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As the holidays approach, parties become numerous, as does the challenge of keeping your commitment to healthful eating and drinking.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File eat_right/1451nd2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Joy Dubost, PhD
- Organization Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
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Guest Bio
With more than 15 years of experience, Dr. Dubost has worked in the areas of clinical nutrition, research, public health intervention, education and communications. She owns Dubost Food & Nutrition Solutions, LLC., which specializes in scientific advising, education, and communications. Joy is a frequent speaker to health professionals and the public. She has authored research articles for scientific journals, and writes nutrition and food science articles for professional and consumer publications. Dr. Dubost is a national media spokesperson for the largest nutrition professional association in the U.S., the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She is frequently quoted in local and national publications, including USA Today, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, and NY Times and has made numerous radio and television
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Melanie Cole (Host): Festive drinks are as much a part of the holiday fun and tradition as the delicious food, but you know those calories really add up as you start adding in the alcoholic beverages. My guest today is Dr. Joy Dubost. She is a registered dietitian/nutritionist. Welcome to the show, Dr. Dubost. Drinking – people don’t realize the calories that are added in when they start drinking a glass of wine or a margarita or something even more thick and frothy as the drinks add on. Tell us what we can do to make that holiday cheer just a little bit less damaging to our total caloric count at the end of the day.
Dr. Joy Dubost (Guest): Well, you are so right and I appreciate you bringing me on to talk about this topic because people really don’t think about calories from beverages in the same way that they think about calories from food, especially at a holiday party. You know, on average, alcoholic beverages are the sixth leading source of calories among Americans, and I would venture to say, even though I don’t necessarily have the research to support this, that most people bring up their level of drinking or drinking more frequently because there are so many best of parties going on at this time of year. It is something to be mindful of and there are ways to make sure that you’re not quickly adding up those calories which unfortunately can lead to the weight gain.
Melanie: Let’s start with some of the more innocuous ones, wine and beer. If we’re going to stick with wine, how many calories in a glass of wine.
Dr. Dubost: In 2010, a dietary guideline defined what a standard drink is. What they said is that a five-ounce glass of wine, notably five ounces—which many of us don’t always cap off at five ounces—that has about 12 percent alcoholic content, is about a hundred calories. Just keep that in mind that five ounces is about a hundred calories. The issue comes in is that the wine glasses, if you’ve noticed, have increased in size as well as if you’re out at social functions, you keep refilling that glass, and so soon, you just don’t realize how many calories you’ve actually consumed because it just, for one, goes down so quickly and, two, you just keep refilling. You have to keep in mind from that standpoint that you need to limit your drinks.
Melanie: What do you think, Dr. Dubost, about Skinnygirl and things of that nature that are supposed to be lower calorie fun drinks for us?
Dr. Dubost: I think they do have a place, particularly when you are at such parties and whether you go with the Skinnygirl cocktails, which do limit the caloric intake. Now again, if you’re going to continue to drink, those calories will still add up. Sometimes people think, “Well, I can have more because it’s limited in calories.” You can’t always go with that mindset because alcohol is still contributing calories. On average, it’s seven calories per gram of alcohol. Regardless, I think they do have their role, but you still have to be mindful of what you’re consuming and whether you go with something like Skinnygirl. There are other tips that you can incorporate into whether you’re planning a party and providing the alcoholic beverage or whether you’re out socializing at a restaurant or bar. There are ways to make sure that you stay in check with those calories.
Melanie: Give us some of your best tips to do that.
Dr. Dubost: Sure. For instance, when you’re… we already talked about the wine and making sure that you top it off and being mindful and knowing your limit with those type of alcoholic beverages, you could also do like a wine spritzer to help dilute, if you will, the calories because you’re combining it with a type of spritzer or carbonated water. The only thing I just want to mention is along the lines of beer—I’m a huge fan of beer. I’m actually a beer steward with the Master Brewers Association of America, so I enjoy my beer as much as anybody else—but on average, the alcoholic content for a 12-ounce beer is five percent, although most people consume about 4.2 percent because actually light beer, which is around 90 to 100 calories, is the most commonly consumed alcoholic beverage, which I think is quite notable. You can see that people are trying to pay attention to their calories by drinking the light beer. Your average beer has about 150 calories.
