Our Grilled Salmon with Sesame Glaze is a tasty source of magnesium. It seems everywhere I look, folks are talking about how using food as medicine can help solve weight struggles . Okay, so mostly I’m looking at professional nutrition journals. Everything is relative…. Still, it’s exciting how much…
Diet blog wonders if doctors can fight obesity by teaching patients to cook. Lane Bryant announces a social networking site for plus-sized women . Would you join? Golda at Body Love Wellness has an exclusive three-part interview with Biggest Loser finalist Kai Hibbard about why the show gave her…
Mmm Hummmmmus! One snack we serve at Green Mountain at Fox Run is vegetable crudite with hummus. Making hummus every single week for this snack can cause a chef to get a little, shall we say, creative with flavors. That is exactly what happened last Tuesday, in conjunction with a lemon allergy…
Last night I watched Jamie Oliver present his TED Prize Wish . As a 2010 TED Prize winner Jamie’s wish was to teach every child about food, or more specifically, “I wish for your help to create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families…
Emily quickly wrote this post, then headed off for a few days of play. She likes to play. I’ve posted for her, in the hopes of encouraging you to join her, in mind at least. Biking was something I rediscovered a few years back while staying at Green Mountain…
Previous studies have indicated that infants exposed to valproic acid in pregnancy are at increased risk for a range of malformations, including neural tube defects. While these studies have shown an association between valproic acid and various malformations, they have been limited in their ability to quantify the risk of…
Last week I was on a panel discussion that took place after a screening of Food, Inc. If you haven’t seen the documentary yet, put it on your list of things to do soon. It’s disturbs me more each time I see it. Not that I want you to…
Endurance cyclists John Anderson is debunking the myth that people with type 2 diabetes are “fat and lazy.” Psychology Today talks about Al Roker and the promise and peril of gastric bypass surgery. Surgery only fixes the external problem, not the internal one. Already Pretty talks about shorts for…
Tasty Samosas = Happy Breakfast!!! I believe in breakfast. It’s just awesome. I could get into why you should eat breakfast or how important protein is at breakfast , but, as you can see, we’ve covered this a few times already here at A Weight Lifted. Besides, most of…
A few weeks ago we had a request on Green Mountain at Fox Run’s Facebook page to share one of our self-monitoring tools focused on encouraging the practice of mindful eating . One definition I found of self monitoring is: keeping track of how one is doing relative to one’s purpose….