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Excess Weight and Cravings are Not Your Fault: Food’s Addictive Properties
I am collapsed on my couch at 10 PM, frantically inhaling handfuls of popcorn. After all, popcorn is a low-calorie, high-fiber, whole-grain food. While I eat, I am already mentally scanning the refrigerator for which leftovers I can eat next. Didn’t I buy some gluten-free crackers I could eat with cheese? For years, I blamed…
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Outsmart Your Environment Like a Goddess (and eat less without dieting)
Have you ever ordered a meal at a restaurant and thought, “Wow, this could feed two people!” You’re not imagining it. Over the last few decades, our portion sizes have quietly ballooned. This trend of oversized meals didn’t happen by accident or because Americans deliberately asked for bigger portions, it’s rooted in restaurant economics. The…
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Protein First: The Secret to Feeling Satisfied, Strong, and In Control of Food
Protein is one of the main building blocks of the body. It is composed of amino acids, which are used by the body for structure (like muscle), storage, transport, enzymes, hormones, immune antibodies, neurotransmitters, and more. These factors are what makes things happen in the body at both cellular and larger levels. Dietary protein helps…
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Why I don’t like food tracking
When it comes to weight loss, two of the most common strategies are calorie counting and limiting food choices. Both methods can be effective, but they approach the goal of reducing calorie intake in very different ways: The choice between calorie counting and limiting food choices depends on your personality, lifestyle, and preferences. If you…
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Unlock Your Body’s Natural Fat-Burning Power: The Great State of Ketosis
We find the taste of sweet and starchiness highly desirable. Back in ancestral times, these carbohydrate-heavy foods provided the energy we needed for survival. Calories were scarce so our bodies were wired to crave them. Harvest-time right before the lean days of winter was rich in carbohydrate-laden grains and fruit. As such, the taste of…
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Addictions, Triggers, and Why I Eat Low Carb
Most people practice some kind of eating restraint. Generally, this is easily guided by hunger. When you feel full, you stop eating! For people who have struggled with weight most of their lives, this mechanism is out of service. It is harder to feel “full”, if not impossible. People are told to eat fewer calories…
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The Food Supply is Changing and What to Do
It was a common refrain throughout my training as a dietitian that we can get everything we need from food. This is likely no longer the case. Modern crops are lower in nutrients than they were 100 years ago. Changes in farming methods, crop variety, how we transport and store foods, and even the environment…
