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When you have finished eating your meal, but you still feel like eating more. 1. Brush / floss your teeth, rinse with mouthwash or oil pull, have a mint or sip on tea/ lemon water. 2. Remove yourself from the food environment and find a distraction. Go do work, call a friend or find a new interest. 3. If you watch TV and you are swayed by commercials, pick Netflix or record your shows so you can fast forward through the commercials. 4. If watching tv near the kitchen is problematic for you, set up a tv or other activity away from the kitchen. 5. Consider the possibility of a nutrient deficiency. Chromium picolinate and magnesium deficiencies can commonly lead to increased food...

1. Practice out of sight, out of mind. If you are the type of person to prepare or bake foods far in advance, store them at the back of the freezer. The holidays are actually a few days, not an entire season. 2. Don't skip meals the day of a special celebration or gathering. The goal is never to get all dressed up and eat as much as you can when it's served. 3. Be mindful of snacking. If you are preparing the holiday meal, be aware of your snacking during the cooking and baking process. It's easy to eat an entire meal (while tasting) before even sitting down to your dinner. 4. Wear appropriately fitted clothing with a normal...

Detox Recipes  Juices & Smoothies Instructions for juicing (you need a juicer for these recipes, not a blender) Add all ingredients to the juicer and enjoy! Pineapple and Ginger Juice This is super for improving overall digestion and settles upset stomachs ½ Small pineapple 1oz Fresh ginger root 1 Carrot 3 Ice cubes Carrot and Celery Juice This is a great detoxifying recipe and will help kick start your day 2 Celery sticks 3 Large carrots ½ c Seedless green grapes 5 Sprigs of parsley Smoothies Cinnamon and Squash Smoothie This vitamin packed smoothie will remind you of pumpkin pie 1 Small butternut squash  ½ tsp Cinnamon 3 Lemons 1 Grapefruit Instructions: Halve the squash, remove seeds, boil for 15...

Baked Apple with Cashew Topping (4 servings) 4 firm cooking apples (eg. Granny Smith, Golden Delicious) 8 Tbsp. raisins Pure vanilla extract Cinnamon to taste   Topping: ½ cup raw cashew pieces Pure vanilla extract With a knife, cut apples horizontally around the middle to keep the skin from splitting during baking.  Core apples and fill the center of each with 2 Tbsp. raisins.  Sprinkle with cinnamon.  Bake at 350 F for 45 minutes, or until tender.  While apples are baking, whirl cashew in a blender, adding water gradually until you get the consistency you prefer.  The longer you blend, the smoother the mixture becomes.  Add a few drops of pure vanilla extract for extra flavour.  Spoon over hot apples. Peach-Strawberry...

Foods to avoid: Beverages: beer, coco malt, eggnog, coffee substitutes, instant coffee (unless 100% coffee), gin, malted milk, whiskey, Postum, Ovaltine Breads, Crackers, Rolls: any bread containing wheat including pumpernickel, rye, oat, and corn compositions, baking powder biscuits, most crackers, griddle cakes, hot breads and muffins, matzoth, pretzels, rusk, waffles, zwieback Cereals: most cereals (dry or cooked) containing wheat, whole wheat, farina or bran (unless specified as wheat-free) Desserts: cakes, cookies (unless specified as wheat-free), doughnuts, pies, chocolate candy, candy bars, custards, pudding, ice cream, ice cream cones, popovers Flour: all-purpose, bread, graham, white, whole wheat, gluten flour, and some of the following:  buckwheat, corn, lima bean, rice, soy, rye flours (must read labels carefully) Gravies and Sauces: any that...