Summer is a great time to break out the barbecue grill and lighten up your diet! Grilling season doesn’t have to only mean hamburgers, bratwurst, and steaks. There are many great choices for the grill that will keep you in great shape for all those fun summer activities. Rather than fatty hunks of meat or […]

Diet Myths That Keep Us Fat The Fat of the Matter and other Diet Myths By Dr. Nikki Goldman Ph.D. Caryn had spent most of the previous ten years on a diet. As a result, she was two sizes larger than when she first began. A binge followed each period of restriction. Her self-esteem was […]

Why Do Most Diets Fail in the Long Run? Do you ever wonder why every diet you try fails? It’s because they target the wrong problem. Diets focus on treating a symptom (weight gain) rather than providing what your body needs to naturally maintain its weight. What happens next? Yep! You lose weight temporarily only […]

Which is better for losing weight – diet or exercise? The debate rages on. What’s most important, a healthy, well-balanced diet or an active lifestyle that incorporates some type of exercise? Let’s take a close look at what each can do for us, and at what cost. Diet Minded Eat less, weigh less. Simple –right? […]

Do ‘Diets’ Really Just Make You Fatter? Are you addicted to your next diet like an Alcoholic to his next drink? Do you feel great each time you start a diet and exercise then a let down when you fail, like the high and low of a junkie with each fix? Science has shown that […]

Eating like a cavewoman IS the best way to lose weight In spite of it’s name, this diet does not include being dragged by the hair, hunting with clubs or skinning big game. Though you might feel good enough to do all of those things. What it does include is a return to our evolutionary […]