How annoying is it when you decide to start a diet with your boyfriend or significant other and after two weeks he has lost ten pounds and you’ve only lost two?

As if there weren’t already enough eating disorders out there, there is a now another condition that is spreading rampantly. It’s called Orthorexia and the definition is a person who suffers from an unhealthy obsession with healthy eating.

There is a new spin on obesity that people are first beginning to understand. Before blaming weight gain on lack of self-control or laziness, recent research suggests that the bacteria in our gut may be a key contributor.

I'm about to release my new book "Breaking Your Fat Girl Habits". You may think - What does this skinny chick know about losing weight? See my transformation from 2005 as a restrictive Vegan working out twice a day killing myself - to current day 2015 applying half the effort!

We live in the informational age. With the press of a button, it has become incredibly simple to learn about anything you put into your body and break down its nutrients on a microscopic level.

live in the capital of stressful living. While it would be awesome to leave the city myself or tell my clients to just check out and move to a farm or beach town- this is our current reality and we live here for good reason.

As a school nutritionist, I'm always thinking about easy solutions for parents with nutrition on the go. When sending your kids to school, snacks should be well thought out. In fact, it’s a good idea for children to graze every few hours to keep their blood sugar stable and energy levels up.

Digestive problems are some of the most common complaints that people come to me for. Although it’s not the sexiest topic- constipation, diarrhea, IBS, gas, reflux, or abdominal pain are on the rise.

“The Rambam” (Maimonidies) is one of history’s greatest physicians and most recognized sages. His principles on the body and soul in relationship to health and medicine date back to the Middle Ages.

Through all the disappointments, challenges, and not feeling “at home” with most situations or people, I don’t think I’d be able to function if I didn’t believe there was a divine reason for everything. My spirit would for sure be broken.

Sometimes the simplest things to do are often neglected because we don’t perceive them to have great importance. The other belief is that there’s just not enough time in the day.

There is a quote that goes, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” The amount of success and happiness we experience is greatly influenced by those we allow in our inner circle.

During elementary school was when it first became obvious I was different. Because of my adult responsibilities such as taking care of a dying mother with cancer- I was socially awkward.

No matter how challenging our situation is, we can often work through it if we have good health. That said, why then do we abuse our bodies so much and, in doing so, sabotage our energy and emotional wellbeing?

Anger can be a very dangerous emotion. It literally leads to sabotage on all levels. Either we kill relationships by responding out of inappropriate anger or we slowly kill ourselves by holding it in.