TIRAMISU TWINKIES and The "WHITE" diet!?

When you do an internet search for Colitis or Crohn's, you most likely will find the "White Diet" plan. In this plan you are not suppose to eat whole grain bread.... eat white bread. No brown rice.... only white rice.The WHITE DIET consists of: Rice, Egg Whites, White meat of chicken, White bread, White kind of cheese, White beans, Non-fat milkThey advice to follow...

Strawberry Angel Food Cake

BETTY CROCKER ANGEL FOOD CAKE Ingredients: Sugar, Wheat Flour Bleached, Egg White, Corn Starch, Leavening (Baking Soda, Citric Acid), Modified Corn Starch, Calcium Chloride, Modified Soy Protein, Salt, Cellulose Gum, Dextrose, Maltodextrin, Artificial Flavor, Sodium Lauryl Flavor (A Whipping Aid), Nonfat Milk.Yuck! Sugar, sugar, sugar and soy... bad bad bad...I get a lot of questions on products...

Bagels and WHY NO WHEAT!

Are you trying to eat gluten free and not feeling so well? Maybe flu-like, depressed, irritable? There are 2 main reasons why this happens.1. Some people do go through "flu" like symptoms when their fat cells are shrinking because this is where the toxins are stored. When you start to lose the fat, the toxins are released into the bloodstream causing ill-feelings. Not pleasant, but it is the...

Mint Chip Gelato and MATCHA BENEFITS

This is a special testimony from a client dealing the depression and anxiety:As "the skinny girl" my entire life it was a medical condition and the medications necessary for me to take for the rest of my life that packed on more than 50 lbs. in a very short amount of time at the age of 37 that led me places I had never been before. Although the medication was making me feel better, it was a different...

HEALTH APPRAISAL DISCOUNT

I get a lot of questions on what supplements are best to take. It is very personal and it depends on your goals and what is going on in your body. I just added a new option on my website: http://www.marianutrition.com/pricing.htmlIn this package, you will be emailed a health assessment (HAQ) that you fill out online. I then do an analysis of your results and give you feedback on what supplements,...

Gyros

Here is a wonderful note I recently received from a client."Dear Maria,I have looked everywhere on your site for an e-mail address I finally found this one. I just want to share my story and why I am so thankful for you! I am 25 I was diagnosed with diabetes and high blood pressure shortly after giving birth to my daughter in 2010. As a child I was overweight but then I went on the Atkins...

Dairy Free Frozen Yogurt

When I was a teenager, I mistakenly ate fat free frozen yogurt for a dessert thinking it was a safe "diet" food. NOPE, it isn't. One of the most famous frozen yogurt chains ingredients for vanilla yogurt powder is: Pure Crystalline Fructose, Dextrose, Maltodextrin, Non-fat Milk, Yogurt Powder, Micro-encapsulated Probiotic (Lactobacillus Sporogenes)Not good! The first 3 ingredients = sugar,...

Shamrock Shake and HERB GARDEN

McDonald's SHAMROCK SHAKE INGREDIENTS: (Vanilla Reduced Fat Ice Cream): Milk, sugar, cream, nonfat milk solids, corn syrup solids, mono- and diglycerides, guar gum, dextrose, sodium citrate, artificial vanilla flavor, sodium phosphate, carrageenan, disodium phosphate, cellulose gum, vitamin A palmitate. Shamrock Shake Syrup: High fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, water, sugar, natural flavor, xanthan...

Nutella Protein Waffles and Type I DIABETES

A great testimony from a Type I diabetic.:"Maria,Kathy and I have to let you know what the time with you has done forus. As you know I am a type 1 diabetic and am always looking toimprove my eating habits. And like most Americans we are also tryingto fight the onslaught of cheap easy food and what it does to us.My goal as a type 1 diabetic was to reduce my insulin intake and tostop taking drugs that...