Freedom from Sugar Cravings
As a wellness professional, I am on a mission to create freedom from sugar cravings so you can 1. Shift from craving sugar to craving healthy, nourishing foods that make you feel GREAT 2.Get back in the driver’s seat, and stop letting sugar hijack your life. 3. Have more balanced and consistent energy throughout your day […]
Eight Allergens Responsible for Ninety Percent of Food Allergies
I saw a PBS SPECIAL tonight all about a cookbook that Eliminates ALL Eight Allergens Responsible for Ninety Percent of Food Allergies – dairy, eggs, wheat, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish or shellfish NAME OF BOOK – The Whole Food Allergy Cookbook by Cybele Pascal There are several good things about it that may be […]
Thinking for Success
[youtube_sc url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86R1VNJ5v2Y”]Even the best change in diet will little help an individual who is unwilling to alter their negative thoughts. In fact, one can never alter their diet beyond a certain degree until the thoughts change first.” David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System Each of us has a series of thoughts running through […]
Does Diet Soda make you Fat?
Think choosing no-calorie diet over the regular sugary soda is the smarter choice? Maybe not. A recent study found that diet sodas drinkers have larger waistlines than non-drinkers. The study compared diet soda drinkers to a group of non-diet drinkers (including both regular soda fans and people who didn’t drink any soda). While all participants’ […]
Five causes for ALL Disease
Dr Mark Hyman has a great way of explaining five causes of all disease 1. Toxins-environmental, biological, chemical 2. Allergens- food, mold, dust, animal products, pollens 3. Infections-bugs, microbes, bacterial, parasites, tick-borne illnesses 4. Stress 5. Poor diet and lifestyle Rather than thinking about the 12,000 diseases, ask two simple questions: 1. […]
Glycemic Index 101
The glycemic index, glycemic index, or GI is a measure of the effects of carbohydrates in food on blood sugar levels. It estimates how much each gram of available carbohydrate (total carbohydrate minus fiber) in a food raises a person’s blood glucose level following consumption of the food, relative to consumption of glucose.Glucose has a […]
Have you heard of Orthorexia Nervosa?
Have you heard of Orthorexia Nervosa? I am finishing my studies with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and just heard a term that I find very interesting. Dr. Steven Bratman is the first to coin the term orthorexia. He used to be a chef and tried to sort out what was correct about dietary theories. […]
Sports Nutrition Goals
There is so much to learn when it comes to Sports Nutrition and an area I am very interested in. I will be providing resources on this topic and especially on my website at https://drkarenwolfe.org/sports-nutrition/ There are 4 main goals of Sports Nutrition 1. Improve performance 2. Decrease Injury 3. Increase recovery Time 4. […]
Obesity is Contagious – so is HEALTH
Obesity is contagious. It is a social disease. But health is also contagious and we need to start infecting our communities and neighborhoods with health. Let’s all be health activists. We can’t wait for anyone else to solve this problem – not government or corporations. We need to democratize and decentralize health. Each of us can make […]