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Healthy Snacks

thHealthy Snacks are important in your daily diet.   Don’t allow yourself to go 5-6 hours without eating.   Eating small meals every 3-4 hours will increase your metabolism.

This is optimal.  A stable metabolism will allow your body to burn fat at rest throughout the day and even when you  are sleeping!

Fact!  When you eat after 5,6  hours your blood sugar spikes, causing excess insulin in your blood.  When there is excess insulin in your blood your body stores fat more easily.   Drink more water.  If you’re not drinking half your body weight in oz.  you aren’t drinking enough.  I always say…. You should never be starving or ravenously thirsty.

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Want to lose weight? Start counting your carbs!

The Basics of Carbohydrate Counting

nutritional counseling and factsWhat is carbohydrate counting?

Carbohydrate counting is a way to plan your meals by counting the amount of carbohydrate in foods. It can help you eat the right amount of carbohydrate to keep your blood sugar levels under control.  Too much carbohydrate will get stored as body fat.  If you are looking to lose weight , read more…

Every person is an individual and dependent on your age, height , weight and lean body mass will determine how much carbohydrate you will need to consume for healthy weight loss.

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