There is one thing though with the beer. It’s that you’ll note the caloric content is pretty standard, although the beer calories can vary based on the alcoholic content, but most of the labels will list, particularly light beers, what the caloric content would be and you know that’s not a change because it’s not like the wine where you continue to refill the glass. You get one 12-ounce beer; you’re going to know your calories. It’s an easier way to track the calories with the beer, if you will, versus some other mixed drinks or even wine where the mixed drinks may have varying amounts of alcohol in it. Just that little tip on the beer side.
Melanie: What about some of the mixed drinks? Some of those mixers are where the calories come in two-fold in margarita mix and all the sugar and all those. What do we do about those?
Dr. Dubost: Yeah, so the tips I would provide is really lighten it up. Mix your favorite spirit with either diet soda, diet tonic, or calorie-free seltzer. We talked about the caloric contents of beer and wine. With regard to any kind of liquor such as gin, rum, vodka, or whiskey, basically the definition of standard drink there is one-and-a-half ounce shot of an 80-proof liquor, which typically what you would get, is just under a hundred calories. If you take that and you combine that with any type of diet product or calorie-free seltzer, you’re going to limit your calories there. Again, that’s basically a one-and-a-half ounce shot. The key is that you must want to use the shot glass to measure it out. Another thing you can do is add flavor. A lot of these spirits come in a variety of flavors, so instead of thinking of using sugar-rich syrups, you can actually look for spirits that come in flavors like grape fruit or pomegranate with little calories and that will help lower the caloric intake because you’re not adding flavors from bottled juice or any kind of mixers.
Melanie: Speaking of juice, you know, that would seem to be sort of a healthy alternative. I don’t love the Skinnygirl just because I don’t like the additives and the artificial sweeteners and those kinds of things, but juices add a lot of calories, but yet they’re kind of a healthy alternative.
Dr. Dubost: That is true. That is definitely true and I think a hundred percent juice has a role in the diet. When it comes to things of this nature, when we’re talking about alcoholic contents, you’re getting calories from other sources and the point is try to lower your calories. I think in the case of this, you can do what I mentioned about looking for those flavored vodkas, tequilas, or rum. You can actually switch up the sugar. Agave nectar, for instance, when used in some of those mixers, is a bit sweeter, so you could use a little less of it. Although it’s still contributing the calories, but use a little bit less. The point is you want to try to lower the amount of calories coming in so that it’s not adding up the calories beyond what alcohol provides.
Melanie: I love agave nectar myself, too, Dr. Dubost, so that’s a great suggestion as well. What about things like eggnog? My goodness, you can just load up on that. It’s like eating your cake.
Dr. Dubost: It’s so true. In that case, that should be your dessert. If you’re going to go and have alcoholic drinks during these parties, you also have to monitor your food intake. If you’re going to have a sweet indulge in alcoholic beverage, that should be your dessert to help save on the calories and look for the lighter eggnogs because there’s quite a few good ones out there.
Melanie: I know Whole Foods does carry an organic, lighter eggnog. In just the last 30 seconds or so, Dr. Dubost, your best advice for lower calorie holiday drinking to enjoy our cheers.
Dr. Dubost: Watch your glass size, make a few tradeoffs, like skipping the appetizers or the desserts, and then just really mind how many portions of alcoholic beverages you have through the night.
Melanie: That’s great information. Enjoy your holiday cheer. Just watch what you’re doing as you’re doing it. You’re listening to Eat Right Radio with our good friends from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. For more information, you can go to eatright.org. That’s eatright.org. This is Melanie Cole. Thanks for listening and stay well. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Boosting your metabolism and keeping your workout new and balanced helps keep your look tight.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File train_your_body/1451tb2a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Allison (Ally) Bowersock, Ph.D.,
- Organization ACSM
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Guest Bio
Ally Bowersock is an assistant professor and the director of the Health and Exercise Science program at Jefferson College of Health Sciences in Roanoke, VA. Ally received her Bachelor of Science degree in both Allied Health and Nutrition from Bridgewater College, her Master’s degree in Kinesiology from James Madison University, and her doctorate in Education with a cognate in Health Promotion from Virginia Tech. Ally is an active member of both the ACSM and the NSCA. In her free time, Ally enjoys training for and competing in running and triathlon events ranging from 5k’s to Iron-distance triathlons.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Famous last words: “I’ll lose that extra weight after the holidays.”
