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Green Coffee Bean Extract Shows Weight Loss Potential

Looking to lose a little weight? If that’s the case, according to a recently published clinical trial, you should try green coffee bean. Now, we’re not Read More

Do You Know The Healthiest Foods For Your Heart?

Like many of my patients you may want to do your best for the health of your heart (and the rest of you) and yet may be confused about which foods are the best. Read More

Breakfast Fixes, Fake Sweeteners, Fruit Faux Pas, and More

This week’s off-site posts didn’t have a theme (that I could see) but offered a little something for everyone.TheNutrition Diva podcast reveals how most “healthy” Read More

Harmful Food Ingredients to Avoid at all Costs

In this economy, it’s even harder to eat healthy. Food prices are going up and our dollars are being stretched to their maximum. Read More

Has Your Food Gone Rancid?

Does your cupboard hold a package of unfinished crackers? An old bag of whole grain flour? Some leftover nuts from holiday baking? Or perhaps a bottle of vegetable oil you've been slow to finish? Read More

Berries Protect the Brain in Several Ways

The 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society held recently in Boston was the site of a presentation by Shibu Poulose, PhD, of the US Department of Agriculture about new findings for berries in protecting aging brains.* Dr. Poulose studied the brain’s natural “house-cleaning” process, which involves autophagy by cells known as microglia. These cells remove and recycle toxic proteins that can interfere with brain function. “In aging, microglia fail to do their work, and debris builds up,” Dr. Poulose explained. Read More