If you are like many parents and trying to help your kids make good choices about what they are eating, you might find yourself reaching for fruit juice when you are shopping instead of soda. While I applaud the move to get soda out of your and your children’s...

Why Avoiding Sugar Works for Weight Loss It should be obvious to you by now that keeping sugar out of your diet is good for you, but do you know why keeping sugar out of your diet works so well to help you to lose weight? Most people who answer that question will...

I have had many questions lately about how athletes can do low-sugar, no-carb, or Paleolithic diet. I have been researching this topic in depth in the last few months because of my interest in running longer distances. While I have been a runner all my life, running...

Why Does Sugar Give Me a Headache? Does eating sugar give you a headache? You are not alone. The sugar headache, otherwise known as the Holiday Headache (because we eat so much sugar on Easter, Halloween, Christmas and other holidays) has a lot in common with a...

Metabolic syndrome is not really a disease but a syndrome and what I would call a “pre-disease”. Metabolic syndrome is also known as syndrome X, or metabolic syndrome X, or even insulin resistance syndrome. There are four primary symptoms of metabolic syndrome:...

Insulin resistance is a modern day problem that is the result of eating modern day foods. What insulin resistance means is that the cells in your body are resistant to insulin. While this may not sound like a big deal, it is. The more insulin resistant your cells...

Want to know how many calories you should eat to lose weight? The answer is simple: If You Want to Lose Weight, Calories Don’t Matter. You might be a bit surprised by that answer (especially when doctors, nutritionists, and government agencies all have suggestions...

Most weight loss success stories sound pretty much the same. The stories all tell of people losing incredible amounts of weight in short periods of time using some new and crazy diet. But the question you really want to ask is: Did the Weight Stay Off? Everyone...

Confused? Have you ever wondered which is worse: fat or sugar? You have probably heard that carbohydrates can lead to weight gain (and this might lead you to think that sugar is worse) but you may have also heard that fat can lead to weight gain (and this may...