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File eat_right/1451nd2a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Jennifer McDaniel, MS, RD,
- Organization Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
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Guest Bio
Jennifer McDaniel, MS, RD, CSSD, LD is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) and Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD). She is a national media spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is a regular on-air contributor for KTVI Fox 2 News.
Jennifer is founder and owner of Saint Louis based private practice, McDaniel Nutrition Therapy, a nutrition consulting company that specializes in weight management, sports nutrition, and corporate wellness -
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Melanie Cole (Host): Do you find yourself saying one of the following, “I’ll lose that extra weight after the holidays,” or “My New Year’s resolution will be to lose weight and eat healthier”? We all say that all the time, but you’re not really sure what goes on at the holidays and how much weight actually does pack on with some of the food that we eat during the holidays. My guest is Jennifer McDaniel. She’s a registered dietitian/nutritionist and a certified specialist in sports dietetics. Welcome to the show, Jennifer. Let’s talk about, first of all, how much weight do people really gain over the holidays?
Jennifer McDaniel (Guest): Melanie, I think you might be surprised. Do you want to take a guess? I’ll give you a couple of options. I’ll give you one pound, three pounds, or five pounds. Over the course of the holiday, how much weight do you think on average an American gains?
Melanie: Five, for sure.
Jennifer: Okay. The good news that I have for you…
Melanie: Or more.
Jennifer: No. Actually, it’s only one pound.
Melanie: Really?
Jennifer: This was studied by the New England Journal of Medicine. It was studied a couple of years ago, so maybe that number has changed slightly. But they came out with the average weight gain being only one pound over the course of the holidays. Now, the bad news that I have to share with you is that we don’t lose that pound. That’s a very short period of time that we’re talking about. We gain one pound of weight and we gain it every single year. That’s why we’re sharing some good strategies on healthy holiday weight and keeping a healthy holiday weight today.
Melanie: One of the things that I always hear is, “I’m going to be really good this holiday,” Jennifer, and “I am just absolutely going to keep on my diet and even try and lose.” Is that a ridiculous time to try and lose weight or to stick with your diet plan?
Jennifer: Well, I tell my clients that if they maintain their weight over the holiday season that we can claim that as success. Because yes, the holidays sort of work against us. Just this past week, we attended two holiday eating events. My kids brought in holiday cookies. We’re stressed. The to-do lists are longer. So it’s certainly a challenging time of the year to really focus on healthy eating and exercise. At the same time, when we do this and we take care of ourselves over the holidays, we will enjoy them in a healthier way as well.
Melanie: All those social events, and as you say, the cookies and things that come into the house, what do we do about that? Who has willpower that strong, Jennifer? Give us some tips and strategies for dealing with those tempting things that are in front of our face for three solid weeks.
Jennifer: Yes, I think you hit the nail on the head, Melanie. We want to take willpower out of the equation and we really want to set up a household and a kitchen in particular where it’s easy to make healthy decisions. For example, when my son brought those holiday cookies in, instead of putting them in the cupboard, where, when I open up the cupboard, the first thing that I see and my family sees are those cookies, is I mummified them. I wrapped them in aluminum foil and I put them on the top shelf where it’s hard to see. If we can make those tempting foods inconvenient and invisible, you are not going to be as tempted to eat them. On the flip side, one of the things that we have done in our own household to make healthy eating easier is I had actually taken a produce out of my produce bin, which I often call composting bin, and I prepped and taken a little extra time to, say, cut up the carrots, cut up some bell peppers, put fresh fruits and vegetables in clear containers front and center in my kitchen and in my refrigerator. When I open that up, that’s the first thing I see. We really want to make healthy foods front and center in our kitchens and we want to make those tempting treats more inconvenient and invisible, for sure.
Melanie: Let’s talk about how busy we are. I love that you used “mummify them.” That’s very cool. We’re all so busy. It’s a very stressful time of the year. And so some of us stress eat and just grab some of those things that maybe we didn’t sort of get out of our sightline. How does the being busy, the stress, maybe even a lack of sleep, affect the fact of our weight gain during the holidays?
