A parfait a day keeps the doctor away

A dollop of organic Greek yogurt, handful berries and a small palmful size of combined nuts and seed is the way.

Have your desert and eat it!

Lifelong dieters know that they cannot sustain weight loss and fitness. Temporary gains are not worth the longterm effects. Why? Because there is damage to your metabolism.

Restricted diets cause neurotransmitter and hormone imbalances. You know the signs, cognitive decline, irritability, digestive problems, shortened sleep cycle or sleep disorders, joint problems, slow healing, rapid aging. Underlying it all is the insidious increased risk of osteoporosis, arthritis, cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Exercise or Not You Can Be In Trouble

Heeding sports trainers' and physical therapists' advice to burn more and eat less calories can dangerously lower your metabolic rate. Dieting without exercise dangerously lowers your heart rate by reducing heart rate variability