Tips for Setting Fitness Goals Work, friends, family. How does anyone find time to exercise? You know you should, but getting motivated can be a problem. However, it's important to find some way to incorporate activity into your busy lifestyle. Researchers have found that moderate daily exercise may reduce your...
Read MoreCalorie Control Council advisor Carolyn O'Neil, registered dietitian and author of the “Slim Down South Cookbook”, sat down with us to discuss how to embrace the holidays and all the culinary temptations without packing on extra pounds. Carolyn says the key to lightening the calorie count of holiday foods and...
Read MoreAs a registered dietitian, I’ve been trained to encourage people to eat in moderation. Sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? So, well, er … moderate. I was feeling pretty smug about the moderation message until recently when someone threw down a tweeted gauntlet. What IS moderation? There it was. The tweet was...
Read MoreThe last thing we need in this world is another fad diet, but I must confess I did coin “The Redemption Diet.” To be perfectly clear, I did not invent this diet, I just named it after seeing it practiced by so many people and not knowing what else to...
Read MoreSpring is here with warmer days reminding us that summer is just around the corner with vacations and fun times outdoors. But as so often happens, a few extra pound have crept on over the cold winter months and we’re looking for ways to shed them before swimsuit season. Instead...
Read MoreIn a review study titled “Artificial Sweeteners: a place in the field of functional foods? Focus on obesity and related metabolic disorders” authors Raben and Richelsen concluded that evidence from short-term intervention studies show that low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) do not stimulate hunger or appetite, increase energy intake, body weight, body...
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