Let’s Talk Health and Nutrition with Dr. H

                                                     Healthy Snacking can contribute significantly to essential nutrient intake and to the required caloric intake of persons on an overall healthy diet and those maintaining an overall healthy lifestyle. 5 Tips for ensuring Healthy Snacking include: Prioritizing planning and preparation:  Of utmost importance is making sure that nutritious options are purchased and available. Further preparing healthy options for easy access can be helpful such as slicing or dicing certain fruits and vegetables. Establishing a meal and snack schedule: Having a routine for regular meals and possibly snacks and consistently sticking to it reduce the likelihood of meal skipping which can lead to snacking on unhealthy choices when overly hungry.   Keeping unhealthy snacks out of sight: By removing unhealthy snacks fr...

To My Dear Readers: This post is to inform you that I now have available to you a new YouTube channel which is another version or spin off of Let's Talk Health and Nutrition with Dr. H.  This YouTube channel presents much of the information in video format which is sometimes easier to listen to as you go about your own daily activities.  It is my promise, goal and purpose to provide you with consistently truthful, accurate, and valid information as we all continue on our journeys towards optimal health, wellness and wholeness. Remember the dimensions of health and wellness are physical, spiritual, emotional, social, financial, occupational, intellectual, environmental tempered with creativity and cultural awareness. Link to YouTube Channel: Please note that on the Youtube Channel, there are several full videos depicting a myriad of health and nutrition issues and topics.  However, YouTube has now allowed creators like me to provide "shorts" which give just a sni...

                                    Fad Diets versus Nurturing Healthy Eating Habits - YouTube                                    

  Emotional Eating: What is it??                                                           Emotional Eating involves the conscious or unconscious utilization of foods as sources of comfort when faced with challenges, stressors, boredom, loneliness, sadness, adverse situations and other life issues such as relationships, work related issues or financial hardships that may trigger negative emotions.                                                                                      The Cons of Emotional Eating While eating emotionally may temporarily bring comfort by acting as a distraction from the real underlying issues, this p...