Is Your Diet Helping or Hurting Your Health?

Your diet creates your foundation of health. Are you making food choices that support or hinder your health? Unfortunately, we are seeing many unhealthy trends in the American diet. It is important to keep in mind that your eating habits and food choices have the ability to either help or exacerbate many common health complaints...

Post on Tue, Apr 19, 2011 by Margo Gladding

Healthy Snacks for Spring Sports

Longer days and warmer weather go hand-in-hand with spring sports. As we eagerly shed our winter wardrobe - and any excess winter weight we may have gained during the "off season" - it's helpful to have some fresh, energizing but simple snacks on hand to give us that extra edge. The best choices are snacks...

Post on Tue, Mar 15, 2011 by Debi Silber, The Mojo Coach

The "How" Of Weight Loss

Post on Wed, Feb 02, 2011 by Debi Silber, The Mojo Coach

Your Diet Legacy and Your Daughter

As moms, we often try to instill our beliefs, values, ethics, morals and standards of behavior onto our children. Often, our goal is to ensure that our children learn from the benefit of our knowledge and experience so that they can create enriching, rewarding lives for themselves. So why is it then that one of...

Post on Tue, Nov 09, 2010 by Debi Silber, The Mojo Coach

Some Reasons Weight Loss May Be Difficult

Have you ever wondered why you lose weight, only to sabotage yourself and put the weight right back on? Before you get angry, frustrated and discouraged with yourself, give yourself some compassion because here may be a few reasons why you’re doing it. While you may think it’s natural to want to lose excess weight,...

Post on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 by Debi Silber, The Mojo Coach

Corporate Wellness Magazine

Corporate Wellness Magazine is an online publication dedicated to the health and wellness of employers and their employees. This month's magazine has an article contributed by Village Green Apothecary. Wellness in the Workplace: How to increase employee productivity with a plan for healthy living offers supplement, diet, stress and exercise advice...

Post on Tue, Jun 22, 2010 by Paula Gallagher

What Should I Eat?

For many people trying to improve their diets, it can be maddening trying to understand what constitutes a healthy diet. Low fat? Sugar Free? No Cholesterol? High protein? Fad diets offer confusion and misguidance. To make matters worse, everywhere we go, we are inundated with refined, packaged and processed foods. While these options make life...

Post on Mon, Apr 05, 2010 by Margo Gladding

Diet and Fertility

Sunday, I curled up on the couch to watch "Life," an 11 part documentary on Discovery Channel about just that: "LIFE." It takes a look at all living things on earth and the challenges they face everyday. It is an amazing show and definitely a must-see. One particular moment struck me. There was a lizard...

Post on Tue, Mar 23, 2010 by Paula Gallagher

Obesity Beats Smoking as Top Health Risk

Researchers from Columbia University and the City College of New York say that obesity causes as much or more disease than tobacco. One of the reasons is that while smoking rates are beginning to decline, obesity is on the rise and actually shortens as many or even more lifespans than smoking. The study, conducted over...

Post on Wed, Jan 06, 2010 by Paula Gallagher