Jan 14, 2015 | Blog, Healthy Eating, Healthy Recipes, Weight Maintenance
If you are looking to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight, one important step in your journey is to start cooking more at home. If you do so, this means one thing – YES, you have to go to the grocery store! Grocery shopping can be fun but can also be confusing...
Dec 31, 2014 | Blog, Diabetes, Weight Loss
Type 2 diabetes occurs when your blood sugar or blood glucose levels are too high, and when your body is unable to bring these levels back down to normal fasting values of between 70-100mg/dl. Over time, high blood sugar levels and having diabetes can put you at risk...
Dec 3, 2014 | Blog, Healthy Eating
When you prepare your favorite recipe for dinner, do you find yourself adding salt and butter to make it extra mouth-watering? Here in the good ole South, the more salt and butter the better (ask Paula Deen), right? Although adding salt and butter to recipes may make...
Nov 19, 2014 | Blog, Healthy Eating, Weight Maintenance
Thanksgiving is around the corner, and with it comes lots and lots of delicious food. Often we celebrate this holiday by overeating and—quite frankly—indulging to our heart’s desire. What’s the harm in a little weight gain anyway? Actually, quite a lot! The State of...
Nov 10, 2014 | Blog, Healthy Eating, Weight Maintenance
It’s almost Thanksgiving, and for most Americans this means eating – lots of eating, followed by weight gain. The average American consumes 3,000 calories and 225 grams of fat during one Thanksgiving meal. This doesn’t include the alcoholic drinks and high-caloric...
Nov 4, 2014 | Blog, Diabetes, Healthy Eating
When you have diabetes, it is often confusing to know what foods are okay to eat with a diabetic diet. You have probably gotten advice from numerous people and have heard things like “just stay away from added sugar” or “avoid white foods.” Blood sugar...
