images, and wild claims that doing this thing or that diet or exercising obsessively will allow us to get to our ideal weight -the one that’s just perfect for us. So, we try...

All The Rage Weight loss fads: crash diets, the grapefruit diet, the cabbage soup diet, and so many more. Throngs of people have tried them all to lose weight. Each of these diets has come and gone without providing long-term weight loss or health benefits to their...

Say It Three Times Fast Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+). That’s certainly a mouthful. What would happen if you said it three times fast? Probably nothing, nor would a ghostly woman appear in your mirror, but adding NAD+ into your health regimen might make a...

All the Things Mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, French fries. Cheesecake, cupcakes, apple pie. They all sound so appealing and so very decadent! We’re used to eating these comfort foods – most of us were raised on them. As we’ve gotten older and wiser, both because of...

Do What You Can Tennis pro, Arthur Ashe, said, “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” What an inspiring message!  Those words can be motivating to start losing weight, but they’re also empowering in maintaining weight loss over a long period of...

Normal vs. Optimal Normal. It’s quite subjective. From acting normally – or in ways that are expected – to medical tests returning a normal result, “normal” is what’s considered conventional. Normal may be typical but that doesn’t mean it’s optimal. Take the thyroid,...

In our youth we may have had that lovely, smooth, soft skin that as adults we now covet.. As we become more experienced in our lives, so does our skin. It experiences exposure to the sun and atmospheric pollutants. We may or may not eat well or hydrate properly. And,...