Posts tagged Nutrition

Best Foods to Fill You Up

One of the most common complaints that I hear from my weight-loss clients is that they’re “hungry all the time.” Often when I hear this, I first have to help them sort what it actually means to be hungry. True hunger is usually felt first in the stomach – as blood sugar drops, the body More >

Non-meat Sources of Protein

If you’re going meatless occasionally, your meals will be more satisfying if you get a good dose of protein in. Milk products and eggs will work, of course, but if you want to go with strictly with plant-based proteins, you might be hard-pressed to think of anything beyond rice, beans or veggie burgers. So here’s More >

Healthy Living – Good Intentions, but We Need to Follow Through

Written by Susan Bowerman, MS, RD, CSSD. Susan is a paid consultant for Herbalife. When it comes to eating well and exercising, Americans seem to be pretty good at “talking the talk”. But when it comes to actually “walking the walk”, it’s a different story. There seems to be a big gap between the number More >

Herbalife inflight

Enjoying a Herbalife Protein Bar overhead Saudi Arabian Desert… Whether you are looking for help with gaining health or losing weight, improving your sports performance, a specific problem or just wonder what’s missing from your diet and daily habits, we’re glad to help. Herbalife products are scientifically formulated through 60 doctors and nutritionists. Our Products More >

Don’t Skip Meals!

If you are overweight or obese and your goal is to lose weight, it is important to not skip meals. It’s important to keep your metabolism fired up with the right foods at certain times of the day. Skipping meals tends to leave people hungrier later in the day, and they make up for the More >

Gluten-Free Diet: Watch Those Calories

Written by Susan Bowerman Last year alone, Americans spent $2.6 billion on gluten-free foods, and they’re hungry for more. For those who have a true intolerance or sensitivity to gluten – a protein found in wheat, rye and barley – these foods are blessing. But many of these products are being snapped up by those More >

Stuck on a Fat Loss Plateau?

The first week of a calorie-controlled weight loss diet is easy. The second and third weeks are generally not too hard either. But, around the fourth or fifth week, it seems that the scale will not budge for some people. YOU HAVE REACHED YOUR FIRST WEIGHT LOSS PLATEAU! Plateaus (the times when your weight stubbornly More >

Your Health Matters

Nutrition information can be very confusing and it is amazing how almost every popular magazine features nutrition advice, newspapers regularly run articles and TV and radio programmes constantly discuss diet and health. Experience Matters. ‘Tried and tested’ matters. Daily Balanced Nutrition Matters. Simplicity Matters. YOUR HEALTH MATTERS. But given the barrage of information, are you More >

Chefs’ Diet Secrets

Written by Susan Bowerman, MS, RD, CSSD. Susan is a paid consultant for Herbalife. Years ago when I was in private practice, I had the pleasure – and the challenge – of working with quite a few well-known professional chefs.  It was great to get to know them, and to listen to them speak so passionately More >

Eat to Compete

Written by Susan Bowerman, MS, RD, CSSD. Susan is a paid consultant for Herbalife. As professional cyclists are racing down the coast in the Tour of California this week, I wanted to share these ideas from Dr. John Heiss of Herbalife on how to ‘Eat to Compete – 5 Reasons Why Endurance Athletes Need Fuel More >