Jennifer: Yes. Certainly, when we are sleep-deprived, our hunger hormones do not work for us. They work against us. We find that our cravings are more intense. And what we have seen actually in one study is that if we got 96 more minutes of sleep, that that cut our junk food craving by 62 percent. Sleep really plays a role in terms of how we respond to certain foods. And also, when we’re awake for longer amounts of time over the course of the day, we try to sort of overcompensate for that and eat more because we’re awake for longer hours of the day. Sleep certainly plays a role. In my household, we really try to make sleep a priority. I think it’s important to remember that we are going to be so much more efficient in those job tasks if we do them in a well-rested state. In terms of stress, I think that this is certainly a time of the year, the holidays, in which we don’t forego exercise. Yes, it’s cold. It’s darker and it’s not as nice outside, but I know that if I strap on these tennis shoes and I go for even a brisk 15 to 20-minute walk, I come back refreshed, I come back less stressed, and it’s much easier to make healthier decisions. This time of the year, this is when I really implore my clients to maintain that exercise schedule to help them deal both with stress and also to sleep better.
Melanie: Are you a fan of eating before you go to a party, Jennifer?
Jennifer: Totally. I think that even if it’s a dinner party, just taking in 100 calories of a gratifying, satisfying snack can help you eat hundreds of calories less at that party, maybe…
Melanie: Can it really, or does it make it so you double up? Because you eat anyway or you feel like, “Well, I should eat because this person is serving all these things.” Does it double up the calories, or does it really curb your appetite so maybe you just don’t eat as much?
Jennifer: I would say for most of my clients and in my own personal experience, if I have something like a big apple before I head into a party, I can much easily turn down those appetizers. There’s a lot of things that it makes it easier for me to do if I don’t go in there hungry, but if I enter into an eating event or social eating event in a hungry state, my resolve is going to be much lower, especially if you pair alcohol with that as well.
Melanie: With New Year’s Day right around the corner—and we only have about a minute and a half left—if we were to set resolutions -- and are you a fan of setting resolutions where healthy eating and exercise come in, what would those be?
Jennifer: I think that this is a time of the year to assess where we are and where we want to go. There’s nothing wrong with setting some goals. But I think that those goals need to be ones that are sustainable goals and realistic goals and things that are going to make healthy eating easier for you. Things that I personally am going to be setting for 2015 is I’m going to try to keep an organized kitchen where healthy eating decisions are on autopilot. When I bring groceries home, instead of just putting them away, I’m going to take a little additional time when I have it to cut up that produce and put it in the clear containers that I mentioned earlier. Keeping an organized kitchen is something that I think can help all of us. The other thing that I feel is really important for people to do is to keep a monitoring system of their progress. Whether that’s something like just stepping on the scale every single morning to see how weight is progressing and looking at trends of weight over time, that allows us to be aware of small changes in our health over time versus realizing, “Oh, I can’t fit into that size of jeans anymore.” That’s going to be a much larger change. So really setting up a monitoring system, whether it be weighing yourself daily or keeping a food journal. Some of my clients will keep a food journal when they hit a certain number on the scale two days in a row and like, oh, it’s time to pick up that food journal again. It’s really going to help me with my awareness and my accountability. We know that when people keep a food journal, they lose two times more weight than those who don’t. The monitoring systems are important, and that will help you stick to goals throughout 2015.
Melanie: Then give us your last bit of best advice for getting through the holidays, with only that one pound you talked about as opposed to the five that I thought it was.
Jennifer: I think really the most important thing is to really try to stay on your schedule as much as possible. Eating every three to four hours. Not going for long periods of time because you forgot to bring a snack with you during that grocery or that mall shopping trip. Really kind of sticking to your eating schedule so you don’t find yourself in a hungry state, and then also really prioritizing that time for yourself, time to exercise and time to hit the sleep button when it’s time to go to sleep. Making sure that you’re rested so you can really handle these holidays in a healthy-minded state.
Melanie: Thank you so much. You’re listening to Eat Right Radio with our good friends from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. For more information, you can go to eatright.org. That’s eatright.org. This is Melanie Cole. Thanks for listening and stay well. - Length (mins) 10
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- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Listen in as Dr. Mike provides the answers to a wealth of health and wellness questions.
