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Trying to drop those few pounds?   Are there tips and tricks one can use to help them be successful in taking off a few pounds?   Last week we reviewed the Best Diets for Weigh Loss as ranked by the U.S. News & World Report.    Time magazine has an excellent article on 8 Weight-Loss Strategies That Actually Work in their Feb. 5, 2018 issue.   There are numerous articles on helpful tips for weight-loss including 9 Habits of People Who Have Successfully Lost Weight .   What are some of these strategies and habits?      1.  Breakfast – we all know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.   But what should you eat at breakfast and should you eat a big breakfast?   Skipping breakfast and you are more likely to be overweight?   Why?   Probably because you hit the candy bar or soda machine around 10 AM or so.   Not only can skipping breakfast routinely increase your chances of being overweight, it appa...

Look for calories to be printed on menus by May 5, 2017.   Good thing as this past week we ate at Olive Garden and wanted a lighter meal.   We asked the waiter if they had a light menu with calories noted.   He didn’t know.   We asked if the calories were posted on the menu and he said no, but he could go to the kitchen and look up the calories.   Luckily, we noticed the Olive Garden menu has Tastes of the Mediterranean with menu items under 600 calories.   Looking for calories on restaurant menus will become a lot easier on May 5, 2017 when restaurants that have over 20 locations will be required to post calories on their menus.     What establishments will be posting calories? Restaurants with more than 20 locations nationwide Convenience stores must show calories of prepared food items such as muffins and donuts Movie theaters – ever wonder how many calories in the tub of popcorn?   It will now be posted. Supermarkets – will post calorie...

So many people focus on cutting back on carbs but not as many focus on cutting back on fat in their diets.   Some fats are truly the bad fats, the worst kinds of fat for your health.   These are trans fats.   Trans fats are so bad for your health that during 2007-2011, eleven counties in New York actually banned trans fats.   Restaurants, bakeries and concessions like park concessions could no longer sell foods containing trans fats.   This became a perfect experiment on trans fats and health as some counties in New York allowed trans fat in food sold in public places and other counties did not.   Granted, in every county in New York you could still go to the grocery store and buy foods containing trans fats, but not in restaurants and other public establishments that sold food.   So, what did the researchers find?   Heart disease – in counties that banned trans fats, heart disease declined even more than in counties that did not ban the tran...

Who doesn’t want to stop father time?   We can’t turn back the clock, but we can establish some habits that will keep us healthier as we age.   WebMD has some good advice in their article, The Secret to Healthy Aging .   They acknowledge there is no fountain of youth but establishing some healthy habits can make your life more enjoyable and extend your life span.   What tips do they offer?      1. Keep Moving – keep exercising and stay physically active.   So many health benefits to exercise:   reducing heart disease risks, you sleep better, have a better memory, less depressed, stronger bones and you are less likely to fall when you are older.          2. What kind of exercise? Aerobic or Cardio is a good way to strengthen your heart and to get fit.    But one doesn’t have to go to the gym to get some aerobic exercise.   Walk at a faster pace, go for a bike ride or ride a stationary bik...

How can you make eating healthier a habit?   Are there easy things to do that can help you and your kids eat healthier?    A recent article Place Your Order In Advance has some great tips.   Suggestions have been modified to include those I teach in my nutrition classes.   1.          Put healthy foods in front of you:   studies have found that if it is easy to get to, you may eat that food first.   So make the healthier foods ones that are easy to get to.   Keep healthy foods on the counter – a bowl of fruit, a pitcher of water   Cut up veggies like green pepper, carrots, celery and have them in the fridge for a quick snack 2.        Supermarkets:   shop the perimeter:   focus on healthier options by shopping the perimeter of the store.   Did you ever notice the perimeter has the fruit and vegetables, the dairy, the meat group?   3.    ...