How exactly is a plant-based diet helpful for diabetes? Animal source foods may not raise your blood sugar immediately because they don’t contain carbohydrates (except dairy), but unfortunately they DO make your diabetes worse behind the scenes, by making your cells more resistant to insulin. Proponents of low-carbohydrate diets argue that animal-source foods do not …
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Should you be avoiding all kinds of sugar? The natural sugar in whole foods such as fruits isn’t bad for you. It’s only bad when the sugar is isolated and added to other foods. For example, when sugar is extracted from beet or sugar cane, and isolated, such as high fructose corn sugar, then it …
This Super Fudgy Vegan Chocolate cake is a Health nerd’s delight! It tastes amazing, is vegan and best of all, it’s super healthy! That doesn’t mean someone who isn’t into healthy desserts won’t enjoy it. This fudgy vegan chocolate cake is for everyone, vegan or not. Why the Fugdy vegan chocolate cake is so healthy: …
You need to be at a calorie deficit to lose weight, but do you need to keep counting calories? The answer to this probably depends on who you ask. If you ask me, I’ll say no. I hate counting calories and never have. It’s just too much stress and doesn’t help when you want to …
Table of Contents What is the easiest way to start eating healthy? This is also a very common question in people’s minds. You want to eat healthily, but don’t know where to start. While there’s a plethora of readily available information, everywhere you look there’s contradictory information. Some say carbs are the new “evil”, …
How can I eat healthy? This is one of the most common questions people all over the world find themselves asking. The internet is full of answers, but the sheer volume of data available, along with misinformation and contradictory recommendations in books, blogs and social media can make finding the answer to this simple question …
As a Nutritionist, I get asked this question several times a day. People are shocked when I tell them it’s not a low-carb diet, and they don’t even need to keep counting calories. Let me explain. Weight loss isn’t a short-term goal. It’s very easy to lose weight, but the real work is making the …
We need a little help staying healthy in the cold, winter months. Here are some tips to help you enjoy winter without having to worry about falling sick all the time. Eat a healthy diet with lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes. A healthy diet is the key to a strong immune system …
That queasy feeling in your stomach when you are stressed is a classic example of how your gut is closely connected to your brain. The food you eat affects your gut, and your “gut feeling” influences your mood. How your gut and brain are connected and how stress affects them both Let’s take a closer …
Stress is the body and brain’s response to any sort of challenging situation, either from environmental factors (a threat or potential threat) or from internal factors such as memories. The stress system has two responses to stress. The immediate response is driven by the corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and the response of the sympathetic and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal …
