How eating healthy can make your brain work better. Brain-healthy eating is about abundance, not deprivation! That’s the view of Daniel G. Amen, MD, clinical neuroscientist, board certified psychiatrist for 35 years, 9-time New York Times bestselling author, and founder of the Amen Clinics. Dr. Amen opened his first Amen Clinic in 1989. Today, with…
It’s 10 p.m. and the cookies are calling—the voice may start as a whisper, but it grows stronger and stronger with every minute that passes. “Eat just a couple and start fresh tomorrow,” it says. Of course, the second you take the first bite, it’s too late. Cravings. Usually for high-fat, high-sugar, refined carbohydrates—we have…
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…
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….
Summer is officially over, and now that the season has changed it’s beginning to look like fall in many places around the country. With this change, you should be focused on protecting yourself against cold and flu symptoms. When people start coughing and sneezing around you, what should you do? If possible, get as far…
Exercise is a cornerstone of the Omni Diet and actually magnifies the benefits of the nutritional choices you’ll be making. It can also help lower blood sugar and burn off bad (visceral) belly fat that increases the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and colorectal disease. Even when exercise doesn’t burn a ton of…
We’ve all heard nature/nurture arguments about obesity. Are you overweight because of some genetic glitch that dictates body size in your family? Or did you grow up in a home where meals came from fast-food restaurants or heat-and-eat processed foods? We know that both can contribute to obesity, but do either of these factors lock…
