Tana Amen, B.S.N., RN For more information about Tana Amen, and her book “The OMNI Diet,” go to www.amenlifestyle.com. Tana Amen, fondly known as “The Brain Doctor’s Wife” is a nurse, highly respected health and fitness expert, nationally renowned speaker, and media guest. Working alongside her husband, award-winning brain doctor and New York Times bestselling…
In large part, your behavior is driven by the actual, physical functioning of your brain. When your brain works right, you are more likely to act in thoughtful, conscientious ways that help you to live longer. When your brain is troubled,…
Are there people in your life who can’t take ‘no’ for an answer? Are you lured into making unhealthy choices all too often? Read this article to learn about the many types of food pushers and how to strengthen your defenses and be able to push back….
A new study published in the November issue of Nutrition Journal gives us more food for thought on how avocados can benefit health. Researchers at Loma Linda University in California found that adding one-half of a fresh avocado to a lunch may have helped the healthy, overweight people who volunteered for the study feel more satisfied with the meal….
I blogged about sugar in January and normally wouldn’t return to the subject so soon, but the latest news about sugar consumption in the U.S. is so scary that I’m making an exception. A big new study has found that the amount of added sugar consumed by adults in this country has led to a…
Our greatest enemy is no longer the time spent lounging in sweats in front of the TV. New research suggests that it is all that time in front of the computer that is damaging our health by keeping us seated, often for hours on end, leading to aches and pains in the back, shoulders and…
This weekend take a moment to read the food labels of the foods you are eating. What did you learn after reading a food label? Please reach out. Looking forward to hearing your feedback. Did you Know? This past week Michelle Obama gave a speech about Changing the Current Food labels which are 2 decades…
I last blogged about food addiction in July 2013 when a newly-published study showed that food addiction appears to be the real thing, not just a flip comment we make to excuse cravings for chocolate or French fries. Last year’s study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, showed via brain imaging what happens when we…
The latest on food addiction comes from a study published in January 2014 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showing that 8.4 percent of 134,000 women enrolled in the long-running Nurses’ Health Study may be addicted to food. The researchers from the University of Michigan and the Harvard School of Public Health reported that these were…
See example below:What is in your Symptom Tree? 1. _____Constipation________ 2. _____Bloating___________ 3. ______Fatigue__________ What are the Causes or the Roots of the Symptoms? 1. _____Poor Diet_________ 2.___Lack of Sleep_____3._Hypothryoidism____________ To decrease symptoms we need to treat the ROOT Cause. Call the Nutrition Department of the Amen Clinics to learn how to make lifestyle changes…