Mindful Eating Nurtures Body, Mind, and Soul
In the world of wellness trends, a quiet revolution is taking place. While regimens promising miracle cures and weight loss come and go, mindful eating has been steadily gaining popularity over the past two decades. Paleo, keto, and vegan diets (to name but a few)...
Dances with Cookies: Mindful Eating in Action
For weeks, I had been postponing writing my introductory blog post about mindful eating. But this morning, at last, I made up my mind: “Today’s the day.” I started with a nature walk to gather my thoughts. Back at my desk, I cleared away distractions, opened a fresh...
Reconnect with Food: Discover the Joy of Mindful Eating
In our fast-paced world, it’s easy to lose touch with simple mealtime pleasures. We often find ourselves eating on the go, distracted by screens, or rushing through meals without truly enjoying them. But what if we could transform our relationship with food into one...
How To Savor The Good
We all want to be happy, but when good things happen to us, we don’t always allow their positive effects to ripple through our lives. This changes when you practice savoring. As discussed in the previous post, being mindfully aware of your feelings during positive...
The Sweet Science of Savoring
As I was heading out for my walk this morning, I reached for my phone and earbuds when an inner voice whispered: “Why don’t you put those down and enjoy your walk without distraction?” She was right. Whenever I listen to a podcast or book on my morning walk, I...
New Year, True You
As the calendar flips to a new year, many of us feel the pressure to set ambitious resolutions—often ones rooted in external expectations (and often pushed by advertisers and influencers): New Year's detox. Dry January. A 30-day bootcamp. That new diet your friend...
It’s Never Too Late To Make Peace With Your Body
Weight Stigma Awareness Week may have come and gone, but as I see it, every day should be an opportunity to dismantle negative judgments of bodies’ shapes and sizes – other peoples’ and our own. The widely prevailing paradigm in healthcare (and society at large)...
Metabolic Renewal: 8 Steps to Heal Your Metabolism
Improving metabolic function – discussed in this post – can help reduce the risk of conditions like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, fatty liver disease, cancer, and many other health conditions linked to metabolic syndrome (see this post). Here I outline eight key...
Metabolic Mayhem: Uncovering the Root Causes
In my previous metabolism post, I talked about the way a sputtering metabolism can contribute to various health conditions. In this article, I'll look at the factors driving it, many of which can be addressed--at least to some extent--with the help of dietary and...
Metabolic Syndrome: The Hidden Driver of Common Diseases
As we saw in the previous post, metabolism is the engine that keeps your body running. When the metabolic machinery gets clogged up, health problems ensue. Metabolic health worldwide is declining, affecting quality of life and driving up healthcare costs. U.S....
Metabolism Matters: Powering Your Body
“Metabolism is how your body takes stuff from the outside (food) and makes it part of your inside.” This simple sentence, cheerily delivered by pediatric endocrinologist Robert Lustig MD in the first of a series of mini-videos on metabolic health, is the simplest...
Science Supports Mediterranean Eating & Living
If you’ve read my previous blog posts (here and here), you’ll know that I‘m an ardent advocate of Mediterranean living – and I’m not alone. Nearly 32,000 papers published in peer-reviewed medical journals have confirmed the benefits of this way of eating. That’s why...