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This Statistic Really Surprised Me About Fast Food (+ Quick Alternatives)

Healthy Mindframe, Healthy Weight, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

I am always finding something interesting in the medical literature, but I have to say this one surprised even me. A study, published by the National Center for Health Statistics, found that on any given day, over 1/3 of all adults in america aged 40 – 59 years old (37%) are consuming fast food. One out of three! That’s 85 million adults eating fast food on any given day. And sadly, for younger Americans that number is even higher — almost half of Americans (45%) aged 20 – 45 years old are eating fast food on any given …

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Nov 1 2021

The Party Foods I Reach For Most To Stay As Healthy As Possible During The Holidays

Healthy Weight / By Laura Koniver, MD

Well this weekend brings Halloween, which means that the very next day we are going to be hearing holiday music 24/7 with a very quick slide towards Thanksgiving and many other holiday events. And as uplifting as holidays can be, they are also incredibly stressful and emotional. Holiday stress isn’t just stress over picking out the perfect gift, or traveling in the midst of a (hopefully resolving) pandemic, or balancing social commitments. Most people report that being surrounded by rich holiday foods, alcohol, impulse eating, and weight gain during the holiday season adds a significant amount of stress …

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Oct 25 2021

Want To Give Fasting A Try? That’s Awesome & Here’s How.

Healthy Weight / By Laura Koniver, MD

This is the third and last blog post on losing weight easily and naturally — and that’s because this is the very last week you can sign up to join my in my 5 day Weight Reset Class! The first article was on losing stress-related weight. The second was on naturally boosting your metabolism. This last one will be a quick intro to fasting — a great lifestyle modification that has long term benefits that are hard to beat: decreased heart attack risk, decreased diabetes risk, decreased cancer recurrence rates, even boosted longevity. I review all of these …

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Jul 26 2021

8 Unusual But Highly Effective Ways To Release Unwanted Weight

Healthy Weight, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

Last week I shared with you a few tips on how to release weight that accumulates during times of stress. Stress weight gain is different from standard weight gain because it is stress-hormone driven. So focusing on rebalancing your adrenals — not dieting — is what works best. But today, I want to give you a few more tips on releasing regular, non-stress related, weight gain. Normal weight gain over time usually reflects a decrease in metabolism, so I’ve got a fantastic list of actionable tips — taken directly from the medical literature! — that help jumpstart …

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Jul 19 2021

How To Release Weight Changes That Are Caused By Stress

Healthy Weight / By Laura Koniver, MD

Gaining weight (or losing weight) unintentionally is a common response to chronic or acute stress. In fact, a recent poll conducted by the American Psychological Association found that most of us have experienced a significant weight change in the past year, thanks to the overwhelm that the 2020 pandemic brought our way. The poll revealed that 60% of Americans report undesired weight changes as a result of this year long pandemic. 42% of us gained a significant and unwanted amount of weight and almost 20% of us had an undesired and significant loss of weight. But I’m here …

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Jul 12 2021

Background Noise Costs You More Than Just Your Peace & Quiet

Healthy Mindframe, Healthy Weight / By Laura Koniver, MD

Chronic background noise doesn’t just irritate you… it actually impacts your long term health. By more than you think! Chronic levels of noise found frequently in modern society have been shown to significantly increase your risk of heart attack, heart disease, heart failure, stroke, even atrial fibrillation. Not to mention upping your risk for insomnia, a huge health crisis in-and-of itself! And it doesn’t stop there. Not only is chronic noise increasing your blood pressure, increasing inflammation in your arteries leading to heart attack and stroke, but it’s also increasing your risk of metabolic diseases and …

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Mar 22 2021

Holiday Eating & Drinking Tips To Protect Your Health (+ Avoid Weight Gain)

Healthy Weight / By Laura Koniver, MD

Holiday stress isn’t just stress over picking out the perfect gift, or traveling in the midst of a pandemic, or balancing social commitments. Most people report that being surrounded by rich holiday foods, alcohol, impulse eating, and weight gain during the holiday season adds a significant amount of stress as well. So well before the holiday season gets underway — a season that generally starts with Halloween candy binges and doesn’t end until after we ring in 2021 — I wanted to give you a few tips on how to navigate this tricky but wonderful time of comfort …

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Oct 26 2020

This Statistic Really Surprised Me About Fast Food (+ Quick Alternatives)

The Party Foods I Reach For Most To Stay As Healthy As Possible During The Holidays

Want To Give Fasting A Try? That’s Awesome & Here’s How.

8 Unusual But Highly Effective Ways To Release Unwanted Weight

How To Release Weight Changes That Are Caused By Stress

Background Noise Costs You More Than Just Your Peace & Quiet

Holiday Eating & Drinking Tips To Protect Your Health (+ Avoid Weight Gain)

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