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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

This Statistic Really Surprised Me About Fast Food (+ Quick Alternatives)

Healthy Mindframe, Healthy Weight, Medical Reports, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

I am always finding something interesting in the medical literature, but I have to say this one surprised even me. A study, published by the National Center for Health Statistics, found that on any given day, over 1/3 of all adults in america aged 40 – 59 years old (37%) are consuming fast food. One out of three! That’s 85 million adults eating fast food on any given day. And sadly, for younger Americans that number is even higher — almost half of Americans (45%) aged 20 – 45 years old are eating fast food on any given …

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Nov 1 2021

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

How To Release Weight Changes That Are Caused By Stress

Healthy Weight / By Laura Koniver, MD

Gaining weight (or losing weight) unintentionally is a common response to chronic or acute stress. In fact, a recent poll conducted by the American Psychological Association found that most of us have experienced a significant weight change in the past year, thanks to the overwhelm that the 2020 pandemic brought our way. The poll revealed that 60% of Americans report undesired weight changes as a result of this year long pandemic. 42% of us gained a significant and unwanted amount of weight and almost 20% of us had an undesired and significant loss of weight. But I’m here …

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Jul 12 2021

Gardening: Health Benefits That Go Way Beyond Time Spent Grounding

Grounding, Organic Lifestyle / By Laura Koniver, MD

Many folks who embrace grounding are passionate gardeners, and understandably, being grounded while working a garden bed outside boosts your health instantly. But beyond the healing boost of being grounded, it’s actually healing just to be around plants of any kind, even while ungrounded (for example, just seeing a plant through a window or adding a potted plant to a workspace) gives us documented health benefits. Read through this list of the top 9 perks of gardening and see if it doesn’t inspire even those of us who are non-gardeners to dive into this wonderful activity. From …

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Jun 14 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

Trying To Shed Your Quarantine Weight Gain? 8 Unusual Tips That Will Ensure Success

Healthy Mindframe, Healthy Weight, Medical Reports / By Laura Koniver, MD

Most people have gained a bit of weight as a result of social distancing for the past month or two. With gyms, YMCAs, and most indoor exercise facilities shut down, and even outdoor public spaces like hiking trails, bike paths, beaches, pools, and more shut down, it’s likely that your activity level decreased and your weight increased. It’s okay. Me too. But not only is it actually a good idea to gain a few pounds during a pandemic (see #3 on the list below if you need proof) I’ve got a fantastic list of actionable tips taken …

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May 26 2020

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

This Statistic Really Surprised Me About Fast Food (+ Quick Alternatives)

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

How To Release Weight Changes That Are Caused By Stress

Gardening: Health Benefits That Go Way Beyond Time Spent Grounding

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

Trying To Shed Your Quarantine Weight Gain? 8 Unusual Tips That Will Ensure Success

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