Principles for a Healthy Lifestyle and Optimal Weight

Ilana Katz MS, RD, CSSD Researched and accepted dietary principles may guide the individual to finding a healthy and appropriate lifestyle for themselves. I have laid out a few of these that within my studies, experience and analysis of current articles in peer-reviewed journals with an understanding that each human is unique. Unique in their metabolism/physiology, in their emotional and stress (psychology) and in their struggles and challenges with daily living.  Therefore, it goes without saying that there is no single “diet” or “lifestyle” that works for the masses. Each […]

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THE KETO DEBATE FOR WEIGHT LOSS

Ilana Katz MS, RD CSSD I recently revisited a movie “Sleeper” (Woody Allen) since there was something interesting in the concept about a man waking up after a 200 year sleep. Recommendations for weight loss looks very different in that 200 year gap.   On awakening, the sleeper finds that not only are deep fried foods good for weight loss, they are also considered healthy.  An AHA moment. perhaps? Are we in a movie? Covid may make it feel this way, but weight-loss these days has a movie-like feel to it […]

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Strive to be a "light eater" ?

Tips on Appetite Control Ilana Katz MS, RD, CSSD Are you a light eater? In other words, when it gets light do you start eating. This is probably as amusing as being on the seafood diet.   “See” food and eat it. As much as we make light of appetite control, these jokes certainly have a darker truth to them, namely those devilish nutrition challenges that take control of the human brain. “I cannot resist temptation” and “I have no will power” are probably the two most common phrases that my office […]

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Strive to be a “light eater” ?

Tips on Appetite Control Ilana Katz MS, RD, CSSD Are you a light eater? In other words, when it gets light do you start eating. This is probably as amusing as being on the seafood diet.   “See” food and eat it. As much as we make light of appetite control, these jokes certainly have a darker truth to them, namely those devilish nutrition challenges that take control of the human brain. “I cannot resist temptation” and “I have no will power” are probably the two most common phrases that my office […]

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