Sheer Balance

Many people count calories when they are trying to lose weight.  Doing so can be very helpful, and often, can lead to greater and more sustainable weight loss.  In a study done by Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, those participants who kept a food diary lost almost twice the amount of weight of those [...]

I’m not a big believer in counting calories.  I do think that it is important to be MINDFUL of how you eat, but counting calories makes anyone trying to be healthy feel like they are on a diet.  Who wants to be on a diet?  No one.  Mindful eating, however, allows you to enjoy the [...]

by Brett Blumenthal
Our society seems completely obsessed with quantities of food, instead of quality of food.  I have read several blogs and forums around the web where individuals will choose a product over another because it contains fewer calories.  I’m not talking about major differences in caloric values…this choice is often made around two products [...]