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Are Diabetic Weight Loss Drugs Really The New Diet? Discover the Benefits Of Intuitive Eating

Guiding Principles for Healthy Eating

If you’ve struggled to lose weight and found it difficult to maintain it, you can blame it on evolution. The human body’s evolutionary response has evolved to tenaciously hold on to extra pounds. This bodily phenomenon makes weight loss challenging for many people and even more difficult to keep the weight off long-term. In this article, I will address a possible solution to this challenge by providing you with some guiding principles for healthy eating.

Over the past 40 years, despite numerous lifestyle changes and increased efforts to lose weight, the average person’s weight has continued to rise. Interestingly, a study in 2021[1]  concluded that emphasizing weight loss as a solution may not be effective in improving overall health.

When Dieting is Harmful

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Do you Know What’s in Your Vitamin Supplements?

This is what you should know before you buy.

By Donnie Yance

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” – Jon Muir

When someone buys a bottle of supplements, they assume they’re getting an extracted, concentrated version of whatever vitamin or mineral they would find in food.

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Are Oxalates in Spinach Bad for You? Let’s see

Have you heard some buzz about oxalates in spinach and other leafy vegetables? A theory that’s been gaining popularity among those interested in nutrition is that we should avoid greens, especially spinach, because they are high in oxalates. After all, oxalates can cause kidney stones or gallbladder problems and may interfere with calcium absorption.

So, one of the latest and greatest trendy dietary recommendations is to STOP eating foods high in oxalates, especially for people with oxalate sensitivity. As a result, spinach, kale, and many green oxalate-containing foods have become public enemy number one! Should you take heed? Is it time to eliminate leafy greens from your healthy diet because of the oxalates in spinach? The short answer to this question is a resounding “NO!”. But, let’s check out why.

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