Posts tagged caffeine
Don't Just Diet— Get Weight Management for Life

Over 70% of adult Americans are now overweight, with nearly 40% considered clinically obese. Currently accepted dietary methods, based on the idea of "calories in and calories out,"  often fail to work. Successful weight management strategies and integrative medicine emphasize the need for a nutrient-dense diet with an overall, holistic sense of health.

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Can a Healthy Diet Prevent Eczema Flare-Ups?

Making simple shifts in how and what you consume can have a dramatic impact in improving your skin health and lessen the severity of eczema flare-ups.  To understand the impact of diet on skin health, it is important to first understand exactly what eczema is and how it can be impacted by other systems of the body.

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Treating Food Addictions: Your Body Welcomes Loving Kindness

While it’s been accepted for decades that certain substances can hijack the dopamine pathways in the brain, providing a neurochemical reward which fosters habitual, and obsessive consumption, the term “addiction” has historically only been used to apply to narcotics like opioids, alcohol, and nicotine.  A person with a caffeine addiction isn’t generally considered an “addict” in the same sense, since the substance doesn’t burden a user with so many deleterious effects as its more destructive counterparts. There are many foods which cause harm to the body and mind and be addictive.

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