by David Klein, Ph.D. with Betsy De Gress
From Living Nutrition Magazine Volume 12
Sebastopol, California
Nurturing life experiences can help us get beyond junk comfort food eating & medication

With all of the strife occurring in the world, it is understandable to want to feel better, or detach from feeling at all, when we are hurting. However, food […]

The first few weeks of a new diet and exercise program can be a heady experience. The scales show a loss every week and you feel so much healthier. With the zeal of a new convert, you tell everyone about your new regime and urge them to join you.
But this honeymoon period rarely lasts. The […]

One day in Iowa I met a particular gentleman—and I use that term, gentleman, frankly, only because I am trying to be polite, for that is certainly not how I saw him at the time. He owned and ran what he called a “pork production facility.” I, on the other hand, would have called it […]

Over the years, I've spent a lot of time on weight loss support boards. And in that time, several people have asked me privately for online coaching. (I think that says a lot about some other internet communities, but that's another story.)
Here, I look at some of the mental barriers that have frustrated my 'clients' […]

If you are having sleep problems, whether you are not able to fall asleep, wake up too often, don't feel well-rested when you wake up in the morning, or simply want to improve the quality and quantity of your sleep, try as many of the following techniques below as possible:
My current favorite for insomnia is […]

Dark berries like blueberries and cranberries are increasingly recognized in the public as health icons. Not only nutritious by their contents of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, protein and dietary fiber, berries are also synonymous with antioxidant health benefits.
Antioxidants are an important nutrient category thought to be the major health characteristic of colorful fruits and vegetables. […]

I've posted this testimonial on behalf of Mrs A.J. who would like to remain anonymous… ~ Gina
A Testimony by Mrs A.J.
In May 2004, my husband and I flew to Florida and I started bleeding rectally. The bleeding continued for the two weeks we were there. I rang a colonic specialist when we got back and […]

Some dieters think that when they reach their weight loss goals, their lives will suddenly snap into place. But that can be when the real work begins…

John Williams, Ph.D., has degrees in archaeology and anthropology. His research and fieldwork has focused on the Paleolithic and Neolithic of the “Old World”, which basically means the Stone Age of Europe, Africa and Asia. John has always had an interest in nutrition, which actually works quite well within prehistoric studies, because our past was […]

Is the human body capable of healing itself from certain chronic illnesses? Seems a fairly radical idea in the age of the ‘pill for an ill’ mentality. But there’s a vast amount of anecdoctal evidence and documented case studies to suggest that our bodies are capable of restoring our health in many situations where we […]

Why do some people spend a lot of time, effort and money to lose weight only to gain it all back — and then some?