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What are your biggest nutrition and health accomplishments of 2016? Are you a better cook? Eating more fruits and vegetables? Maybe you’ve lowered your cholesterol or blood sugar levels, written a cookbook, earned a new credential. Do tell what makes you feel good about 2016. Reflecting on…
Office junk food is ever present. It gets especially bad around Halloween and doesn’t take a break until after the sparkly ball drop in Times Square – the same time many people make New Year resolutions to eat better. How do you handle the office…
These healthier sweet potato walnut balls are a fun side dish recipe made with maple, orange zest, and chopped walnuts & baked in the oven! My mother makes a sweet potato recipe similar to this for Thanksgiving. A few years ago, I modified her recipe to…
Can you eat too much meat? Yes! As critical as protein is and as delicious as meat is, eating too much meat can cause surprising health problems. Sometimes, you just don’t know what’s safe to eat, do you? Eat this. Don’t eat that. Eat this…
Does caffeine burn fat? What about spicy hot peppers or ice-cold water? Learn if these and other “metabolism boosters” are worth your time and effort. I’ve seen the headlines. Best Metabolism Boosters to Shed Pounds Fast Lose Weight with Coffee and Jalapenos Rev Your Metabolism…
I am indeed lucky to have experienced the California Walnut harvest at the expense of the California Walnut Commission. It is a joy and a thrill to learn how the food I love to eat is grown and produced. I want to share my experience with…
Here are 7 resistant starch benefits, a list of foods that have it, and a delicious resistant starch recipe your family will love. What if I told you there’s one type of starch you need more of? Resistant starch doesn’t contribute to your blood sugar…
When it’s finally time for a vacation, all I really want to do is close the door to my office and get going. But that will never do because one of my goals is to come home without the regret of an unhealthful diet or extra pounds….
I have a love affair with kitchen stores. I must know about each new, cool kitchen tool on the market. Let me see it, touch it, formulate an opinion. I want any kitchen tool that promises to make my life a bit easier or my…
Get a head start on food prep to help you eat healthfully. I’m a big fan of doing what I can now to make my life a bit easier all week. Anyone who has worked with me or read much of my work knows that I…
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Hi there! I'm Jill, a nutrition & diabetes expert and the author of 4 books.
I believe simple changes in health habits can bring you life-changing rewards.
And I believe willpower is way overrated.
Right here is where you can discover the mindset and habits to stick with healthy lifestyle choices most of the time - and drop the guilt when you don't.
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