Oh, that elusive willpower! If only we could capture it like rain water and gulp it down to become the men and women we dream we can be! But what if I told you that willpower is simply a brain function that can be helped through several simple actions? It’s true. In fact, there are…
Nagging and lecturing your man: 150 calories burned. Check. You also asked him to join www.myfitnesspal.com, and he just gave you that look. You asked him to try paleo. After looking it up in the dictionary, he grunted, scratched his belly and reached for the remote. An ancient Chinese proverb says, “A journey of a…
Turkey, ham, stuffing, candied sweet potatoes, pecan pie with vanilla ice cream—these are just a few of the mouth-watering food items that bring family and friends together for Thanksgiving. Yet how much is too much of these non-brain healthy foods that often leave you feeling lethargic, full, and bloated? The average person needs approximately 2,000…
Turkey, ham, stuffing, candied sweet potatoes, pecan pie with vanilla ice cream—these are just a few of the mouth-watering food items that bring family and friends together for Thanksgiving. Yet how much is too much of these non-brain healthy foods that often leave you feeling lethargic, full, and bloated? The average person needs approximately 2,000…
Have you ever noticed how "flu season" often happens to strike during the holidays? Perhaps it’s not a coincidence! One obvious contributing factor to ill health is the extreme change in our diet. For so many of us, the holidays are synonymous with gorging on excessive amounts of sugar, fat and salt. In excess, these…
Many people, especially low-income earners, say they can’t afford to eat healthy. The problem is they are thinking of oranges, apples, squash, avocados…when they should be thinking of sweet potatoes, beans, quinoa, eggs, turkey, kale and fish. Did you know that the very same nutrients found in many of the higher-priced food can also be…
Brain Fit Life Nutrition Coach, Tana Amen, BSN, RN, is absolutely passionate about brain and body health—and understandably so. After battling cancer several times in childhood, undergoing multiple surgeries and working as a trauma nurse, she realized that while certainly life-saving, "band aid" medicine has serious limitations. So, she began focusing her energies on prevention….
Autumn is one of my favorite seasons. Chloe and I love this time of year because it begins to make us yearn for cold weather, sweaters, bowls of soup and steeped teas. This is the time of year to gather with family, celebrating warm odors pouring forth from the kitchen. Now that Chloe is older,…
Eating out is a pleasure I don’t want you to forego on the Omni Diet. More and more often, a restaurant meal is how we reconnect with family or friends and just relax instead of rushing home to prepare a meal. Try these strategies to eat out the Omni way: These days almost all restaurants,…