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- Segment Number 5
- Audio File healthy_talk/1450ht4e.mp3
- Organization Life Extension
- Guest Website Healthy Talk MD
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Internal Notes NO GUEST
- Host Mike Smith, MD
Tinnitus is the perception of sound in one or both ears, when no external sound is present.
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File healthy_talk/1450ht4d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Timothy Frantz, MD
- Book Title Hearing Loss: Facts and Fiction
- Guest Website The Hear Doc
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Guest Bio
Timothy Frantz, M.D., aka "The Hear Doc," has provided Ear, Nose and Throat care to families in California for over 20 years.
As a board-certified Ear, Nose and Throat physician (ENT), licensed hearing aid dispenser, speaker, and author, Dr. Frantz is dedicated to helping people hear better using medical and surgical techniques, hearing aid technology, and media appearances.
Dr. Frantz attended The Chicago Medical School and graduated with high honors as the senior class president. After receiving his M.D., he completed two years of general surgery training and three years of ENT specialty training, including one year as chief resident, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
In 1994, Dr. Frantz opened his private ENT practice in Red Bluff, California, where he actively practices ENT and dispenses hearing aids. Dr. Frantz's research has been published in national medical journals and he has spoken regionally and nationally on ENT topics including hearing loss.
Dr. Frantz is a member of the American Board of Otolaryngology, the American Medical Writers Association, the International Hearing Society and the Hearing Loss Association of America.
As "America's Ear Doctor," Dr. Frantz is passionate about helping individuals with hearing loss, as well as their families. He has been featured on several nationally syndicated talk shows. In addition to his book, Hearing Loss: Facts or Fiction, he writes a quarterly newsletter on hearing loss which is available at no charge through this website (click "CONTACT") and blog (click "BLOG"). - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Mike Smith, MD
Herbal extracts provide strong anti-inflammatory benefits.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File healthy_talk/1450ht4a.mp3
- Organization Life Extension
- Guest Website Healthy Talk MD
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Internal Notes NO GUEST
- Host Mike Smith, MD
There's a new approach to overcoming addiction... using nutrition to help bolster the recovery process.
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- Segment Number 5
- Audio File naturally_savvy/1450ns3e.mp3
- Featured Speaker Alex Zaphiris, MD, MS
- Guest Website Recovery Superstar
- Guest Twitter Account @Dr_Zaphiris
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Alex Zaphiris, MD, MS is an integrative family physician and neuro-nutrient specialist practicing in San Francisco, California. She serves as Clinical Faculty at University of California San Francisco and Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Through her medical office, Care Practice, Dr. Zaphiris guides and supports patients with a variety of addictions from opiates and tobacco to sugar, to lead fuller substance-free lives. She first introduced the Recovery Superstar concept in 2011, because she saw that when her patients recovering from opiate addiction learned how to hack their brains, they gained more control of their lives.
Recovery Superstar applies the latest advances in neuroplasticity and integrative mental health in a self-directed, private program to help people with opiate addiction heal their brains at a deeper level and eventually live an opiate-free life. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Andrea Donsky, RHN and Lisa Davis, MPH
Probiotics, prebiotics and symbiotics all work together to provide you with improved digestive (and overall) health.
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File naturally_savvy/1450ns3d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Ashley Koff, RD
- Guest Website Ashley Koff: Better Nutrition, Simplified
- Guest Twitter Account @ashleykoff
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Guest Bio
Ashley Koff is an internationally-renowned registered dietitian who believes better nutrition is simple and is on a mission to help anyone achieve their personal health goals by providing simple but highly effective tips and strategies. A self-described “Qualitarian,” Koff emphasizes the value of quality nutritional choices in achieving optimal health and has developed tools such as The AKA Qualitarian Nutrition Plan and The AKA Personal Shopper to help facilitate this.
Koff is widely sought after for her knowledge and ability to translate nutrition science into practical and motivating messages and appears regularly in the National Media, has authored two books and speaks frequently on the topic of better quality choices for better health. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Andrea Donsky, RHN and Lisa Davis, MPH
Looking to lose weight and improve your overall wellness? This 10-day cleanse might be the secret to your success.
