Tag: obesity Six Reasons I Hate Calorie Counting and Don’t Do It When I changed my diet to eating whole, plant-based foods, I said goodbye to calorie counting forever. By eating 60-80% raw, 95% whole, plant-based foods, I don’t need to count… Automate one meal Here’s a success secret of people who have lost 30 lbs., on average, and kept it off, according to a study published in the medical journal Obesity: They find healthy foods… Texas Tour, Part 5: Wendy and Janet in Austin, Young Moms Serving Health As Kristin says, our Texas trip was “pure abundance.” She and I always talk about relationships that are “all good things,” versus relationships or activities or thoughts that are scarcity-oriented… The rest of the story with Rich the Pharmacist. Part 1 of 2. So here’s the rest of the story with Rich, my first high-school boyfriend. I told you how I ran into him on the plane on his way to pharmacists’ immunization… The Renegade Lunch Lady (Part 2 of 2) The “Renegade Lunch Lady” Chef Ann Cooper went to Washington, D.C. to investigate our first lady’s agenda. She ripped a hole in Michelle Obama’s “feel-good” childhood-obesity legislation, that has no… The Renegade Lunch Lady In Anaheim (I know! I still haven’t told you about the handful of cool products I found–but I will! And I bought some of them for you!) . . …. Need Motivation to Eat Less Meat and More Plants? Part 5 of 12 Today, some good stats about eating a vegetarian diet: According to Journal of the American Dietetic Association (this research was published in other journals as well), the average IQ… Need Motivation to Eat Less Meat and More Plants? Part 3 of 12 More today on whether dairy products contribute to health: Calcium absorption rates according to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: … Are Europeans healthier than we are? So as you can see, Europeans have fast food. McD’s is found in 10 locations in the very hip and cosmopolitan city of Barcelona, for instance. They don’t… Childhood Obesity Facts Before I go on to list some sobering childhood obesity facts, here’s the one that hits me hardest: Yale University found that overweight children are routinely teased and bullied by…