There is something you can do if you experience weight loss difficulty with family.

Do you do fine when you eat along, but have weight loss difficulty with family? Are they eating all the things you try to avoid? Is your spouse thin and can just eat anything they want? Read more

Why is it that unhealthy food tastes so good?

Do you eat too much because food  tastes so good ? It’s hard to eat a little and then stop because it’s pleasurable to eat. You will feel deprived if you give up food, and don’t see another way to give yourself a little reward. Read more

Rice and beans are a great source of vegetarian protein.

Why Eat Vegetarian Protein?

You don’t need to be vegetarian to be healthy, but eating a lot of vegetarian protein helps because then your diet is primarily plant-based. You also add a lot of fiber to your diet, which helps with regulating blood sugar levels, improves elimination, and adds many vitamins and minerals to your daily diet. Read more

You can lose weight with yoga over time.

Sometimes people expect to lose weight  with yoga. As a yoga teacher for almost 40 years, I have not found quick weight loss to be the case. There are rare exceptions where people start yoga and lose weight without any other intervention. But usually change takes time. When the full spectrum of yoga practices is combined with  methods of working with food, then deep change can take place. Weight loss is the outcome of these other changes. Read more

Liquid diet helps weight loss.

The liquid diet is great both for improving your digestion and for losing weight. Your digestive tract is working really hard to digest and assimilate the food you eat. Once in a while it needs a rest! Read more

Meditation can help with weight loss over time.

Can meditation help with weight loss? It can, but indirectly. It is not a quick fix. Meditation is the slow, but powerful, process of transforming your mind and emotions to achieve higher states of consciousness. Read more

Plant-based proteins give us the protein we need plus more nutrients.

Some of the best protein sources are from plant-based proteins. They are in great abundance in nature and add benefits to our health in many ways. Read more

There are ways you can eat healthy even with a busy schedule.

There are ways to eat healthy even with a busy schedule. This means eating the healthiest you can at any given time / in any given circumstance. It may mean that you’re not eating the ‘ideal diet’, but you are eating a lot healthier than you might if you relied on high fat and high sugar fast foods. Read more

Health benefits of fruits include being a rich source of vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants.

There are many benefits of  fruits, one of nature’s most wonderful sources of natural sugars. Read more

Green foods are so good for our health.

Eating green foods are some of the most powerful foods you can consume for good health. We need to eat them every day, in plentiful amounts. There are two reasons why this is so. Read more