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Fed Up With Obesity?

Fed Up With Obesity?

Are you fed up with obesity? You should be. Americans are the fattest people on earth. At a time when our nation is in a financial crisis and is in desperate need for healthcare reform we are making ourselves sicker and poorer with the food that we eat. For most of us, obesity and its [...]

Paula Deen ~ A Sad Missed Opportunity

Paula Deen ~ A Sad Missed Opportunity

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy How sad that Paula Deen, the queen of fat food comfort eating missed an opportunity to start talking about healthy eating. Deen confirmed to Al Roker on January 17, 2012, that she has type-2 diabetes. Rumors that the 64-year-old Southern cook suffers from [...]

Healthcare Reform: When Will We Get It?

Healthcare Reform: When Will We Get It?

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy When will we get it that we must have healthcare reform? We are bankrupting our nation with unnecessary healthcare costs that result from lifestyle choices of unhealthy eating and lack of exercise. Healthcare reform begins with each one of us individually taking responsibility [...]

Got ‘Bad’ Genes? A Healthy Diet May Help

Got ‘Bad’ Genes? A Healthy Diet May Help

Did you know that a healthy diet can help you overcome bad genes? Just because you are genetically predisposed to a disease or to obesity does not mean that you have to have the illness or become overweight. Even if you have the disease or if you are obese, a healthy plant-based diet can help [...]

Overweight Kids Risk High Blood Pressure

Overweight Kids Risk High Blood Pressure

Overweight kids risk having high blood pressure now – not just later on in life, but now. Being overweight, not just obese, can cause damage to the heart, blood vessels and kidneys. Childhood obesity is for the most part preventable and from my perspective it is unconscionable that in 2011 we are feeding our kids [...]

One Word Can Save Your Life: No!

One Word Can Save Your Life: No!

For years I have said that saying “no” to your doctor can save your life. I think that John McDougall, MD , is right on with this one. To this day I still get shocked when I hear clients tell me about the visits to their MD from a simple cold to an ache or [...]

8 People Are Dying per Minute from Diabetes

8 People Are Dying per Minute from Diabetes

It is alarming that 8 people are dying per minute from diabetes. And, in many cases it is preventable. Today, as a result of childhood obesity, children are being diagnosed with adult diseases such as diabetes. Politicians are posturing over the economy and healthcare reform and accomplishing little. Our nation is broke and we simply [...]

Sex, Drugs Easier to Discuss Than Weight Control

Sex, Drugs Easier to Discuss Than Weight Control

Sex and drugs are easier for parents to talk about than weight. Can you believe it? I know many of my clients, especially women, have shared that they group up always being criticized for their weight by their mom. Today, when they look at childhood photos, they realize that they were not overweight at that [...]

Half of American Adults Will Be Obese by 2030

Half of American Adults Will Be Obese by 2030

It is so sad and so preventable that half of American adults will be obese by 2030 and almost 100% by 2050. Not only is it sad that this preventable epidemic is destroying our health and our economy, I think that it is downright criminal when there are solutions like hypnosis for weight loss with [...]

Heal Yourself ~ Dr. Wayne Dyer & Dr. Bruce Lipton, Pt.2

Heal Yourself ~ Dr. Wayne Dyer & Dr. Bruce Lipton, Pt.2

Dr. Bruce Lipton and Dr. Wayne Dyer continue to discuss how to use the power of your mind to heal yourself. Our perceptions, whether they are accurate or inaccurate, equally impact our behavior and our bodies. Using hypnosis and NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming) you can change your perceptions creating an environment of health and wellness. Healthcare [...]

Show #1: Hypnosis For Your Health ~ Hypnosis Health Radio

Show #1: Hypnosis For Your Health ~ Hypnosis Health Radio

Its been a long time since I have mentioned Hypnosis Health Radio so I thought I’d start at the beginning with Show # 1: Hypnosis For Your Health. You may already know that I am a big advocate of healthcare reform. By that I mean that each of us must take responsibility for our own [...]

John McDougall, M.D. ~ A Pill For Every Problem

John McDougall, M.D. ~ A Pill For Every Problem

Dr. John McDougall tells us that we don’t need a pill for every problem. What we really need to do is to eat a healthy diet of plant-based food. Our nation could save so much money if we were to individually reform our own healthcare with healthy eating. We are a society that looks for [...]

We Are Still Getting Fatter!

We Are Still Getting Fatter!

The sad news is that as a nation, we are still getting fatter. One result is that since 1995, diabetes rates have doubled in eight states, and every state has high blood pressure rates greater than 20%, and nine have rates above 30%. We are bankrupting our health and our nation as a result of [...]