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Straight, No Chaser: Your Guide to Fighting Childhood Obesity (Works for Adults, Too!)
Would you start your child on a fad diet? Of course not. Combating obesity means consistently applying principles that bear fruit (and include fruits over time). So you have an ove
Straight, No Chaser: Childhood Obesity
Here’s the thing. Adults have control over and choices about how to live their lives. In the overwhelming majority of cases, children do not. Yet, in the overwhelming majorit
Straight, No Chaser: Prevention and Treatment of Food Allergies
Whether or not you personally have a food allergy, it is likely you will find yourself in a situation with someone who does. Food allergies affect approximately 15 million American
Straight, No Chaser: Food Allergies
I often say whatever you put in your mouth either helps or harms you. Today, we discuss food allergies, which sounds like a cruel trick or something out of a horror movie, but unfo
Straight, No Chaser: Beeting Back High Blood Pressure and Poor Blood Flow to the Brain
Writing this makes me feel like your mother telling you to eat your spinach, but that’s another conversation. We’ve been talking a lot lately about brain health, and we’re al
Straight, No Chaser: Understanding the Keto(genic) Diet
Certainly you’ve heard the saying “before you (perform a certain activity), consult with your physician.” That’s very applicable with many different types of diets.
Here are Your Healthy Eating Tips
Introduction This Straight, No Chaser post is all about offering your healthy eating tips! If you want to eat healthy, you really must learn about and try to eat in accordance with
Straight, No Chaser: Do You Believe? What You Eat Will Affect You!
We’re all convinced that drinking a gallon of booze will alter something or other in our bodies. We believe that doing daily deep breathing exercises in front of an old bus&
Straight No Chaser: Gluten, Wheat and Celiac Disease
One of the reasons I enjoy writing this blog is it brings me closer to understanding you. As you respond to posts or query me, I get to better appreciate the breadth of your conce
Straight, No Chaser: When Eating Goes Wrong, Part II – Bulimia
If you read Part I of this conversation on eating disorders (anorexia nervosa), you will recall that eating disorders are a mix of an abnormal body image combined with abnormal b
Straight, No Chaser: When Eating Goes Wrong, Part I – Anorexia
Simply put, our society doesn’t do the job it should in promoting a normal image of health at either end of the body size spectrum. The typically promoted American ideal of b
Cardiology/Heart, Detoxification, Diet and Nutrition, General Health and Wellness, Health Prevention
Straight, No Chaser: The Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate, aka Happy Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day! Got Dark Chocolate? As you may know if you’re a regular reader, Straight, No Chaser is big on you enjoying life and making healthy choices while doing so
Straight, No Chaser: Malnutrition
Do you know someone so poor that eating is a constant concern? Do you have a child who is a finicky eater? Have you ever been concerned that your child might become malnourished? W
Straight, No Chaser: Healthy, Sustainable Weight Loss – Let’s Get Started
How to Lose Weight, and What is Healthy Weight Loss (AKA, How Much, How Soon and How)? Let’s start with the How. Commercial voice: “You should contact your physician before st
Straight, No Chaser: Let’s Boost Your Metabolism
It would be improper for me to have dragged you through the mud for three days and depressed you into thinking you can’t improve your situation. Hopefully, you’re not f
Straight, No Chaser: Moving Toward a Vegetarian Diet
Ok… I’m glad to have finally come across a diet option that has struck a nerve. The post on principles of vegetarianism has raised a lot of questions, and I’ll take this spac
Straight, No Chaser: An Introduction to Vegetarian Diets
If you are on a vegetarian diet, congratulations to you, but if you’re not, you still should be interested in the principles that make a vegetarian diet a healthy choice.
Straight, No Chaser: How Many Calories Do You Need a Day?
Let’s put this post (at least the end of it) under the category of things you do but really don’t think about. How many calories should you take in per day to function
Diet and Nutrition Tips
Introduction Let’s give you some diet and nutrition tips! Today, we move from explaining how to eat (as we did here), to giving you practical steps and choices to make in se
Straight, No Chaser US Dietary Guidelines
The guidelines on eating recommendations are jointly released every five years by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Ov
