Topic: thyroid function

Weight Loss Success: 8 Blood Tests To Keep Your Hormones In Check For Bikini Season

Weight Loss Success: 8 Blood Tests To Keep Your Hormones In Check For Bikini Season

Here’s my new formula for fat loss (no longer based solely on calorie count):

Hormonal Balance + (Calories In – Calories Out) = Lasting Fat Loss

If you would like to ensure your hard work in the gym and in the kitchen will pay off this summer, you need to ensure that all parts of this equation are in check. You’ve got plenty of resources for measuring calorie intake and calorie burn, but getting the hormonal balance part of the equation down is slightly more complicated. For that, you’ll need to schedule a visit with your doctor and request the following basic blood tests: More »

Processed Meat Substitutes May Be Unhealthier Than Actual Meat

Processed Meat Substitutes May Be Unhealthier Than Actual Meat

Because it’s Lent and many of us (religious or not) may have given up meat for the season (or at least on Fridays), we’ve been talking about meat substitutes (a.k.a. meat analogues, meat alternatives, or imitation meats) a lot around Blisstree these days. Now, those of you who are lifelong vegetarians or vegans may have more experience than we do with the whole idea of meat substitutes. Are they actually healthy? Does eating something that pretends to be meat but isn’t constitute cheating? Doesn’t the idea of fake meat just sound wrong? So I asked our Fearless Foodtrainer, nutritionist Lauren Slayton, to weigh in on the pros (if any) and cons of these mysterious mock meats. Here’s the skinny: More »