by Lorraine Matthews-Antosiewicz | May 10, 2022 | Digestive Wellness, Eating for the Health of it, Healthy Body Weight, Recipes for Health, Weight Management
I’m sure you are familiar with the saying, “You are what you eat.” In other words, to be fit and healthy, you need to eat good food. And yet, even the healthiest of food won’t be properly digested by a poorly functioning intestinal tract; and this can lead to chronic...
by Lorraine Matthews-Antosiewicz | Jan 15, 2020 | Holidays
Why does holiday overeating make it hard to return to normal eating habits? 1 – Stomach is physically larger – Overeating causes the stomach to become enlarged and it can take more food to provide the same feeling of satisfaction. 2 – Lack of sleep – This is probably...
by Lorraine Matthews-Antosiewicz | Apr 15, 2015 | Weight Management
Do you find that you eat really well all week long, and then get completely off track from Friday through Sunday? If so, you’re not alone. Weight gain from Friday through Sunday is a real thing. A recent study from Cornell University found that most of us gain weight...
by Lorraine Matthews-Antosiewicz | Aug 27, 2014 | Weight Management
Intuitive eating (also called mindful eating) is structured around the belief that people need to trust themselves enough to believe that they will eat what and how much food they need. When you eat intuitively, you use your internal cues for hunger, appetite and...
by Lorraine Matthews-Antosiewicz | Jan 22, 2014 | Weight Management
It seems like everywhere I go, people are talking about coconut oil. Either they are consuming it already or intend on getting some because they’ve heard about its remarkable health benefits. Coconut oil is heavily promoted on websites and proclaimed by certain...