Is Dairy Healthy?

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Dairy is a tricky subject when it comes to health. While we all depend on it in some form for the first few years of life, the question of adult consumption of dairy is a tougher one to answer. “Foods” like grains and man made fats are more easily recognizable as having no place in [...]

Why You NEED Saturated Fat

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One of my favorite writers, Tim Ferriss, author of the fabulous new book The 4-Hour Body, has a great article on his blog about the vital importance of saturated fats. Written by Dr. Michael Eades and Dr. Mary Eades (two of the top Bariatric doctors in the country), this article gives great scientific backing for [...]

Top 10 Health Posts of 2010 on Wellness Mama

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Hope your new year is off to a great start! If you need a little motivation in health or fitness, check out my top 10 most popular posts of 2010. 1. Wellness Lifestyle Overview- A basic guide to a healthier lifestyle. 2. How Grains are Killing You Slowly- and what to do about it. 3. [...]

How to Lose Weight Fast

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After my long absence from blog posting (sorry guys!) my New Years resolution is to stay consistent with my posting! Since weight loss is the most common resolution for New Years, I figured a post on this was necessary. A note though, I think the success of “weight loss” would be much higher if we [...]

Wellness Mama Medicine Cabinet

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The season that brings warm tidings and visions of sugarplums often brings sniffles, fever and flu too. In my family, these things seem to only hit at night, on weekends, or on holidays. Since doctors are not always a viable option at those times, and because I prefer to avoid prescriptions if possible, I keep [...]

Guide to Getting Great Sleep

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The importance of getting quality sleep is a topic that has been getting a lot of news coverage lately. While it seems common sense that we all need adequate sleep, statistics show again and again that we just aren’t getting it. For some (including me) the idea of ever getting a solid night of uninterrupted [...]

Guide to Carbohydrates- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly!

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The most common objection I get when recommending a no-grain diet to clients is: “What about the healthy whole grains? Don’t I need the fiber?” I covered this in depth in my grains post, but it seemed that a more thorough explanation of the role of carbohydrates in the body would be a good idea. [...]