Currently, about seven out of 10 of us are overweight or obese…so naturally, the medical and scientific communities are scrambling to figure out why and studying practically everything from food to environmental factors to whether someone scratches their backside when they wake up.

As a nation, we’ve reached a very disturbing point in our history.  Sickness and disease are now our norm and not the exception—even in our children! Seven out of 10 of us take at least one prescription medication daily, and one out of five of us takes at least two each day.

One of the areas that cause mass confusion in the diet world is sugar, particularly fructose. Fructose has gotten a bad rap, understandably so, because of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and how it has been associated with blossoming backsides, fatty liver disease, diabetes, heart disease and just about every health abomination there is.

The Body Mass Index (BMI) was designed to take a defined look at someone's height and weight to assess overweight and obesity.

A BMI of less than 18.5 is considered underweight; 18.5-24.9 is normal; 25.0 – 29.9 is overweight and 30.0 or greater is obese.

Spring is here, but you wouldn’t know it by the snow I see when I look out my front door this morning!  The arrival of spring triggers a very common fear for many people:

I am very happy to announce that my new weight loss book “Want to lose weight? Stop dieting!” will be going to the printer soon! More details to follow.
Speaking of weight loss, as a nutritionist one of the most common questions I get is, “What should I be eating to lose weight?”