Every year most of us begin our year with good intentions to follow through on our New Year’s Resolution, yet somehow the days, weeks, and months get away from us and before we know it the year has passed, and we feel discouraged and disappointed with our lack of success. So this year I encourage…
Isn’t it odd that we don’t want our kids to eat junk food, but we feed it to them anyway at the dinner table? No, I’m not talking about bringing home McDonald’s or KFC, but foods that we think are healthy when they are really junk food. Hydrogenated (chemically modified), corn syrup, instant, processed…what part…
It’s soon going to be spring-cleaning time. Washing the walls and trim. Washing the doors and doorknobs. Throwing out the things you collected over the winter. Throwing out the food in your pantry… Wait—what? Throw out my food??? If you think that bottle of ketchup is healthy because it has tomato sauce in it, and…
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…
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…
New research shows tart cherries have amazing health benefits. Tana reports they are ultimate antioxidants and can help with getting a good night’s sleep. Instead of popping a pill for joint aches, consider drinking tart cherry juice. A recent study reported that the tangy fruit has the “highest anti-inflammatory content of any food,” and may…
Bonuses Available to Provide Quickstart, Videos, Cookbook and $15 Store Credit at http://www.tanaamen.com/the-omni-diet People wrestling with their weight, diseases or other ailments may find healing through a new book by Tana Amen, B.S.N., R.N. who writes from personal experience how she discovered health through her concept now called THE OMNI DIET: The Revolutionary 70% Plant…
Practicing four simple, often enjoyable, everyday habits could dramatically increase your lifespan by helping stave off heart disease and other dangerous disorders, a new study published in American Journal of Epidemiology suggests. In fact, people who practiced all four of the habits trimmed their risk for early death by an astonishing 80 percent. Researchers from…