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- Segment Number 3
- Audio File naturally_savvy/1450ns3c.mp3
- Featured Speaker JJ Smith, Nutritionist
- Guest Website JJ Smith
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/jjsmithonline
- Guest Twitter Account @JJSmithOnline
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Guest Bio
JJ Smith is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, nutritionist and certified weight-loss expert, passionate relationship/life coach, and inspirational speaker. She has been featured on The Steve Harvey Show, The View, The Better TV Show, The Montel Williams Show, The Jamie Foxx Show, and The Michael Baisden Show. JJ has made appearances on the NBC, FOX, CBS, CNBC and CW Network television stations, as well as in the pages of Glamour, Essence, Heart and Soul, and Ladies Home Journal. Since reclaiming her health, losing weight, and discovering a “second youth” in her forties, bestselling author JJ Smith has become the voice of inspiration to those who want to lose weight, be healthy, and get their sexy back! JJ Smith provides lifestyle solutions for losing weight, getting healthy, looking younger and improving your love life.
JJ’s newest book, The 10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse, is a proven plan to safely and quickly detoxify the body, and jump-start weight loss. Most people who follow the plan strictly experience weight loss of up to 15 pounds in only ten days. JJ's last book, a #1 Bestseller, Lose Weight: Without Dieting or Working Out!, is a revolutionary system that teaches proven methods for permanent weight loss that anyone can follow, no matter their size, income level, or educational level. And the end result is a healthy, sexy, slim body. -
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Lisa Davis (Host): I am a smoothie fanatic, especially grains smoothies. I know my lovely co-host, Andrea, is a big smoothie fanatic as well. I am so excited about this person and this book. We’ve got JJ Smith. She’s going to be talking about her bestselling book “10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse: Lose up to 15 Pounds in 10 Days.” Hi, JJ.
JJ Smith (Guest): Hello, how are you?
Lisa: I’m good. It’s so good to have you on the show. You know, one of the things I love most about your book is not only do you have over 100 green smoothie recipes, but you have them for different goals. You got anti-aging, athletic performance, beauty, bones and joints, detoxification, just to name a few. Tell us a little bit about how you were able to figure out which vegetable, which fruit does all these amazing things.
JJ: Well, short of blowing up a Vitamix blender, it actually took a while. The [bigger analysis] nutritionally, the right combination, was easier for me because I’m a nutritionist. There is a general 60-to-40 fruits-to-greens ratio that you generally use for all green smoothies, but the important part was to make them taste good. Once I figured out which combinations that I needed, and remember each fruit and each vegetable actually has properties in it that do certain things in the body, that’s how we were able to figure out which ones can help with heart health or which ones could help with digestion and so on. It’s always important to make sure they taste good, which is really a trial-and-error process as well.
Andrea Donsky (Host): I bet. Well, yours definitely taste good. I’ve made a bunch of them. Why don’t you walk us through these 10 days? Tell us what people will be drinking, what they’ll be eating. The results have been amazing from what I’ve read about what’s happening with people’s bodies and their lives.
JJ: Sure. The first thing I want to make sure folks understand is it’s not a starvation diet. You actually are expected to eat or drink a smoothie every three or four hours, and so every day you’re going to drink smoothies as your breakfast and lunch and if you wanted to accelerate your weight loss or detox, you could do a smoothie for dinner. Many people use the third meal to eat something clean, hot protein, and they do this every day. But there is a long list of approved snacks. Everything from hardboiled eggs, nuts, seeds, and things that you could snack on throughout the day so you feel nourished. You do this for 10 days, and as a result, you lose weight, you have a better sense of clarity, you improve your digestion, and it really gives you a jump-start on weight loss and really retrains your taste buds so you will be able to kind of continue to eat healthy as you continue. It’s not just about the 10 days; it’s really a jump-start to a healthier lifestyle of eating and living.
Andrea: Let’s talk a little bit about the tools that are needed in order for someone to embark on this 10-day cleanse. Do they have to go out and buy a Vitamix like you talked about at the beginning? Or can they use a certain type of juicer or can they use any type of blender? What’s something that they should invest in in terms of taking this on?
