These are intense or uncontrollable desires for specific foods, stronger than normal hunger.
The types of foods that people crave are highly variable, but these are often processed junk foods that are high in sugar.
Cravings are one of the biggest reasons why people have problems losing weight and keeping it off. [Read more…]
Boosting liver health to remove toxins from the body has been an integral part of Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine practices for thousands of years. Referred to as the ultimate multitasking organ, ancient practitioners believed that the liver was one of the primary organs that needed to be treated in sick patients. In ancient Chinese medicine, it’s said that “the physician who knows how to harmonize the liver knows how to treat a hundred diseases.” [Read more…]
Research makes it clear — excess sugar consumption and weight gain go hand in hand. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that no more than 10 percent of your calorie intake each day should be calories from sugar. In addition to the health risks associated with eating sugar, we now know that eating more sugar often means gaining more weight. If you really want to make a health change this year, cutting back on sugar is a great place to start. [Read more…]
IT’s 2019! Time to remember what is important, and to commit to what is real and true. Life is a journey of necessary endings. Endings are often the beginning of something new. Letting go of the past will enable us to take hold of the future.
It’s hard for most of us to accept that some things must come to an end. Life is full of ups and downs, goodbyes and hellos, quitting and starting. Think about your world, what were those things that have ended and new opportunities have come out of them? Here’s To New Beginnings!
Lets toast to an amazing New Year, full of so many possibilities.
Happy health journey,
Michelle
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