We love Fall and holiday food, but we don’t love how the extra-indulgent fatty and sugary foods make our bodies feel. To get the best of both worlds, we asked Alexandra Miller, RDN and LDN Corporate Dietician at Medifast, to help us figure out the best healthy, lightened up swaps for classic staples of the…
If you are what you eat, it seems a good idea to eat foods that help fight bloating. Summery and exotic fruits, like papaya and pineapple, can prevent the belly bloat, but you should know about the best foods of the Fall season that combat that puffy, gassy feeling. Read on to see which foods,…
Many of us have been in this scenario: you wake up early for a workout, and you’re not quite hungry, so you have something light or skip breakfast altogether and jump right into your run, cardio, HIIT, or weight training. Then, after your sweat-sesh, you’re absolutely insatiable. All the food in the world couldn’t quench…
Prior to starting the AaHa Restart Cleanse, I had never eliminated anything from my diet (my diet is rooted in balance and finding nutritious foods that I love to counteract the occasional cheeseburger or slice of pizza). So when my co-workers forced invited me to join them on a week-long cleanse that would eliminate gluten,…
I was feeling proud of being so prepared, making five mason jar salads on Sunday, but as soon as I finished my last forkful of veggies at lunch on Monday, I was starving an hour later. Then I’d end up eating a huge snack that was as big as a second lunch. No wonder I…
Since your diet plays such a huge role in losing weight, we’ve enlisted the expertise of three nutritionists – certified dietitian Leslie Langevin, MS, RD, CD, of Whole Health Nutrition, and Stephanie Clarke, RD, and Willow Jarosh, RD, of C&J Nutrition to tell us the weight-loss tips they share with their clients. Keep these in…
As a nutrition and holistic health counselor, I’m asked constantly for my best kept secrets when it comes to natural supplements and tips to staying healthy. The larger secret is, unfortunately, that there is no silver bullet when it comes to creating instant health – it takes routine and repetition to create lasting and visible…
So you’re on a diet or working toward a weight-loss goal just as we’re heading into the holiday season and arguably the best food-flavor season: Fall. No pumpkin pie? No mashed potatoes? How will anyone survive? Don’t freak out, because you can absolutely partake in the food festivities of the season. Alexandra Miller, RDN, LDN,…
Heard drinking hot lemon water can help you drop pounds? And also heard that grapefruit can help you lose weight? Put the two together by sipping on this twist of the classic lemon water: cut up a few wedges of grapefruit and squeeze the juice into your water (hot or cold), or place a couple…
As someone who just came back from a pumpkin-hot-cocoa-soaked, deep-fried trip to Disneyland, I know that sometimes your trip to the Happiest Place on Earth is just a day to indulge (and maybe eat a few too many churros). And at first glance, it seems like indulging is the only option and that there are…
