Sugar Impact Diet
Want to know what to buy at the store to set yourself up for dieting success? Take a peek into my fridge and pantry to find out which products I stock and why. It’s a quick, easy way to form…
JJ’s Videos: Tour of My Fridge and Pantry
Want to know what to buy at the store to set yourself up for dieting success? Take a peek into my fridge and pantry to find out which products I stock and why. It’s a quick, easy way to form…
JJ’s Videos: Simple Sugar Swaps
Eating too much sugar can cause a host of health problems, from diabetes and elevated cholesterol to increased risk of heart disease. But sugar sneaks into foods you’d never suspect,…
JJ’s Videos: What Do I Hand Out for Halloween?
Dressing up and going trick-or-treating is lots of fun!
What’s NOT so fun is children bouncing off the walls from the inevitable sugar high, followed by a crash that makes the…
JJ’s Videos: What to Eat at a Breakfast Buffet
Your friends invited you out to weekend brunch, and you thought, “It’ll be fine. So maybe I’ll cheat just a little…”
Then you arrived to find a buffet full…
Test Your Sugar IQ with the 3 Most Common Sweetener Mistakes
By now, you probably know you should lower your sugar impact.
Too much sugar causes weight gain, inflammation, and makes you feel rotten. Sugar has also been linked to increased risk of…
What to Eat When You’re Sick
It starts with a slight scratch in the back of your throat. You feel small aches and pains that you chalk up to getting older. Then, maybe your forehead starts to feel a little warm, or you notice…
Quick Question: When Is It Okay to Use Stevia?
I didn’t realize how terrible America’s sugar addiction really was until I wrote my NY Times bestseller The Virgin Diet.
On the Virgin Diet, you cut out the 7 foods…
Who Is Your Best Health Detective?
Every human body is different. And yet, you’ll find the bookstore is full of one-size-fits-all approaches. Some of the most popular diet and self-help titles offer a single set of…
3 Things You Must Know For Your Diet to Succeed
It’s time for a change.
You did your homework and found a diet and lifestyle plan that works for you. You circled a start date on your calendar and prepped your kitchen.
You’re…
Control Your Appetite: 6 Simple Strategies to Crush Cravings
It’s 3 PM, and your stomach is growling. Your energy levels have flatlined, and lunchtime feels like years ago.
You just resolved to stop afternoon snacking to drop a few pounds. Yet…
What Is Leaky Gut? How to Understand and Repair the Damage
Fast food, instant messaging, express lanes, high-speed Internet: We live in a non-stop, do-it-now kind of world. While lightning-quick is convenient, the pace and…











