This event is an opportunity to take a beautiful leap forward with food. You’ll learn some of the powerful concepts from the fields of Dynamic Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition that can help you create a more inspired and nourishing relationship with food.

When: Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 at 8 pm (Eastern Standard Time)

Here’s a description of this great talk that you won’t want to miss:

Empower Your Metabolism with the Psychology of Eating

So many of us understand the importance of good nutrition when it comes to looking great and feeling great. But despite a wealth of information about what to eat, we can still have our struggles with extra pounds, overeating, binge eating, confusion around cravings, appetite issues, body image challenges, and so much more. It’s time for some simple, straight, and practical strategies when it comes to eating and emotions.
Marc David – Nutritional Psychologist, best selling author, and founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating will deliver some fresh insights around our relationship with food. Expect to learn some great new distinctions when it comes to empowering yourself, and energizing your metabolism.
This promises to be an enlightening and inspiring time together where you’ll discover the nutritionist within, and learn to nourish your body in a whole new way. Some highlights of this free teleseminar include:

· The best tools for working with emotional eating
· Simple strategies for natural appetite regulation
· Hidden contributors to weight gain
· Mind-Body Nutrition techniques that fuel digestion
· The metabolic power of pleasure
· Secrets of Dynamic Eating Psychology
· And lots more…

We look forward to seeing you on the call!

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Marc David is the Founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating, a leading visionary, teacher and consultant in Nutritional Psychology, and the author of the classic and best-selling works Nourishing Wisdom, The Slow Down Diet, and Mind Body Nutrition. He has held senior consulting positions at Canyon Ranch Resorts, the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, the Johnson & Johnson Corporation, and the Disney Company. His humorous, engaging, and informative speaking style have made him a popular and well loved presenter and his non-dogmatic approach to nutrition appeals to a wide audience of eaters who are looking for positive, inspiring, and innovative messages about food and metabolism. Marc’s work has been featured on CNN, NBC and in numerous media outlets. The Institute for the Psychology of Eating is the world’s first and only teaching organization dedicated to a forward thinking, positive, holistic approach to nutritional psychology.
IPE is unique and revolutionary in its’ approach – teaching students and professionals how to effectively work with the most common eating challenges of our times. Our graduates come away empowered around their own relationship with food and body, skilled in facilitating others, and confident to bring this knowledge out into the world. For a free audio gift and to learn more, go to psychologyofeating.com and http://www.facebook.com/IPEfanpage and www.twitter.com/#!/Psych_of_Eating

Holli Thompson, CHHC, CNHP, is the founder of Nutritional Style, (www.nutritionalstyle.com) and creator of Cleanse with Style. (www.cleansewithstyle.com) Holli has been profiled in More Magazine, appears regularly on ABC, CBS, and FX networks, and speaks to groups and organizations, including the American Heart Association. Holli believes in ageless beauty through nutrition, and that everyone has their own nutritional style. She is a contributing author to the book, “Optimism”, (Fall 2011), and is currently writing her own book, to be published in early 2013. Subscribe to her weekly Ezine here www.nutritionalstyle.com, connect with her on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/holli.thompson1 and follow Holli on twitter @nutrition. (https://twitter.com/#!/nutrition)

Ingredients

2 bunches of large carrots, peeled (or the equivalent of baby ones)
6 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 cup local, raw honey
sea salt
black pepper if desired

Directions

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees
Place whole carrots into a baking dish, and drizzle with olive oil. Mix until the carrots are completely covered.
Add honey, and season to taste with sea salt and pepper
Bake in the preheated oven until just tender, approximately 45 minutes to an hour. Cooking times will vary depending on your oven and desired tenderness.

Ingredients
1 yellow bell pepper, chopped
1 orange bell pepper, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
2 jalapeno peppers, minced
1 tbsp minced garlic
1/2 red onion, chopped fine
4 scallions chopped
15 oz black-eyed peas
15 oz black beans
4 roma tomatoes, chopped
1 bunch cilantro
4 oz extra virgin olive oil
4 oz organic red wine vinegar
Celtic sea salt to taste

Combine beans, garlic, olive oil and vinegar and mix while mashing down some of the beans. Add the rest of the ingredients, and mix well. Allow to sit covered overnight in the refrigerator.

Serve with chips

Note on beans: if you are using canned beans, please use BPA free canned beans, like Eden brand.
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Little is my son’s cat, and having been raised by a young boy, he’s never wanted anything other than food and my son’s love. Little comes running when my son whistles for him, and like many cats he’s always been independent.

Then something changed. Little began crying for food all day long, looking up at whomever was in the kitchen at the time, insisting loudly on being fed. Did you feed Little? Became the question of the day, and I began to give him little spoonfuls just to keep him quiet.

After days of this behavior, I thought I’d better have him checked for worms or parasites, anything that could have caused this bottomless pit of hunger. The tests were clean, and Little persisted in demanding food.

I had to leave for a few days on a business trip, and I returned to find my husband standing in the kitchen, cradling Little in his arms as I walked in the door.

Everything ok, honey? How’s Little?

Well, I’ve discovered something interesting, answered my husband as he pet our buff- colored fluffy cat. I find that when Little begs for food, if I pick him up and hold him tight, he stops begging and then walks away.

I smiled, and thought, what a wise man.

Our other cat, Big, had passed away a few weeks prior to the food issue. We never thought they were close friends, but I realized that the absence of Big had created a void, and what he really needed all along was love, touch and holding. Big had been a physical playmate and Little obviously missed wrestling with him.

