The Hemp Connection [01/27/17] 

  • If you have PCOS, it's likely you've been told that your risk of diabetes is increased. And that means it's likely this news headline caught your eye.Here is the reference to the article that the story was based on, if you want to track it down online or in your local library.Dixon JB, O'Brien PE, Playfair J, Chapman L, Schachter …

  • Food of the week: Leeks

    Anyone living out West has had a week of comfort food weather! Here in Phoenix we had as much rain in a week as we normally get in a year. I haven't felt like venturing out, and I want foods that warm me from the inside out.And that has had me thinking about leeks.Leeks are the onion's, unfortunately less popular and often forgott…

  • What PCOS topics would you like us to write about?

    Over the last week, I've received quite a few requests to write about specific topics. While I'm making up the list…I thought I'd throw out a call for questions.What do you want to know? How can we help you?I look forward to your questions! …

  • Last year I was asked to write a practically-based article on PCOS for the newsletter published by the Women's Health Practice group of the American Dietetic Association. I just found the newsletter online and since it's packed with information and the colleagues accompanying me are pretty much the"Who's Who" of nutrition and PCOS…

  • What if this information isn't working?

    We focus a lot on the successes our program achieves, but I thought I'd take a blog post to talk about what happens when it doesn't work. I'm not so sure that's the way to describe unexpected results, but since that's how clients often perceive and define it, that's what I'll use for this discussion.PCOS is a counterintuitive synd…

  • Fitness Friday: Why"cheat days" and PCOS are a bad combination

    Source: bakersroyale.com via Lauren on PinterestIf you have ever lived in the world of athletes, you may be familiar with a term, the"cheat day". A cheat day is a day set aside each week to eat the foods that are not on your diet…it is included in a lot of strict regimens with the philosophy that if you let yourself have those foo…

  • One of my favorite healthy eating tricks — turn something you DON'T like into something you DO

    Source: kalynskitchen.com via Amanda on PinterestI've now worked with three Chow Locally boxes, and for the most part I was cruising along. Until this past week when arugula showed up in the box. A few years ago, I belonged to a CSA at a farm where arugula grew particularly well. So for weeks at a time, it would show up in the box…