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Increase Bone Density, Drop Body Fat With Yogurt

  A new study, presented at the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research’s Annual Meeting (September 18, 201) showed that all it takes is consuming yogurt to make an impact on bone density and body mass index.   The Study: Researchers looked at over 700 post-menopausal women who underwent bone density assessment at baseline and again 3 years later Food intake and physical activity were also assessed Yogurt consumption was categorized as never consumed, consumed less than once a day, or consumed once a day or more.   The Results: Patients who consume yogurt had greater bone density and …

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Saturated Fat Does NOT Increase Mortality

This week, many of us are heading into the holidays.   And as you head into a week of parties and connection and warmth and pot lucks and FOOD… I can think of no better holiday gift than this:   To share with you, directly from the medical literature, the truth that saturated fat does NOT increase mortality.     It’s not about the fat… saturated fat intake does not increase rate of death. It’s about the inflammation and the long term damage that inflammation does to your blood vasculature (and your entire body, from your gut lining to your …

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Holiday Eating Without Guilt: Your Top 4 Go-To Party Foods

Holiday stress isn’t all just about juggling the social commitments, traveling or picking out just the right gift. Most people report that being surrounded by rich holiday foods, temptation everywhere, impulse eating, and weight gain during the holiday season adds a significant amount of stress as well. If there was ever a time that people worry about their weight, it’s during the holidays. How to navigate this tricky but wonderful time of comfort food, decadent desserts and candies? Here are some of my very favorite holiday party foods that I never ever restrict:   1) Chocolate! Shown to support heart …

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Foods That Prevent And Fight Cancer

  Typically, when I speak to patients who are concerned about their cancer risk, they are already focusing on eating as many berries, other fruits, and fresh veggies as they possibly can… to get powerful antioxidants and nutrients into their bodies.   That’s absolutely great… but there is new evidence recently released in studies over the past few months that suggest that there are other foods that can reduce your cancer risk and help decrease mortality as well. What are they?   Here is a list of foods and nutrients recently shown to reduce cancer risk:   1. Green Tea …

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Balancing Your Chakras Through Food (+ a round up of my fav food related blog posts)

I received an awesome question from a reader who asked if she could use food choices to help balance out her chakras. Yes! There are definitely foods that enhance and help balance particular chakras.     Today, I want to give you a list of different foods that help enhance different chakras. So, if you feel one of your chakras need awakening or aligning, read on and let’s get your chakras stimulated through the foods you choose today.     But first, do you want to know what chakras might need some balancing? I’ve created a fun Chakra Assessment Quiz …

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Eating And Emotions… My Story

It’s been very interesting to travel down an unexpected road, one that I had no idea awaited for me, and to just put one foot in front of the other and walk it. It’s painful no doubt, but as I walked this path I have had the chance to LIVE so much of what I intuitively *knew* about how digestion, the solar plexus and our emotions are all tied in together.   The first day that I awoke to find a farewell letter from my husband on my kitchen table… my solar plexus got a sucker punch I never saw …

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Dr. Sinatra Shatters Everything You Thought You Knew To Stay Heart Healthy

The month of love, February, is Heart Month on my website!   All this month I’ll be releasing information to keep your heart healthy. Today I have some extremely important information that you MUST KNOW to protect the longevity of your heart. Have you been told your high cholesterol level is bad for your heart? Are you on medication to treat high cholesterol?   You may want to reconsider your medication and that outdated advice. Our cholesterol information is based on studies that are over 40 years old, so most of what we were taught about cholesterol is in medical …

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