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Can you lose weight without dieting?   Can you eat what you want and lose weight?   New year, new goals.   If one of your goals is to take off a few pounds, do you need to count calories, go on a diet, or just watch the clock?   There is a new weight-loss strategy called, “time-restricted feeding” or TRF.   Apparently, this TRF strategy is not only for weight loss but also to help prevent diabetes, lower your blood pressure and increase your longevity. Recent articles in the Wall Street Journal, “ A Diet Strategy That Counts Time, Not Calories ” and other publications outlines what this strategy is and how it works.    What is TRF?   (Time Restricted Feeding)? With TRF, you eat what you want but not when you want.   Your eating is limited to a 12-hour period of time each day.   So, if you eat your breakfast at 7 AM, you need to finish your dinner and evening snacks by 7 PM and then not eat again until your breakfast at 7 AM. ...

So many nutrition myths about what foods are good for you and what foods are bad for your health.   MSN has an interesting article 11 things people think are terrible for your diet that actually aren’t .   What are some of these foods and drinks?   Red Bull – yes, it can be loaded with sugar.   But what if you get a can of sugar-free Red Bull?   The writer says when she drinks it, people say things like, “That stuff will kill you.”   The sugar-free Red Bull has about 80 calories so not really a high calorie drink and about 80 mg. of caffeine.   This amount is about one third the caffeine in a Starbucks' coffee.   They do add some B vitamins and taurine which most people don’t need but not really harmful.   Even white bread is enriched with B vitamins and any protein food provides taurine so these nutrients aren’t ones lacking in most Americans diets.  Fatty Foods like Avocado and Olive Oil will make you fat .    It is...

Celebrate! Parties, dinners, cookie exchanges, buffets, what a fun time of year.   We all want to indulge and enjoy ourselves over the holidays.   How can you be merry, eat and drink this holiday season and not pack on the pounds?   I told my husband that the CommonHealth offered 10 Tips to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain .   He responded, “What are they?   Stop eating?”    Well stop eating would work but that is not one of the tips.    Many others, like Brianna Elliott, RD , also offer some tips on avoiding weight gain during the holiday season.   What are some of their tips?     Hydrate – did you know that if you are thirsty, you are becoming dehydrated?     We are so busy this time of year, with shopping, going to parties, going to chorales, plays, and other holiday events that we may forget to stay hydrated.   The goal of 8 glasses of water a day is still a good one.   Keep some water or hot tea in your ca...