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Holiday Eating And Drinking: What Party Foods To Eat (+ Why You Crave What You Do)

Healthy Weight, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

Holiday stress isn’t just stress over picking out the perfect gift, figuring out how to afford travel (damn it’s so expensive!) or balancing social commitments. Most people report that being surrounded by rich holiday foods, alcohol, impulse eating, and weight gain during the holiday season adds a significant amount of stress as well. So as holiday season gets underway I wanted to give you a few tips on how to navigate this tricky but wonderful time of comfort food, decadent desserts, and celebratory toasts. If there was ever a time that people worry about their weight, it’s during the …

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Nov 28 2022

The Party Foods I Reach For Most To Stay As Healthy As Possible During The Holidays

Healthy Weight / By Laura Koniver, MD

Well this weekend brings Halloween, which means that the very next day we are going to be hearing holiday music 24/7 with a very quick slide towards Thanksgiving and many other holiday events. And as uplifting as holidays can be, they are also incredibly stressful and emotional. Holiday stress isn’t just stress over picking out the perfect gift, or traveling in the midst of a (hopefully resolving) pandemic, or balancing social commitments. Most people report that being surrounded by rich holiday foods, alcohol, impulse eating, and weight gain during the holiday season adds a significant amount of stress …

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Oct 25 2021

Holiday Eating & Drinking Tips To Protect Your Health (+ Avoid Weight Gain)

Healthy Weight / By Laura Koniver, MD

Holiday stress isn’t just stress over picking out the perfect gift, or traveling in the midst of a pandemic, or balancing social commitments. Most people report that being surrounded by rich holiday foods, alcohol, impulse eating, and weight gain during the holiday season adds a significant amount of stress as well. So well before the holiday season gets underway — a season that generally starts with Halloween candy binges and doesn’t end until after we ring in 2021 — I wanted to give you a few tips on how to navigate this tricky but wonderful time of comfort …

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Oct 26 2020

My Favorite Tips For Navigating Food & Drinks At Holiday Parties

Healthy Weight / By Laura Koniver, MD

Holiday stress isn’t all just about juggling the social commitments, traveling or picking out just the right gift. Most people report that being surrounded by rich holiday foods, alcohol, temptation everywhere, impulse eating, and weight gain during the holiday season adds a significant amount of stress as well. If there was ever a time that people worry about their weight, it’s during the holidays. How to navigate this tricky but wonderful time of comfort food, decadent desserts, and celebratory toasts galore? Today, I’ll tell you! It’s tricky to be around party foods… what if you want to stick …

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Dec 23 2019

How To Navigate Holiday Parties Without Regretting What You Eat (Or Drink)

Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Holiday stress isn’t all just about juggling the social commitments, traveling or picking out just the right gift. Most people report that being surrounded by rich holiday foods, alcohol, temptation everywhere, impulse eating, and weight gain during the holiday season adds a significant amount of stress as well. If there was ever a time that people worry about their weight, it’s during the holidays. How to navigate this tricky but wonderful time of comfort food, decadent desserts, and celebratory toasts galore? Today, I’ll tell you! 1. Protecting your liver at holiday parties: Drinking wine occasionally has enjoyed …

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Nov 26 2018

How To Protect Your Liver At Holiday Parties

Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Today I’m just giving a quick, real-life health tip considering we are just on the verge of launching fully into holiday season, which means holiday meals, holiday get togethers, and impromptu toasts abound! Drinking wine occasionally has enjoyed mixed health reviews — with some studies reporting cognitive benefits from wine (although for those you can simply take resveratrol supplements!) and many studies reporting that alcohol increases cancer risk. And because holiday parties typically mean a lot of driving out and about to attend these parties, my first recommendation is just not to drink at all! But if …

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Nov 13 2017

Resolving PTSD, OCD, Tobacco and Drug Addiction Too

Chakra Health, Intuitive Medicine, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

A recent medical study came out looking at the natural supplement N-Acetylcysteine (NAC for short) in healing the brain after trauma… …with fantastic results. NAC is a potent brain antioxidant and protector — found essential in the healing of the brain after impact injury (such as concussion) so researchers wanted to investigate if this supplement could actually help heal the brain after different types of mental injury as well… such as PTSD and addiction. It’s not often that a holistic supplement is studied this extensively and found to have such robust positive outcomes, yet it’s not something that I’ve …

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Aug 7 2017

Holiday Eating And Drinking: What Party Foods To Eat (+ Why You Crave What You Do)

The Party Foods I Reach For Most To Stay As Healthy As Possible During The Holidays

Holiday Eating & Drinking Tips To Protect Your Health (+ Avoid Weight Gain)

My Favorite Tips For Navigating Food & Drinks At Holiday Parties

How To Navigate Holiday Parties Without Regretting What You Eat (Or Drink)

How To Protect Your Liver At Holiday Parties

Resolving PTSD, OCD, Tobacco and Drug Addiction Too

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