by Jennifer | May 20, 2015 | Healthy Choices
There was a commercial in the early 2000’s advertising a supplement that would enable a person to lose weight while they slept. Now this ran counterintuitive to the messages being spewed by mass media at the time that begged people to get themselves down to the gym...
by Jennifer | May 20, 2015 | Healthy Choices
I took my 7-year-old son to an amusement park this past weekend. While in line waiting for a ride, I noticed an overweight woman who was trying to get on the ride with her family. The problem was that the seats were too small for her to be able to safely ride the...
by Jennifer | May 3, 2015 | Healthy Choices
Fat is a word that evokes fear in most Americans. I hear “I eat a low fat diet, I don’t understand why I’m gaining weight.” It is not the fat that we should fear — it’s the carbohydrates. The human body runs on two main fuel sources: carbohydrates and fats. Most...
by Jennifer | Apr 15, 2014 | Healthy Choices
Vitamin B12, a necessary component of human metabolism, may also be a source of anemia. Two forms of anemia – macrocytic and megaoblastic anemia – are actually a result of a B12 deficiency and if left untreated may progress to he development of neuropathy. The good...
by Jennifer | Apr 13, 2014 | Healthy Choices
Gluten is the protein from the family of prolamins that is found in wheat and a few other grains. Prolamins such as gluten are difficult to digest and have a negative interaction with the brush border of the intestinal tract. This interaction can and often does lead...
