National Nutrition Month: Adopt a Nutritious Style

National Nutrition Month (NNM) is a campaign on education and information regarding nutrition. Created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, NNM is being celebrated in March this year with emphasis put on the choices of food we eat, the importance of making good food choices, sound eating habits, as well as physical activity regimes. NNM is simply meant to remind people about the benefits of healthy eating and adopting a healthy and nutritious lifestyle. It also aims at celebrating registered Dietitian Nutritionists and their contributions.

How to Eat Healthy on a Budget

Your grocery budget doesn’t need to determine your weight loss; in fact, some of the healthiest foods are the cheapest to purchase! Before you begin worrying about the price of eating healthy, let’s take a look at how you can eat healthy without breaking the bank.

Breaking the Cycle of Emotional Eating

Human emotions can trigger a wide variety of responses, and different people handle different emotions in a variety of ways. While some people use exercise or call a friend to deal with anger or sadness, others may cope by turning to comfort foods. Breaking the cycle of emotional eating can be a difficult task—however, it’s not an impossible one thanks to tips below and including control snacks into your diet. Here are three tips to help break the habit of emotional eating.

Spring into Shape: Tips to Trigger Weight Loss

You heard that Punxsutawney Phil declared that Spring will be arriving early this year?  While that’s great news for everyone who craves warmer weather, it also means that for those of us with fitness goals, we have less time to get toned and beach ready!  If that season-predicting groundhog is right, Spring will be here before we know it.  It’s time to kick-start our weight loss this year.

Surprising Health Benefits of Drinking Tea

Tea has enchanted human civilization since recorded history. Many cultures continue to revere tea for its ability to soothe, to cleanse, to treat, and to invigorate. Since teas can be made from a wide variety of plants, its uses vary widely. For example, cleansing teas help rid the body of toxins while herbal teas, such as chamomile, can promote sleep.

The Worst Soups for Weight Loss

Many New Year’s resolutions revolve around weight loss. During the coldest months of the year. People are naturally drawn toward warming comfort foods such as soups and casseroles. Comfort foods can hide damaging weight loss roadblocks in the form of hidden fats and high-calorie intake. And for patients of bariatric surgery, soups exist as an easily digestible meal post-surgery. So how can you tell the good soups from the bad soups? Read on to discover the worst soups for weight loss.

Reasons You’re Not Losing Weight Fast Enough After Bariatric Surgery

Currently, in the U.S., patients seeking weight loss through bariatric surgery have four options: adjustable gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, and biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch. Each surgery is different and performing physicians consider each patient’s needs before deciding upon the best course of action. While bariatric surgery exists as an option when other weight management options have failed, it’s important to understand that the surgery alone does not guarantee weight loss. Weight loss occurs in combination with several factors including adhering to a new diet and regular exercise. A failure of weight loss after surgery may be the result of any of the factors below.

Toxic New Year’s Resolutions

With the start of the New Year, many people resolve to achieve better health. However, achieving this goal can be extremely difficult. In fact, the kinds of goals you choose are just as important as how you achieve them. Here are five New Year’s resolutions that can be more harmful than helpful on your road to reaching a healthy you.

New Year, New You: 5 Healthy New Year’s Resolution

Holiday Eating Tips for Post-Bariatric Surgery