healthy eating habits

Health Benefits of Fish Consumption

Fish is one of the healthiest foods a person can consume. Fish farms have improved practices, and even farm fish have advantages over grass fed beef.

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Alcohol and the Mediterranean Diet

Alcohol consumption has been identified as a component of the Mediterranean Diet. Recent data has led some to conclude there is no “safe” level of alcohol. However, conclusions from those studies are often incomplete, and conclusions come from bias sources.

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Mediterranean Diet After Weight Loss Surgery

Patients who adopted a Mediterranean Diet following weight loss surgery had better weight loss than those who adopted other plans. The more adherent to the Mediterranean Diet, the better long-term results after surgery. Regardless of the type of surgery.

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Inflammation and the Mediterranean Diet

The Mediterranean Diet is the most anti-inflammatory diet ever tested. While inflammation is necessary, too much can make your life miserable and lead to injury

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Ancel Keys and Revisionist History

Was Ancel Keys responsible for the modern epidemic of obesity? If you have read any low carb blog lately, you would think so. Their revisionist history is broken down to this: Ancel Keys was an influential scientist who thought fat was to blame for heart disease He did a study of diet and correlated fat…

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Keto Cons

A number of years ago I published a book “Losing the last 30 lbs: fundamentals of weight loss.” This is an excerpt from that book about “diets” and why it is that they fail. Hope you enjoy the humor…

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Why I Hate Chicken Breast

The American favorite diet food, boneless and skinless chicken breast – it is almost as flavorful as cardboard – almost. It is overcooked and abused so often. Your mouth just called me and wants an intervention – stop eating it.

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Teach Your Kids To Cook

Who knew that mom teaching me to cook would begin her recovery out of a memory care center? When I look at my young son, I know it’s important that I teach him to cook, for so many reasons.

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5 of the Biggest Weight Loss Myths

Here are five myths about weight loss. You think Peanut Butter and yogurt are good? You think potatoes are bad? Think again. Dr. Terry Simpson debunks 5 of the biggest myths about losing weight.

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