diabetes Archives - Marie Spano, MS, RD, CSCS, CSSD, Sports Performance Nutritionist

Why You Should Eat a Plant-based Diet & How to Get Started

November 17, 2018 December 31, 2018

This post is sponsored by B&W Quality Growers, the world’s largest grower and marketer of watercress. Eating a plant-based diet will improve your health. Plant-based diets are associated with lower rates of heart disease, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, and better cognition (1,2,3,4). Data from vegetarians suggests plant-based diets might also be associated with …

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How Dieting Wrecked your Self Esteem and Made you Overweight

February 10, 2017 October 6, 2018

This article is for all serial dieters. If you’ve been dieting on and off for years yet never achieved or maintained your “goal” weight, you’ve been handcuffed to the multi-billion dollar diet industry. I’m here to tell you why you need to break free and how to do it. Why You Need to Break Free From …

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Is TMAO from Fish, Meat and Eggs Harmful?

December 23, 2016 November 17, 2019

According to new stories, fish, a staple of the Mediterranean diet, as well as meat and eggs may be doing more harm than good thanks to a compound called trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO). TMAO is found in fish and produced in the body after eating meat and eggs. TMAO is linked to greater risk for heart attack, stroke …

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The Truth about Detox Diets

February 10, 2016 February 10, 2016

Detox diets promise to clean up the mess left behind from daily life so you feel better, more energetic and lose excess body fat. Consider them the Merry Maids for your body. They come with an army of equipment and compounds to attack years of buildup from environmental toxins, pesticides, allergens, waste, and inflammatory substances. This “sewage sludge” …

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Which Fat is Best for Heart Health?

October 1, 2015 October 2, 2015

If you are more confused than ever about dietary fats, you’re not alone. Can a high fat diet help you lose body fat? Which fat is best for heart health – butter, coconut oil or vegetable oil? What is Cholesterol & Why is it Essential? Cholesterol is an essential component of all cell membranes and …

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