Nutrition can be a political fight, but there is one area where everyone agrees -- vegan, Mediterranean, even Paleo -- is on the importance of the kitchen. Your relationship with your kitchen is as important as any other relationship in your life, and like all relationships it takes a little...

Tax season is stressful for everyone. It takes a particularly physical toll on those who prepare taxes, whether business owners or accountants. I want especially to talk today to people in fields impacted by tax season. Because if that's you, you're under a lot of stress right now. And that...

March is national nutrition month, and today I am going to focus on a few foods that provide great health benefits. When it comes to the foods you consume, I am sure you have heard to eat the rainbow, and you should take this advice. Due to pigmentation, many foods...

It's the new year, and that means resolutions. If yours involves making a change in your diet with weight loss as a goal, you are facing a dizzying array of information out there. There is a great deal of evidence about what practices help weight loss, much of it contradictory....

Para el día de Acción de Gracias prepara este queque de plátano que es uno de mis queques favoritos. Al sustituir el azúcar por miel de agave y el aceite por puré de manzana, vas a poder disfrutar un queque con menos grasa y...

Banana bread is a traditional favorite, and I love to bake it during the holidays. By substituting agave nectar for sugar and applesauce for oil, you can enjoy this sweet treat with less sugar, less fat -- and no guilt. And of course even...

¿Tú crees que unas crujientes patatas fritas puedan ser parte de una dieta saludable? Por supuesto que si!

Hay alimentos en este otoño que deben estar incluidos en tu cocina y en forma de unas deliciosas patatas. Estas patatas fritas son preparadas con alimentos...

Think nice, crispy chips can't be part of a healthy diet? Think again! The crispness of fall is in the air, and it should be in your food, too, in the form of delicious chips made from seasonal, locally-grown foods. Here are a few fall staples that have amazing health...

El otro día estaba en el supermercado y vi algo que me hizo hacer pensar: Había una mesa de muchachos vendiendo barras nutricionales de "energía". Estas barras fueron preparadas sin ingredientes de lácteos, sin gluten, orgánicas y le llamaban barras naturales - Estas barras tenían todas...

Before Europeans ever came to the new world, the Incas ruled a great empire in Latin America. They were fueled by a few incredible superfoods, native to South America, that gave them strength, endurance, and vitality. Many of these foods have recently become widely available in North...

In my practice I work with many male clients, and certainly many of the people who want to take control of their weight these days are men. But when I walk around the city, or take a look around at the airport, I notice that most of the overweight men...

I understand that some people truly deal with emotional eating, but lately with the hype about low- or no-carb diets, I am encountering more and more people coming to see me with complaints of experiencing fatigue along with intense carb cravings. Here's a situation I see all the time: A...

I've helped more than 2,000 clients in the San Francisco Bay area, and one thing I tell them all is the importance of breakfast. From speeding up your metabolism to regulating your mood, breakfast is key. I find that more and more people now know that they should eat breakfast...

March is Nutrition Month, and you might think that means I'm going to talk about what you should eat. But instead of talking about what we eat, I want to talk about how we eat it. In the late 1970s, just 18 percent of an average individual's daily...

Lately, everyone is asking me to weigh in on gluten. So many people in recent years have been completely eliminating this protein, which is found in wheat and grains, from their diet. And while for some people this is important to good health, most of us can be more moderate....

Here's a question as we head into New Year's resolution time: What's the best thing to commit to in order to lose weight? Did you answer, "Hitting the gym"? If so, you're hardly alone -- so many people are centering their plans for the new year around exercise. But there...

I have said for years that willpower doesn't work, and that people who rely on it to manage their nutrition will end up actually overeating when their will collapses. Nothing demonstrates this more than the holidays, with all that food, expectation and anxiety packed into a few days. But the...

Lately I've been seeing a lot of clients under the sway of yet another new diet trend: the Paleolithic diet. This is a diet plan that involves eating like it was the year 8,000 BCE, meaning lots of meat and fish, plenty of root vegetables, nuts and berries, but no...

The other day I was at the grocery store and saw something that made me pause: a table of guys selling "energy" bars. These bars were organic, dairy-free, wheat-free, raw, natural -- all those trendy catch-words you see so often -- but they had the caloric value of a full...

Many of my clients come to my office already very much aware of the importance of eating fresh, organic, locally-grown food. They are eager to talk about the nutritional value of what they eat and they know to avoid fast food. And that's a great sign of progress -- a...