Apr
29
2009

Why I don’t like Activia, but I like Probiotics

I’m sure you’ve seen the commercials for Activia with Jamie Lee Curtis acting as promoter for good digestion and regularity right? Well, I was at the grocery store today(no, Jamie Lee wasn’t handing out samples), but I picked up Activia to see the list of ingredients.
Sugar, sugar, corn starch, more sugar(because of the flavoring) and [...]

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Apr
28
2009

Diet & Swine Flu

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Hi everyone. I wanted to comment on what’s happening right now with the swine flu and how through your diet and supplements you can shore up your immune system and anti viral resistance. I know this is fatvsthin a mainly weight management blog, but it is also about your health and dis ease free living.
Note, everything [...]

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Apr
27
2009

Are Taking Supplements Worth It?

I thought I’d talk a bit about taking supplements and what I’ve heard over the years for, and against. First I’d like to say I’ve been taking supplements since I was a little girl. Although I will admit I’d pretend taking them at the table and then spit them out as I was walking to [...]

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Apr
24
2009

Are You Constipated?

Yes, I know this is a very intimate question but was your answer yes? Or no? And what is the defintion of constipation? Over the years I have heard so many variables such as: “I go once a week and that seems regular”(ugh, no it’s not). Or “I go three times a week, that seems [...]

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Apr
22
2009

Bringing Earth Day Into Your Kitchen

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Yes, it’s Earth Day today, April 22nd. The funny thing is, this Friday April 24th is Arbor day(which I just googled) and it’s a holiday for planting trees. Well, that’s why when I was driving down my neighborhood street today, Ocean Park Blvd., they were planting trees. I’m sure the originators of Earth Day put [...]

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Apr
21
2009

What Is the World’s Best Diet?

Someone asked me about what I thought was the best diet they should go on to lose weight. I bet you want to know the answer too.
As a practitioner I find this one of the hardest questions to answer as each and every one of us are so different. Really, as simple as our thumbprint [...]

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Apr
20
2009

Channels of Elimination for Spring Cleansing

I was reminded this weekend as I was huffing and puffing hiking up the mountain that cleansing our lungs is very important. When I was learning about the channels of elimination in our body which there are five: colon, lung, kidney, skin and lymph most would emphasize the colon.
But today, I thought to mention how important clearing [...]

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Apr
17
2009

Enjoy Reading Previous Post for Today/Interesting Cultural Perspective

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Apr
17
2009

Happy Nowruz/ Persian New Year/Spring Cleanse Ritual

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Issue 6 - April 2009

Editor’s Corner

Happy Spring!

In the Persian Calendar, the first day of Spring marks the beginning of a new year known as Nowruz which means “New Day,” in Farsi.  Nowruz is celebrated and observed [...]

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Apr
15
2009

The Juice or the Whole Fruit and Vegetable

A lot of clients would like to do a juice fast. I’ve written about juice fasting a bit as a quick weight loss advantage, BUT let me mention the difference vs whole food. It’s the fiber. I’m sure if you’ve ever had a juicer and juice up a vegetable drink you feel like oh my god, [...]

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