Diet
10 Tips to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
10 tips to avoid holiday weight gain The holidays are here: Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, Christmas cookies and sweets of all kinds, eggnog… the list goes on and on! While many people may feel that holiday weight gain is inevitable, RMC is sharing some tips to share for how you can stay on track with…
Read MoreThanksgiving Stuff Yourself with Vegetable Recipes
Thanksgiving Stuff Yourself with Vegetable Recipes – Part one People stuff themselves at Thanksgiving. So go ahead and stuff yourself, but this year stuff yourself with good organic vegetables served in a variety of different ways and tastes. Roast them, steam them, grill them, however you like. It is hard to eat too many vegetables.…
Read MoreImplementing A Gluten-Free Diet
My first post on gluten explained what it is, which foods commonly contain gluten, and some of the benefits of implementing a gluten-free diet. To enjoy all the benefits of a gluten-free diet, it is not enough to simply swap out regular cookies, bread, and crackers for their gluten-free counter parts. Even though these modified…
Read More“Training for My First Marathon” Part 3, by Dr. Donaldson
One of my fellow MDs in the ER ran the marathon every year so I told him I wanted to run a marathon because Barry Sears said if you eat the Zone diet before and during you won’t hit the wall at mile 20. I asked him how I could set up a training schedule…
Read MoreBell Pepper Cups with Salmon, Chicken or Tuna Salad – Healthy Recipes
Bell Pepper Cups with Salmon, Chicken or Tuna Salad Prep Time: 10 minutes Ingredients: 1-2 bell peppers, color of choice 1 can tuna, salmon or chicken 1 TBSP Mayonnaise* or full-fat plain greek yogurt Salt/pepper to taste Optional add-ins: celery, apple, onion, walnuts, almonds, dried cranberries Directions: 1. Cut bell pepper in half & scrape…
Read More“What’s In Your Bag?” Eating Healthy, On-The-Go!
Eating Healthy, On-The-Go! Last weekend, I traveled to Chicago to attend a meeting about Orenda supplements – what an amazing learning experience! Traveling is fun, but it can often throw us all off our normal eating patterns, especially when our food options are limited to airports or highway rest-stops. These options are usually poor, ranging…
Read More“What’s My Age?” Dealing with Adult Acne. Stress, Products, Diet, Hormones, Environmental Factors
Puberty: a time of our lives defined by bad style choices, sudden hair growth, and dreaded breakouts. Although these issues were unfortunate, they were somewhat expected and (hopefully) fleeting. Fast forward to being a grown adult, and still experiencing one of these problems. For millions of Americans, adult acne is an extremely frustrating part of…
Read MoreSugar: The Bitter Effects by Anne-Marie Alderson
Sugar, sugar….honey, honey…. We’re all familiar with the catchy tune by the Archies. But what exactly is sugar, and what is sugar doing to us? Sugar is found in many forms- cane sugar, honey, high fructose corn syrup, and maple syrup, to name a few. When we hear “sugar”, most of us think of candy,…
Read MoreKetogenic Protocol: Fat for Fuel, Part 1 by Dr. Donaldson
Calories In. Calories Out. It Is All In The Math! A ketogenic diet is high fat, adequate protein, low complex carbohydrate that promotes the use of stored body fat for fuel instead of relying on glucose from carbohydrates we consume. History of Ketogenic Diet The ketogenic diet was first recorded in 500 BC as a…
Read MoreGluten Free: What’s the Deal? by Anne-Marie
You may have noticed more and more restaurants offering “Gluten-free” entrees, and more and more foods popping up on grocery store shelves bearing the same label. But what exactly IS gluten? Where does it come from? Why would you want to avoid it? And, why are we suddenly hearing SO much about the problems associated…
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