5 Great Tips to Help Stop Sugar Addiction

Posted by on January 19, 2012 No comments

If you are a sugar addict you may be wondering if is ever possible to stop! At the height of my sugar addiction, I was eating a family block of chocolate and a Chokito bar every day! My health was terrible, I was tired and sluggish and my brain was so “foggy” that I could barely think straight. I also used to suffer from really bad moods which I used to have to hide behind a smile.

When I got so tired that I had to have a sleep as soon as I got home from work, I went to my doctor. All of the blood tests came back normal. He told me that going by the results, he wouldn’t hesitate to recommend me for a life insurance policy. He didn’t have any idea how to help me at all. I thought that my problem might be allergies, so I started to do some research at my local library and I came across a lot of information about sugar. This is how I started to learn how detrimental it can be to your health and I realized that it was time for me to stop. Read more »

How a Gluten Free Diet Will Affect Your Weight

Posted by on January 3, 2012 No comments

A Gluten Free diet is not a guaranteed way of losing those extra pounds. Many people believe that simply cutting out foods like bread and pasta, which contain gluten, that weight loss is guaranteed. Did you know a small percentage of people who go Gluten Free, actually put on weight? Lets look at how a gluten-free diet will affect your weight.

The key to weight loss with a Gluten Free diet is not simply turning off the foods which contain it, it’s about understanding what it can do to your body. I don’t want to bore you with science, so I am going to run through quickly what is important when changing your diet. Read more »

Portion Control May Be Keeping You Fat

Posted by on December 17, 2011 No comments

Portion control MAY be keeping you fat. It may be the culprit actually standing in the way of your dreams and goals of having a healthy and fit body.

First, it needs to be said that portion control is a critically important tool. Of course most everyone wants to keep an eye on calories, and for people just starting the weight loss process portion control is something people must learn and even master.

But the problem with portion control is that people tend to be using it as their primary weight loss method of choice. Because life is busy and most of us have a limited amount of things we can focus on, it often becomes the ONLY strategy that people use. Read more »

6 Easy Guidelines for Buying Whole Grain Bread

Posted by on November 24, 2011 No comments

Eggs? Check! Bananas? Check! Bread?… Ugghh the dreaded bread isle! Another day at the grocery store, picking up items to supplement a healthy diet, and you’re once again found lost amongst the vast sea of never-ending breads. Whole grain bread is a popular example that can be extremely overwhelming when trying to choose a healthy option. That is why I’m going to make this as simple as possible for you. No more confusion in the endless bread, bagel, tortilla, and pita isle. Enough with the tricky “health” claims on labels like “all-natural”, “stone ground”, “whole wheat”, and “multi-grain”. How are we to know what’s legit and what’s a scam? Use these 6 easy guidelines to help you select the best bread. Read more »

Cinnamon Health Benefits

Posted by on November 15, 2011 No comments

Many persons are already familiar with cinnamon and recognize it as a spice that people use to add taste to their fruit-salads, pastries, cereals and oatmeal. However, many persons are unaware of the cinnamon health benefits.

Cinnamon can use used to level out your blood sugar level, in addition to acting as an antioxidant. Furthermore, this spice is also known to act as insulin, while helping to enhance the insulin sensitivity in your body. Read more »