Category: Natural Weight Loss

Apr 15

Look, Ma, no risk factors! (Just risk)

The British medical journal The Lancet published a study this week of the success of a new obesity drug, rimonabant. It’s a double-action substance, simultaneously telling the brain to shut up when it says, “I’m hungry” and also forcing fat cells to stop producing the nasty chemicals that elevate cardiovascular risk factors. (Read the BBC [...]

Mar 31

The Challenges…

Eating a whole foods, organic “Nutrient Rich” diet, one that is nutrient dense and calorically normal, and saying you’ll do so, is not the challenge you’ll face when deciding to Eat Better, Not less. The challenges are as follows…(note these are challenges, I didn’t say obstacles or blockades) just challenges that will soon disappear. #1 [...]

Mar 30

While at that restuarant…

Down to Earth, I overheard three 30-something girls talking about weight loss; about what they were eating and about all the troubles they were having. Little did they know, becuase to them they were merely eating at a chic place, that if they ate the food they ordered 80-90% of the time their issues would [...]

Mar 22

Energy Density – Don’t forget about the quality of the calorie

Part the nutritional rave these days is the energy density of the foods we eat. Instead of focusing on the nutrient density, some valueable, yet less than profound books like Volumetrics is focusing on the energy density of a food. The only problem is when you shift your focus from nutrient density which is inversely [...]

Mar 18

A Plant “based” Diet

A plant based diet is not necessarily a vegan or a vegetarian diet. We promote 80-90% or more whole nutrient rich foods with smaller amounts of animal products and even smaller amounts of refined foods based on the foundation of nutritional wisdom, nutrient density. Nutrient Rich is not a diet, it’s a standard, so when [...]

Mar 15

Overeating

How many people are overeating? Most of us. Is this merely limited to those who are overweight? No. Is it easy to overeat in today’s society? Yes. How about if you eat Nutrient Rich? Yes. For the same reasons? Emphatically no! And in some cases, yes. #1 It’s called stress #2 When you eat Nutrient [...]

Mar 12

Don’t lose site of the bigger picture, beyond weight loss.

The diet and weight loss industry is a 50 billion dollar industry. With the standard American diet of animal products and refined foods comprising 93% of what we eat. These are energy dense, calorie rich, nutrient poor foods… it’s no wonder why! It’s also no surprise why the conversation is always focused on weight loss. [...]

Mar 9

What is Nutrient Rich About? Weight Loss? More?

Eating Nutrient Rich is about discovering and eating great tasting food of better quality first and foremost. If you want to lose weight, just keep eating nutrient rich and learn what to do in terms of what foods you focus on more; other lifestyle factors will come into play as well. Eating Nutrient Rich is [...]

Mar 9

The worst thing that ever happened to getting healthier…

The diet industry, telling us we should be going on diets and giving those diets names. NutrientRich is NOT a diet, it’s a standard! Let’s get clear, we all have a diet, it’s a question of what quality. Whether you’re dieting, – that act of eating manipulated food, controlling portion sizes in the face of [...]

Mar 8

I don’t chew my shirt collar anymore

My family and I were invited to dinner with some new friends on Saturday night. My hosts knew that I was “into nutrition,” so they were very conscientious about asking me me exactly which foods were “allowed” and which were “forbidden.” I gave them some general guidelines, and the meal was fantastic – amazing minestrone, [...]