The nutritional and medical world is abuzz about the trendiest part of the digestive system, the gut microbiome. Studies show that the bacterial residents of your gut biome are correlated with weight, inflammation, various diseases, and even mental health. So why not give your gut a “makeover” for your health?…
Sure there are a lot of studies out there professing this diet or that one is the best for health or weight loss. But here’s a little secret: it’s not nearly as complicated as all that. If I were to condense all the decent advice from nutritional studies of the…
If I gave you $30, sent you to any place that sells food, and challenged you to buy only healthy food, what would bring me? Quick Quiz Which of the following is likely a healthy food—pick all that you’d buy for my challenge: A packaged food that came from a…
A prospective client said to me, “I know I need to change my diet. I just keep wondering if this is the week I’m going to do it.” We’ve all been there. We know we ought to make a change, but we’re not quite committed and we don’t have a…
You try to eat well most of the time, right? But when it comes time to entertain, does healthy food languish in your refrigerator while you present your guests high calorie, high sugar, high salt, low nutrient delicacies? Hint: if it contains marshmallows, it’s probably not healthy. What’s one night…
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Thursday, March 21 at noon: I will be doing a food prep demo and talk at the Saratoga Springs Public Library, on healthy, decadent entertaining. Description: A fabulous party can be healthy too! Join Health Coach Rachel Kurtz for a cooking and plating demonstration of healthy, delicious and beautiful fare. No…
If you are confused about nutrition, you are in good company. Should you go low fat or low carb? Vegetarian or Paleo? Eat whole grains or eliminate grains entirely? Drink coffee or skip it? Contradictory information in the news is only one problem. Even nutritionists and scientists disagree because they…
Imagine this scenario: At a local flea market you find something that looks just like a magic lamp. Intrigued, you purchase it and idly rub it. Poof! A genie floats before you. The genie is not here to grant you three wishes, however. Its magic is reserved for turning you…
I’m reminded in my positive psychology course that our brains have a negativity bias. For good reason, the psychologists say. Our ancestors, the theory goes, would have gotten mauled or starved to death if they didn’t see the world as a scary, dangerous place. I would love to think of…
