Food for Thought: Comfort Food
Comfort foods can add to your midsection. The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken. – Maya Angleou Comfort foods are…
Weight Loss
Stress and Cortisol
Stress and Cortisol: a struggle with Obesity This is the first of a four-part article on stress and cortisol. If you understand stress and cortisol,…
Hormones of Obesity: Cortisol
Cortisol: The Beer Gut Hormone Steroid hormone cortisol (hydrocortisone) structural formula Cortisol is a steroid hormone of the glucocorticoid class that is made and released…
Hormones of Obesity
The Hormones of Weight Gain and Loss Nearly two-thirds of Americans are either overweight of obese. Medical providers are overwhelmed by the consequences of poor…
Recipe: Ranch Chicken
A simple chicken dish that is easy to make. This is an easy main course to put together. Enjoy this chicken in a high-fiber wrap…
List: Top 10 Reasons You Overeat
Overeating is one reason we are overweight. It does not matter if you are trying to maintain weight loss or if you are just starting to…
Recipe: Healthier Pasta with Meat Sauce
A simple but healthier twist on a family favorite. I have to admit that I love Italian. I have a weakness for a simple pasta…
Road Bump: Family Food Preferences
Family Food Preferences Not all of us have the option of preparing meals for just one. Some of us have to consider our family, friends,…
Food for Thought: Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes can be slowed or prevented. “No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.” ― Maimonides Diabetes Diabetes…
List: 5 High Fiber Foods to Help Keep You Feeling Full, Part 1
Fiber will fill you up and keep you full longer. I posted an article on the benefits of fiber. This is going to be a…