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Unjunk Your Junk Food!
If I asked you if eating healthy means giving up junk food, what would you say? - Most of us would think it does. At Naturally Savvy we believe that you don't have to give up the food you love, but rather you have to make smarter choices. The key to indulging in your favorite treats is by avoiding chemical additives, those ingredients proven to cause harm to our bodies. We call them "The Scary Seven."...
September 18, 2012
The Weight Loss Secret
So many people I meet are frustrated because they can't lose weight and maintain it. What they don't realize is that they have become addicted to gluten. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, rye and millions of processed foods. Gluten has an effect similar to a narcotic. It can create an addiction to foods like bread, pasta, desserts and sauces that contain the villain.The more gluten that you...
January 24, 2011
App lets you get personalized nutrition advice
Nov. 16 - Writing down everything you eat in a food journal may not seem very helpful to you. But what if the food journal talked back? - For about one week, we tried MealLogger, a mobile phone and web service that helps registered dietitians, nurses, nutritionists and personal trainers provide personalized feedback and advice to their clients. Rene Norman is a registered and licensed dietitian with...
November 15, 2010
The Allergy Elimination Diet
By removing specific foods from our diet, we have a better sense of what the culprit is and what it is that is triggering the reaction. Excessive protein may irritate the immune system and keep it in a state of overreactivity. The protein in cow's milk, specifically, is a frequent offender, and for people with a genetic predisposition to allergy it may be a hidden cause. One general treatment strategy,...
April 29, 2008
Are you eating a chemically balanced diet?
Today's blog topic is food fundamentals. In spite of the millions of published pages on the subject, it really does come down to Michael Pollan's brilliant summation in his NY Times Sunday Magazine article titled Unhappy Meals: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." If your goal is to lose weight, increase your energy levels, think more clearly, improve your skin, alkalize your blood, detoxify, or...
October 16, 2007