Why You Must Come First In Difficult Times

Why You Must Come First In Difficult Times

If you’ve been in the position of taking care of others in any way, whether you're a leader, a parent, a health professional, all of the above or something different, you’ve probably discovered that you can’t take good care of others when you haven't taken care of...

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Big Water Myth

Big Water Myth

To be a leader or a high performer, we need to drink water regularly to be on top of our game.

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How to Curb Your Sweet Cravings |Tip 2

How to Curb Your Sweet Cravings |Tip 2

You can curb your sweet tooth, you can eat sweets in moderation and you can control the amounts of sweets that you eat. This is tip number two of how all that can be possible for you. Read on, or watch the video below! Whenever you eat something from a bag or a box...

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Are Your Food Decisions Costing You Brain Energy?

Are Your Food Decisions Costing You Brain Energy?

Your brain uses approximately 20% of the energy you consume. All of your thinking, planning and deciding really does take up a lot of energy. The most energy-demanding work of your brain involves executive functioning. These are activities like: Understanding Deciding...

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How to Find Out What Food Gives You Energy

How to Find Out What Food Gives You Energy

Now that we’ve established what energy is, let’s talk about what energy feels like. In my last post I set the foundations of understanding what energy is. Before I went back to school for nutrition I thought “energy from food” was supposed to feel like caffeine. At...

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Your Questions Answered: What do We Eat for Energy?

Your Questions Answered: What do We Eat for Energy?

Because I work with busy men and women, one common question I'm asked is: "What do I eat for energy?" While popular media frequently alludes that one, magic food can offer the cure to everything from Alzheimer's to cancer and make us young again to boot, it's no...

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Why I Wrote The Book

  Why did I write the book? I wrote it because I've been there. Oh, have I been there. I get a lot of surprised looks when I tell people that I didn’t grow up eating like I do now. I’ve also struggled with food choices. I tried almost all the diets—gluten-free,...

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What’s Really Wrong with the American Diet?

What’s Really Wrong with the American Diet?

The American diet has long been called the SAD diet by dietitians, nutritionists and most other nutrition professionals. Not only because it stands for Standard American Diet but because it is, truly, sad. Last week I wrote about a seminal study from Stanford...

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