by Barbara Rodgers | Jan 22, 2017 | Health Strategy, Recipes, Weight Loss
Vegetable “smoothies” are an excellent way to increase your intake of vegetables. Smoothies or juicing should not replace eating and chewing solid foods at every meal, but are a perfect meal alternative for busy working professionals, those on a detox, candida, or...
by Barbara Rodgers | Jul 7, 2016 | Health Strategy, Healthy Lifestyle Changes, Weight Loss
In the body, all carbohydrate-based foods—such as sugar, grains, beans, vegetables, and fruit—convert primarily to glucose, or “blood sugar.” But different foods break down to blood sugar at very different rates. For example, sugary or starchy foods, such as white...
by Barbara Rodgers | May 5, 2016 | Awareness, Health Strategy, Weight Loss
What to Expect When You “Fall Off the Wagon” No one is perfect when it comes to staying on target with a nutritional plan; dietary lapses are expected. Especially with a protracted program like a Candida diet. It is the rare client who makes it through the...
by Barbara Rodgers | Jan 28, 2016 | Health Strategy, Healthy Aging, Healthy Lifestyle Changes, Weight Loss
Seems like everyone is becoming increasingly aware that sugar is bad stuff, and yet I often get asked if it’s really necessary to cut it out of your daily diet. Yes, it is. It’s pretty simple really. Sugar turns to fat. But that’s not all. As sugar is...
by Barbara Rodgers | Apr 15, 2015 | Health Strategy, Multiple Sclerosis, Weight Loss
People start a food elimination diet for a variety of reasons: To identify food sensitivities or allergies Cleanse and detoxify bacteria or fungus overgrowth To lose weight The typical things people eliminate from their diet are: gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, processed...
by Barbara Rodgers | Mar 15, 2015 | Health Strategy, Healthy Lifestyle Changes, Weight Loss
There are three key “show-stoppers” that prevent the majority of people from sticking to a weight-loss program. Do you know what they are? My nutrition practice is focused on working with people who are chronically ill. In spite of that, I occasionally have...