Why try “Plants” for weight loss? Here’s why! The Whole Food Plant based vegan diet may be one of the healthiest diets, as well as being great for weight loss. “Several randomized controlled studies, which control for these external factors, report that vegan diets are more effective for...
We don’t often give much thought to our liver, but it is actually very important to our overall health and weight. One of our liver’s most important jobs is to act as a filter to remove any toxins (such as from medications, alcohol, drugs or food additives). It also helps with digestion by makin...
Most people think of fat as this blob of buttery stuff sitting there passively just under there skin. Most people don’t realise that fat or adipose tissue in the body behaves much like an organ than a passive blob, and that their fat or adipose tissue can also influence how fat they become....
The fad diet promise is very alluring, rapid weight loss! Sounds like a magic pill right? But at what cost? And how long does the “high” last? Are Low Carb, High Protein Diets all that they claim? When I was in my final year studying nutrition in 2005 I reviewed the evidence on o...
Most people go on diets to lose weight. So it should come as very good news to you when I say dieting is NOT the best way to lose weight. This is good news because people hate being on diets, and research shows us that a history of dieting, and restrained eating will often lead […]...
It can be hard to sit with uncomfortable feelings. Often we just want to hurry them along or stuff them away. Many people turn to comfort foods or emotional eat in response to stress, in an attempt to soothe, comfort, or distract themselves from an uncomfortable feeling or state. When you are ...
One of the biggest secrets to successful weight loss in the Size Fantastic weight loss program, is that we help our clients to get in touch with their “why”. Before you can give yourself instruction to change your behavior, you need to know what is driving it. Usually the answer lies...
Cutting out carbohydrates and quitting sugar, needs to be viewed as a “fad diet”. Anyone who has studied nutrition and truly understands carbohydrates, simple sugars and their role in the body would never tell you to cut them out completely. Carbohydrates are in fact necessary, glucose i...
Contrary to the way our ancestors ate (for survival), eating for the pure sake of pleasure has become more common in today’s society. With the amount of food temptations that we are presented with everyday in our living environments it is no surprise that we have slipped into this way of eating. Y...
