News and Articles from Positive Choice Integrative Wellness Center
Kim and Husband Lose Over 230 Pounds
When you feel like quitting think about why you started! Kim and her husband lost a total of 230 lbs together in our Full Fasting Program. She continues to eat clean and exercise, way to go Kim!
Introducing a New Whole Food Weight Management Program
Healthy Balance - Weight Management and Healthy Living Program Convenient, affordable, and led by experts, the Healthy Balance Program is based on three basic ideas for success: Healthy Eating, Daily Habits, and Physical Activity. Programs are offered weekly. Start...
How Much Fruits and Vegetables is Enough?
You have probably heard that you should strive to eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, but what you may not have heard is the average person actually needs about 9 servings a day for optimum health. A serving being about 1/2 to 1 cup of vegetables or about...
What Happened to Chicken?
How many years have we heard that chicken is a better choice than beef because it is lower in saturated fat? Well it seems that when it comes to chicken things have changed. Studies that track foods to weight gain clearly indicate that meat eaters compared to vegans...
A Tomato a Day Keeps Heart Disease Away!
If you live in an industrialized nation, you formed plaque in your arteries before you finished your teen years. But research clearly shows that damage to arteries can be reversed with diets that emphasize whole, plant-based foods. Fruits and vegetables in...
GMO Labeling- Should You Care?
Most people hear the word genetically modified and think what's the big deal? Isn't that just a fancy term for describing the manipulation of plant DNA to make a new version? Genetically modified does mean that scientists controlled the pollination of certain plants...
Manage Your Time – Manage Your Stress
Focus on what's most important to you. Taking on too much can wear you out. Learn to say "no" and let go of things that do not matter. Set one small goal at a time. Use a day planner. Break large projects into smaller ones. Ask for help. Let your children, spouse,...
Lower Your Blood Cholesterol Naturally and Avoid Statins
A study published in the Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism (2013) found that a single serving of four Brazil nuts lowered blood cholesterol levels faster than Statin drugs and kept cholesterol levels down even a month after eating them! Sounds too good to be true?...
George Creates New Life for Himself!
George lost 92 pounds - So can you! Trying to lose weight can seem impossible, but it's not! Sometimes it just takes the right timing and support. If you don't know where to start, contact us and we will help. Way to go George! Eat healthy, move a lot, laugh, love,...
Brandon Makes Big Changes To His Life.
"I have never been my ideal goal weight EVER in my adult life. The last time my weight was normal was when I was in the 7th grade!" Thanks to the Full Fasting program at Positive Choice I have lost 150 lbs. My blood pressure is now normal and I have now been able to...
Cosmetic Services at Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente now provides cosmetic skin services and products to help you achieve your skin's optimum health. You can look more youthful and radiant, no matter your age! The corner stone of a healthy, vibrant complexion begins with a quality skin care regimen...
Barley – Your New Best Friend
Cooking With Barley Traditionally American diet's are rich in wheat. But the wheat grown now is genetically different from the wheat our grandparents ate because it has been genetically modified over the last two decades. These newer strains of wheat are not as widely...
Kaiser Permanente’s Dr. Mike Moreno Talks Nutrition with the Padres
TEAM KP AT THE BOLT TO THE Q
CONGRATULATIONS to TEAM KP you all did a great job!!!!!!!
Number One Food That Makes You Fat!
According to a study published in the England Journal of Medicine, potato chips were the most "weight inducing food tested". The coating of salt, fat, and sugar found on and in the starch of the potato provide the brain with a powerful appetite inducing single,...
How to make your skin look like your twenty!
Exercise not only appears to keep skin younger, it may also even reverse skin aging in people who start exercising late in life, according to surprising new research. After about age 40, most of us begin to experience a thickening of our outer layer of skin. This...
Pesticide ratings in fruits and vegetables
2014 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce Two-thirds of produce samples in recent government tests had pesticide residues. Don't want to eat bug- and weed-killers? Check out EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce . It is worth your health to purchase...
Quitting Tobacco
One of the best things you can do for your health is to quit using tobacco! When you quit tobacco you... Decrease your risk of heart attack, stroke, lung/throat cancer, diabetes, emphysema, and many other diseases. Live longer, have stronger bones, sleep better,...
The Body Fat You Want To Keep
Get the pdf version of this article Your WEIGHT: It’s About More than Just a Number. If you struggle with excess weight you needn’t feel alone. Seventy percent of Americans struggle right along with you, with thirty-six percent of them carrying more than 35 pounds of...
BEANS Help You Live Longer!
The Amazing Truth about Beans! When studies compared the nutrition habits of people from Japan, Greece, Sweden, and Australia looking for foods connected with longevity they found only one food group in common, BEANS! It seems that all types of beans are connected...