I'm Italian and I'm passionate about food.
I love salads and it hurts me when they are treated just like a sad and unsexy side dish.
I will give salads the importance they deserve as a complete and yummy course.
I will use a variety of healthy and nutritious ingredients which have a high content of vitamins, minerals, protein and carbohydrates.
As I care about the environment and the...
My research, clinical practice and books have tried to help people understand how their eating is influenced by their brain chemistry and mood. And on the other side, how they can activate their mental energy and decrease their stress by what they eat. My co-author, Dr Nina Marquis and I wrote a recently published book, The Serotonin Power Diet, Rodale 2007 which helps people control overeating...
Dr. Farid Zarif, Nutrition Physician and founder of Dr. Zarif's Naturals. Author, scientist, and owner of one of the world's most successful weight loss products business. Dr. Zarif is a Weight-Loss and Fitness Guru. He introduced, the "Zarifian Method" and "The Rhythm Diet" to America early 2007. The Zarifian Method helps to correct common...
I strive to write my blog with wit, warmth and passion. My passions? Food, exercise and randonmess.
I strongly believe that eating real, whole foods -- consisting of lots of vegetables -- is the key to health. Highly processed yet "low fat" or "low carb" foods will leave us wanting more and turning to less healthy choices to fulfill our needs. I also believe that processed...
Just Saying No is about living life...sugar free! Nobody needs sugar to be sweet, or to live the sweet life. This blog focuses on the food you CAN eat when you live sugar free, low carb, even gluten free.
Six years ago, I weighed 120 pounds. Now, I weigh 127 pounds. Yet, I can confidently say that I have "lost weight."
As a child, my diet consisted of McDonalds and Burger King. Living in Flushing, NY with my dad, fast-food built the base of my "city" diet. After moving to Fairfax, VA, my diet improved in that I ate more real, home-made food. However, I still ate a lot, almost...
After feeling sick and tired of, well, feeling sick and tired, I decided to try another route. In The Raw is the incredibly true (mis)adventures of one gal's transition into the land of raw foods. Funny thing...when you eat fresh, living food, you begin to feel more alive. Chronic health conditions -- migraines, acne, edema, depression, fatigue, heartburn -- vanished overnight. Once morbidly...
I was a vegetarian for 11 years. After that I was on a high carb low fat diet for years another 10 years. None of these diets worked for me long term. As a vegetarian, I wasn't getting enough protein and had very little muscle mass. On low fat high carb, I was constantly hungry and had to do an insane amount of exercise to stay thin.
In May 2009, I switched to a Low Carb High Fat Whole Food...
I am the LA Low-carb Examiner at Examiner.com, a Lap-band patient, a low-carb lifestyle proponent, and a fervent reader to stay on top of current medical research. I believe in saturated fat, resistance training, the 912 Project, and all things lard.
