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Protect your Brain: Can Your Food Choices Increase Dementia Risk?

Issue #129 by Olga Afonsky Welcome to Food Remedies, a weekly newsletter – your gateway to transforming eating habits for a healthier and more vibrant life! Thank you for being here. If you enjoy the newsletter, please forward it to a lucky friend. And if this email was forwarded to you, secure your own subscription to a journey toward lasting vitality. Hi Reader! The cases of dementia are estimated to triple worldwide, from 57 to 150 million by 2050. This looming epidemic of dementia is a...

Issue #125 by Olga Afonsky Welcome to Food Remedies, a weekly newsletter – your gateway to transforming eating habits for a healthier and more vibrant life! Thank you for being here. If you enjoy the newsletter, please forward it to a lucky friend. And if this email was forwarded to you, secure your own subscription to a journey toward lasting vitality. Hi Reader! If you've tried losing weight before, you know it requires commitment and focus, which is hard to sustain long-term. A short-term...

Issue #122 by Olga Afonsky Welcome to Food Remedies, a weekly newsletter – your gateway to transforming eating habits for a healthier and more vibrant life! Thank you for being here. If you enjoy the newsletter, please forward it to a lucky friend. And if this email was forwarded to you, secure your own subscription to a journey toward lasting vitality. Hi Reader! Understanding the distinctions between overeating and binging is crucial. While both involve eating beyond fullness, they are not...

Issue #113 by Olga Afonsky Welcome to Food Remedies, a weekly newsletter – your gateway to transforming eating habits for a healthier and more vibrant life! Thank you for being here. If you enjoy the newsletter, please forward it to a lucky friend. And if this email was forwarded to you, secure your own subscription to a journey toward lasting vitality. Hi Reader! Overview Probiotics are among the ten most popular supplements; people commonly take them to support digestion. However, the role...

Issue #109 by Olga Afonsky Welcome to Food Remedies, a weekly newsletter—your gateway to transforming eating habits for a healthier and more vibrant life! Thank you for being here. If you enjoy the newsletter, please forward it to a lucky friend. If this email was forwarded to you, secure your own subscription to a journey toward lasting vitality. Hi Reader! Do you think of weight loss as a diet or intervention you have to suffer through or be done with as soon as possible? Either way, that’s...

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Issue #101 by Olga Afonsky Welcome to Food Remedies, a weekly newsletter – your gateway to transforming eating habits for a healthier and more vibrant life! Thank you for being here. If you enjoy the newsletter, please forward it to a lucky friend. And if this email was forwarded to you, secure your own subscription to a journey toward lasting vitality. Hi Reader! One of the requests I got from you, my dear readers, is to write about the science of vitamins. (It's not too late to make a...

Issue #93 Eating Smart Newsletter, by Olga Afonsky Welcome to Eating Smart, a weekly newsletter – your gateway to transforming eating habits for a healthier and more vibrant life! Thank you for being here. If you enjoy the newsletter, please forward it to a lucky friend. And if this email was forwarded to you, secure your own subscription to a journey toward lasting vitality. Hi Reader, Are you, like many of my clients, a master dieter? You have successfully lost weight and gained it back...

Issue #89 Eating Smart Newsletter, by Olga Afonsky Welcome to Eating Smart, a weekly newsletter – your gateway to transforming eating habits for a healthier and more vibrant life! Thank you for being here. If you enjoy the newsletter, please forward it to a lucky friend. And if this email was forwarded to you, secure your own subscription to a journey toward lasting vitality. Hi Reader, Do you want to have less fat and more muscle? It makes sense, considering that we associate a slender,...

Issue #84 Eating Smart Newsletter, by Olga Afonsky Welcome to Eating Smart, a weekly newsletter – your gateway to transforming eating habits for a healthier and more vibrant life! Thank you for being here. If you enjoy the newsletter, please forward it to a lucky friend. And if this email was forwarded to you, secure your own subscription to a journey toward lasting vitality. Hi Reader, Blood sugar regulation is vital for anyone, not just people with diabetes or pre-diabetes. In fact, most...

Last fall, I lost about five pounds by discovering something about my eating style and changing it. It was a mental strategy for deciding to eat seconds that I adjusted. It was one of my autopilot strategies, like so many others. As you can imagine, being a nutritionist, I’m a pretty healthy eater to begin with. I also didn’t have a lot of extra weight to lose. But, I thought I would look better without those extra 5-7 pounds I picked up over years and three kids. And I tried different things...