March Madness brings out the best of the best teams to compete in head-to-head matchups on the basketball court! In honor of the march mayhem, Skinny Gene presents the Produce Playoffs! Just like the big dance, anything can happen on any given day as these super foods go head-to-head! Whatever the outcome, all of these foods are winners! SEE RULES […]
March Madness brings out the best of the best teams to compete in head-to-head matchups on the basketball court! In honor of the march mayhem, Skinny Gene presents the Produce Playoffs! Just like the big dance, anything can happen on any given day as these super foods go head-to-head! Whatever the outcome, all of these foods are winners! HOW
By: Emily Barr, MS,RD,CNSC Your One Month Check-Up We are approaching the 1 month marker into our new year, 2013. The year we made ourselves promise that starting January 1st (or 2nd!) we would flip the switch to better health. So here is the question, how are those resolutions going? Most of us are probably
By Emily Barr, MS,RD,CNSC – The number one excuse for skipping a workout is (and I quote) “I don’t have enough time!” Usually this line is followed by more excuses including your children’s schedules, your work schedules, house hold chores, or lack of sleep. Time is valuable, in order to utilize every opportunity you have
By Emily Barr, MS,RD,CNSC Water balloons, water parks, and water colors are all components of summertime fun, but what about drinking water? Most people do not find drinking water to be all that fun, and they often time fall short of their fluid goal leaving them in a state of dehydration. Unfortunately, water is essential
Fad diets make a lot of promises, but usually fail to deliver long-term success. Although they do a lot wrong, like promise rapid weight loss, limit food groups, and are too strict, there is a lot we can learn from fad diets that will allow us to live a healthy lifestyle.
Pin It By Emily Barr, MS,RD,CNSC A recent post in Medical News Today highlighted the practice of hiding veget ables in our children’s foods to help them reach their goal of 5+ servings of vegetables per day. Their conclusion was “that it is more important for parents to openly feed their children a variety of vegetables
Pin It By Emily Barr, MS,RD,CNSC Green represents a lot of terrific things, like “being green” is good for the environment and “making the green” is good for your wallet. And if you like Saint Patty’s day, you will be sporting some green attire for good luck. What about eating your greens? You never felt
It’s Registered Dietitian Day! What a perfect time to say THANK YOU to our very own Emily Barr, MS,RD,CNSC!
Emily is the brilliant mind behind all of our nutrition programs, including our Boost Your Metabolism program, which has helped educate over 119,741 people in the last year alone.
With so much misinformation out there, we’re lucky to have our own metabolism expert to help us focus on the right information, and turn it into easy action plan for living a healthier lifestyle.
We are providing a 10-part series on our TOP 10 FOODS TO BOOST YOUR METABOLISM. This is the 7th post. To learn more about the Boost Your Metabolism series, please click here! BOOST YOUR METABOLISM The secret to boosting your metabolism is FEEDING your body what it needs. You must eat the right foods, in the right