Boost Your Metabolism Series- Sweet Potato
We are providing a 10-part series on our TOP 10 FOODS TO BOOST YOUR METABOLISM. This is the 5th post. To learn more... Read More
Boost Your Metabolism Series- Flax
We are providing a 10-part series on our TOP 10 FOODS TO BOOST YOUR METABOLISM. This is the 4th post. To learn more... Read More
Salt! Salt! Where’s the salt?
Jimmy Buffet wrote a popular summertime favorite titled Margaritaville, the best part of the song is when everyone cheers “Salt! Salt! Where’s... Read More
Boost Your Metabolism Series- Blueberries
We are providing a 10-part series on our TOP 10 FOODS TO BOOST YOUR METABOLISM. This is the 3rd post. To learn more... Read More
Boost Your Metabolism Series- Water
We are providing a 10-part series on our TOP 10 FOODS TO BOOST YOUR METABOLISM. This is the 2nd post. To learn more... Read More
Boost Your Metabolism Series- Cocoa
We are providing a 10-part series on our TOP 10 FOODS TO BOOST YOUR METABOLISM. This is the 1st post. To learn... Read More
Eggs-traordinary Easter Brunch Ideas
Easter brunch is approaching quickly; do you have your menu planned? Brunch usually involves some sort of egg dish. Here are some... Read More
How to Fill Up On Fruits & Vegetables
By: Emily Barr, MS, RD, CNSC V.P of Nutrition Services and Co-creator of Ignite Your Skinny Gene Program …….. The crisper – A helpful... Read More
Healthy Lover’s Valentine Day Meal Ideas
BREAKFAST IN BED! Start the day of love off by treating your significant other to a delicious heart healthy breakfast such as... Read More
I HEART CHOCOLATE
DID YOU KNOW…Both dark chocolate and cocoa have a greater antioxidant capacity and a greater total flavanol, and polyphenol, content than the... Read More
New Year’s Resolutions, Not Just For January Anymore
Try the month to month resolutions challenge, to achieve a healthier weight and lifestyle for 2011! Here are some ideas that will... Read More
Setting Attainable Resolutions
We’ve said it year after year “starting January 1st, I will lose weight”. More times than not, it does not play out... Read More
Fight the Urge to Splurge-How to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
Santa Claus is at the mall? Check! Christmas music on the radio, in the stores? Check! Check! Holiday parties galore? Check, check,... Read More
Lumps of Coal vs Sugar Plum Fairies- The Reason For Making Healthy Changes this Season
What’s on your Christmas list this year? What if I told you, you can choose between sugar plum fairies or a lump... Read More
How Did You Do It?
Have you ever had a friend that successfully lost weight, and asked them “so, how did you do it?” Many Skinny Gene... Read More
Sweets & Sabotages-Sugar Aliases part 2
It’s not too sweet the way we are sabotaged at the stores, bombarded with new foods with labels claiming “low sugar”, “reduced... Read More
Sugar Aliases
Sugar, cane juice, corn syrup, dextrose, confectioners sugar, fructose, brown sugar, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, lactose, molasses, maltose, sucrose, and syrup….the... Read More
Halloween Temptations
Halloween is approaching and boy do I have a scary word for you….TEMPTATON. The clowns, witches, cowboys, and super-heroes are bringing home... Read More
High Five to Healthy Lunches
Things can get hectic trying to get your children up in the morning, not to mention the feat of getting them... Read More
The Truth About Belly Fat
In our previous post, Getting Rid of the Jiggle Around Your Middle, Emily Barr (our wonderful Skinny Gene Registered Dietitian), talked... Read More
Vitamin D: The Sunshine Vitamin or not?
Vitamin D should be at the top of our list of easiest vitamins to achieve our needs! Vitamin D is unusual in... Read More
Summertime Drinks that Won’t Bust Your Diet or Your Waistline
Summertime brings on a “fun vacation” type feeling that involves many get togethers, trips, and the goal of achieving the ultimate relaxation. ... Read More
Best Defense Against Cellulite
It happens to the best of us. It’s those not so firm, not so attractive areas you find yourself staring at in... Read More
Water Filled Summer
Summer barbeques, fun-filled days at the theme park, and afternoons at the pool or beach, all sound like a fantastic time with... Read More
Getting Rid of the Jiggle Around Your Middle
By Emily Barr, MS,RD,CNSC Whether you have a little extra around the middle, a muffin top, a little baby fat, a spare... Read More
Value Menu- Eat Now, Pay Later
The McDonald’s Dollar Menu, El Pollo Loco’s Loco Value Menu, Taco Bell’s Why Pay More value menu and the Wendy’s Super Value Menu are... Read More
Different ages, different requirement to be healthy!
Each person is at a different phase in life, and requires his/her own special dietary attention. So how do you keep up the with balance nutrition for different age groups, and keep a healthy home? Good question. I’d say plant your family tree and watch it grow! That is with the right nutrition!
Kids really do like fruits and vegetables!
As a Registered Dietitian and long time Pediatric Dietitian, I was very proud of our youth! The kids were eager to learn about, wait….can you believe this? Fruits and Vegetables!
SPRING INTO GREEN!!
Green foods are all-around amazing additions to your diet. Did you know most of them are associated with lowering your risk of... Read More