Often when we reach for food, we’re reaching for physical contact, for love, security, or a hug. We’re programmed to desire physical touch from those close to us; children physically need physical contact for their brains to develop properly, and adults instinctively reach for each other to express emotion or to provide comfort.

The next time you reach for food that your body doesn’t really want or need, call a friend, take a warm embracing bath, hug your significant other, or child, call your mother, or have a cup of hot tea.

Food hugs are short lived, and they’ll leave you crying for more all day long.
Seek your hugs in other ways that support your well-being, and allow you to walk away better for it.

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Who said we ever left?

You and I know that we can run our businesses, and still cook dinner now and then. Let’s use our kitchens as a source of power and inspiration, not oppression!

My friend, Tera Warner, knows inspiration when she hears it. Tera created and organized the WISH Summit (Women’s International Summit for Health), and this year’s summit promises to be the best one yet.

The WISH summit features free interviews with popular personalities who are experts in their fields of attitude, relationships, food, health, fitness, balance, abundance, wisdom, beauty, and sensuality.

I’m thrilled to say that I’m being interviewed by Tera for my segment that’s set to appear in your inbox on March 24th. Tera and I will be talking FOOD, and how your best friends eating STYLE may not necessarily be the right STYLE for you.

Tera is a bright bubble of a personality; her enthusiasm for her guests makes this series an absolute delight!
There’s no cost to this program, so enroll today for your 40 days of INSPIRE.

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Mark Hyman,MD has written a new book called THE BLOOD SUGAR SOLUTION: The UltraHealthy Program for Losing Weight, Preventing Disease and Feeling Great Now!
He’s tackling what he terms Diabesity; an epidemic in our country effecting one in every two Americans.

Diabesity is Hymans term for metabolic disturbances, from mild blood sugar and insulin imbalances, to pre-diabetes, to full blown type 2 diabetes. It occurs in about 40% of people of normal weight – these are the skinny fat people who look thin but are metabolically fat and have all the same risk factors for disease and death as those who are overweight. And it occurs in 80% of overweight people.

It goes like this; when your diet is full of empty calories and an abundance of quickly absorbed sugars, liquid calories, and carbohydrates (like bread, pasta, rice, and potatoes), your cells slowly become resistant to the effects of insulin and needs more and more to do the same job of keeping your blood sugar even. You develop insulin resistance.

Your body begins to age and deteriorate. In fact, insulin resistance is the single most important phenomenon that leads to rapid and premature aging and all its resultant diseases, including heart disease, stroke, dementia, and cancer.

As your insulin levels increases, your appetite can spin out of control, increasing weight gain around the belly, more inflammation and oxidative stress, and myriad downstream effects including high blood pressure; high cholesterol; low HDL, high triglycerides; weight gain around the middle; thickening of the blood; and increased risk of cancer, Alzheimer’s, and depression. These are all a result of insulin resistance and too much insulin.

And because insulin resistance (and diabesity) are a direct outcome of diet and lifestyle, the condition is 100 percent reversible in the vast majority of cases, according to Dr. Hyman.

Hyman outlines his 8 Steps to Reversing Diabesity in Blood Sugar Solution, and reports the following results from his beta testing group; weight loss, loss of inches, lowered blood pressure, more energy and less fatigue, reduction in joint pain, improved moods and sleep, eliminated brain fog, and overall a greater sense of well being.

Who doesn’t want that?

I say grab a copy now, and get one for your husband, parents and friends.. They’ll thank you in a few months when they feel and look amazing.

The American Heart Association, and the Million Hearts Initiative are campaigning for heart health, and adding these 5 easy foods to your diet will help.

Check out the tv clip for the live version.

1)   Red Pepper::

Red bell peppers provide your daily dose of Vitamin C, and are a wonderful addition to your diet, especially during the winter cold and flu months.  They help support your immunity and also provide double your daily need of Vitamin A.  I showed them steamed with broccoli and garlic for a colorful and tasty side dish.

2)   Beets::

Beets are high in heart healthy folate, which helps to produce healthy cells.  They also contain magnesium, a necessary mineral for healthy bones and muscles. They’re also high in fiber, and help support a healthy digestion and immunity.

I shared a roasted beet salad with slivers of red onion, olive oil and a splash of red wine vinegar.  I also love grating raw beets on top of my salad greens.

3)   Tomatoes::

Tomatoes are high in the antioxidant lycopene, which is released when cooked.  Lycopene is particularly healthy for men, and has been indicated in prostate cancer prevention.  They also contain the essential, and often deficient minerals potassium and magnesium, as well as Vitamin C to boost your immunity.

I shared an organic tomato sauce with gluten free pasta, salsa, and a lovely tomato soup.

4)   Wild Salmon::

Wild Salmon is both a healthy protein and fat, containing essential omega 3 fatty acids to reduce inflammation, benefit the heart muscle and boost your immunity.  Vegan or vegetarians, get your EFA’s from flax oil or flax seeds, or chia seeds.

I shared smoked wild salmon on a bed of greens.

5)   Red Wine::  in moderation

Red wine is loaded with polyphenols , most notably resveratrol , an antioxidant that is known to lower cholesterol, and has been shown to help prevent certain cancers, especially prostate cancer when consumed at the correct level.  This antioxidant has also been indicated in preventing dementia.

Red wine can lower risk of heart disease, because it prevents blood clotting and plaque formation.

Caution on this one: For men, the amounts of red wine are more lenient and studies recommend a glass or two a night, but for women, having more than a few drinks a week increases the risk for breast cancer.