Beyond Diets: A Journey to Sustainable Weight Wellness
Discover effective healthy weight loss strategies rooted in functional and integrative medicine, guiding you towards your New Year’s resolutions for a revitalized and transformed well-being in 2024. The new year is here, and you know what that means – resolutions. You, like so many others, have made weight loss a part of your 2024 new […]
Increase Protein Intake to Boost Weight Loss Results +PLUS Recipes
Reviewed by Taylor Consiglio, PA-C of Forum Health Medical Weight Loss At a Glance… Protein is critical for weight loss, especially for women over 40. Higher protein intake increases appetite-reducing hormones and decreases hunger hormones. Recommended daily protein in-take for male and female adults High protein recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner If you’re looking to shed extra […]
5 Holiday Drink Ideas to Embrace This Holiday Season
Part of every holiday tradition is based on enjoying a good dinner toast – we express our gratitude, rejoice over our family bonds, and look forward to a future filled with more such gatherings. Naturally, a glass of champagne or even something stronger is typical in such situations. Then we have the boozy cocktails and […]
Holiday Cheer! How to keep your caloric “budget” in balance
A balanced diet is essential for proper functioning of the entire body. We get calories from everything we eat: from coffee to lattes, shrimp to steak, fruits and vegetables, and everything in between. A calorie, simply put, is the amount of energy that food will produce in the human body. What’s most important, however, is […]
9 Tips to a Healthier Thanksgiving + Recipe Guide
Enjoy your holidays without the bellyache and stay on-track with your health goals. The holidays are a wonderful time to connect with family and make lasting memories. It also tends to be a time of stress and excess, two things known to knock your healthy habits off course. The key to enjoying your holiday festivities […]
Four Reasons to Eat Pumpkin Seeds This Season
These little seeds are big on nutrients. Given that we are in the season of pumpkin patches and pumpkin pie, you probably have a surplus of pumpkin seeds. Instead of discarding them, clean them off and get to roasting! These tasty seeds are packed high with zinc, magnesium and the healthy kind of fat you […]
8 Tips for Eating to Enhance Your Metabolism
Whether utilizing a medical weight loss program or working to lose weight on your own, eating carefully is a key to success. Here are some tips on what to eat to feel energized and satisfied throughout the day while revving up your metabolism: Focus on resistant starches such as multigrain breads, lentils, oatmeal, black beans and […]
Eating At Restaurants More Often? Here’s How to Keep it Healthy
By Curtis of Forum Health Coppell Social situations are typically planned around food. Food brings us together allowing us to bond and have that comfort. However, if you find yourself eating at restaurants or attending happy hours with co-workers more than you eat at home, this could lead to weight gain and other health problems […]
The Importance of Achieving Optimal Levels of Vitamin D for Overall Health
Understanding the function of vitamin D in the body and why you should be striving for an optimal level, not just “normal”. Vitamin D has long been referred to as the sunshine vitamin, since it is made in the body when the skin is exposed to UV rays. Or as important for people at risk […]
