Is black and white thinking make you fat?
Black and white thinking is prevalent in dieters. It could be called The Dieting Mentality. Black and white thinking could also show up as all or nothing thinking or right and wrong thinking. While these types of thinking styles are normal, when they become excessive they can severely limit our perspective on life and our … Read more
Weight – not about the calories
I’m currently reading the book “The China Study” by T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M Campbell. It’s a plug for a natural, whole food diet but based on the most phenomenal good science and written by someone you wouldn’t expect to advocate plants and whole foods. Colin Campbell grew up on a farm, studied to … Read more
Is a diet of kindness the answer?
Sometimes, we overeat or eat the “wrong” foods to punish ourselves. Sometimes the voice in our head is very unkind and says all manner of things that are hurtful – things like “I’m not good enough”, “I’m useless”, or “I’m not loveable”. These are in fact lies. But we believe it. These unkind forms of … Read more
Breakfast myths
Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day, mainly because it sets the tone for your eating habits for the rest of the day. One of the most common problems for people, especially those watching their weight, is a tendency to under eat at breakfast. We think that a Weet Bix and a … Read more
Ending the War with Food
Today I am sharing an article from one of my favourite authors on emotional eating: Geneen Roth. I hope it gives you inspiration. Imagine this: You are walking in a meadow on a fresh autumn day. The leaves are turning a burnished gold and red. You come upon a long table covered in a white … Read more
Gastric Banding – A case study
I had a patient yesterday who, last year, had surgery for gastric banding. Unfortunately, it hadn’t worked too well for her. Fortunately, she’s come across nutritional medicine through the USANA network and got referred to me. By doing a thorough case history and some simple tests I was able to show her that she was … Read more
The truth about weight loss!
The truth is that being overweight is the symptom, not the cause; it’s the consequence, not the action or, to use a familiar quote, it’s the horse that has bolted, not the gate that someone left open! Trying to “fix” consequences never works. So what are some of the possible causes? Stress The biochemical result … Read more
Mental health and your weight
A patient came to see me recently suffering with a head cold. While investigating her current life circumstances, she shared with me a whole lot of stuff going on in her life right now. Her mother was sick and under medical care, her daughter was doing the HSC, her husband worked long hours and her … Read more
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