Eating a whole foods, organic “Nutrient Rich” diet, one that is nutrient dense and calorically normal, and saying you’ll do so, is not the challenge you’ll face when deciding to Eat Better, Not less. The challenges are as follows…(note these are challenges, I didn’t say obstacles or blockades) just challenges that will soon disappear. #1 […]
Down to Earth, I overheard three 30-something girls talking about weight loss; about what they were eating and about all the troubles they were having. Little did they know, becuase to them they were merely eating at a chic place, that if they ate the food they ordered 80-90% of the time their issues would
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Is learn about places that serve foods that meet your standards and preferences. This is something we naturally do, no matter how we eat, but when it comes to Nutrient Rich (given nutrient poor food is still more common)you want to take special notice. I was out with Jon Hinds, master trainer at MyTrainer.com, the
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Alzheimer’s researchers are now saying that the same risk factors for heart disease and stroke also increase the risk for various forms of dementia. That is, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, excess weight, and lack of exercise. The China Study went into this in some detail, but yesterday the news hit the New York Times.
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Part the nutritional rave these days is the energy density of the foods we eat. Instead of focusing on the nutrient density, some valueable, yet less than profound books like Volumetrics is focusing on the energy density of a food. The only problem is when you shift your focus from nutrient density which is inversely
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A plant based diet is not necessarily a vegan or a vegetarian diet. We promote 80-90% or more whole nutrient rich foods with smaller amounts of animal products and even smaller amounts of refined foods based on the foundation of nutritional wisdom, nutrient density. Nutrient Rich is not a diet, it’s a standard, so when
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Nutrient density is a long standing, foundational, but often misunderstood nutritional philosophy and one of the emerging health fitness terms used by professionals and now the consumer these days, now that people are fed up with low cal, low fat and low carb dieting and know they simply need to eat better. The principles of
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How many people are overeating? Most of us. Is this merely limited to those who are overweight? No. Is it easy to overeat in today’s society? Yes. How about if you eat Nutrient Rich? Yes. For the same reasons? Emphatically no! And in some cases, yes. #1 It’s called stress #2 When you eat Nutrient
The diet and weight loss industry is a 50 billion dollar industry. With the standard American diet of animal products and refined foods comprising 93% of what we eat. These are energy dense, calorie rich, nutrient poor foods… it’s no wonder why! It’s also no surprise why the conversation is always focused on weight loss.
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I was out in NYC last night and went to a restaurant called Souen. Souen serves natural foods the most delicious organic meals in the world! I noticed…
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