Understanding Potassium in Kidney Disease

Understanding potassium in kidney disease is crucial for managing diet. Many of my favorite foods just so happen to be among the highest potassium foods you can eat: ripe bananas; sweet potatoes that are perfectly slow-baked until their inside melts like butter and tastes like honey; butternut squash soups of any…

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Small Steps To Win Big

People often ask me what changes they should make to their diet in order to improve their health or to help them lose weight. Sometimes they are looking for a quick and easy solution to a complicated problem. The answer I give them is often simple, but not in the way…

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Thinking About Changing Your Diet To Improve Your Health?

Consider these five things. 1.  Healthy dishes taste delicious in a much different way than unhealthy dishes. In order to be serious about changing your diet, you have to teach your taste buds to appreciate different flavors. That’s what I mean when I say, #ChangeYourBuds.  (Watch my video explanation of #ChangeYourBuds here.)…

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