JJ: Sure. Well, it’s not a juicer, but a blender is what you need. You don’t have to have one like the Vitamix which is high-powered and it’s actually rather expensive. The most important thing is to get a blender that’s 1000 watts, and there are certainly blenders that are $100 or less that you can get that are 1000 watts. That is key. Now, in case you don’t have a blender that’s 1000 watts, you still can make the smoothies. You just have to blend a lot longer. If you have a blender that’s 1000 watts, you can blend anywhere from 30 to 40 seconds and it will blend creamy and smooth, but if you don’t, you’ll blend more like two minutes. It will just take longer to blend. Pretty much everybody who has a blender who can get to a grocery store and get some fruits and vegetables are pretty much equipped to do this 10-day cleanse.
Andrea: That is so cool. Now, I love talking about beauty from the inside out. Talk to us about some of the smoothie recipes for healthy hair, skin, and nails.
JJ: Well, one of the things that’s interesting, in general, you’re going to be able to have more radiant skin as a result of drinking smoothies. We call it the [DST] glow. When your insides are clean, your skin is the reflection of what’s going on in the inside. When you clean your inside, your skin definitely has a radiant glow. If you look at some of the ingredients that are important in smoothie for a healthy glow, you definitely want to look at things like bananas and mangos. You want to look at always lemon because they have a strong detoxifying ability. Pretty much anything that has – I would call it the lighter fruits. It’s the mangos and the bananas, the limes, lemons, so is vegetables. Those are generally going to be the best ones for healthy hair, beauty, skin, nails, and that sort of thing.
Andrea: What I find interesting is in your book you talk about juicing for diabetes or blood sugar control. One of the things that juicing comes under a lot of attack for is the fact that it’s very high in sugar. Can you tell us a little bit about how your cleanse helps to control blood sugar?
JJ: Yeah, it’s actually been interesting. We’ve had thousands of folks who actually have stabilized their blood sugars. Some even have come off their meds because basically what happens is unlike most of the sugar that’s causing people problems when they have blood sugar issues is the sweets, the white sugars, the refined carb, we call them the bad carb. When people have too many of those in their diet, it causes them to have blood sugar spikes. When the blood sugar spikes, it leads to a lot of excess insulin and their medicine can only kind of control the insulin that’s circulating in the system. The good thing about the natural sugar that is in the smoothies is they actually don’t cause blood sugar spikes. They do just the opposite. They tend to stabilize. Your body has a natural ability to metabolize the sugars and fruits and it begins to take on a stabilizing effect for the blood sugar. Many people find that their blood sugar numbers come down and stabilize in 10 days, and they’ve been on meds for years and years and years and haven’t had that effect.
Lisa: You know, sometimes they say when you go on a sort of the smoothie cleanse or juice cleanse, you can kind of have some yucky stuff come up, like you might feel foggy-headed. What is that called? Do you know what I’m talking about?
JJ: Yeah. The detox symptoms are common and they should generally be expected whenever you do any kind of detox regimen. They generally range from being foggy-headed. You’ll feel a little congested. We call that brain fog. This is really the release. What happens is, think of it this way: When you take in a green smoothie, the greens themselves actually are made up of chlorophyll which is the same structure that’s in hemoglobin in the blood. Every time you drink a green smoothie, it’s like getting a blood-cleansing transfusion, but you’re also cleaning out your vicious cells and you’re cleaning out those toxins that are there. For a period of time, they’re recirculating in your system until they’re eliminated from the body. For a temporary period of time those toxins are recirculating, they will cause the fatigue and the brain fog and the headache, but it’s generally a temporary situation. Once they are released from the body, then you generally feel a lot more energized.
Andrea: I think what we find interesting, too, is I know when I drink a smoothie, I go to the bathroom better. I don’t know, JJ, if you can add for your smoothies, your cleanses, if people can add in let’s say one or two tablespoons of ground flax seeds, which also helps them to go to the bathroom. Because the key to any cleanse is you have to be going to the washroom; otherwise, you can have autointoxication. I know, I’ve been there – not fun. So it’s really making sure you go to the bathroom. The nice thing about juicing, which unfortunately, we’re out of time for today, so let’s wrap this up quickly, but the nice thing about juicing is that it actually helps you go to the washroom, which I think was one of your points, too, JJ, is that it helps with constipation. In any case, thank you so much for being on our show. Unfortunately, we’re out of time today but just finish that quickly, your last point.
Lisa: So fast.
JJ: I was going to say every one of those 10 days’ recipes includes flax seed in the recipes, so I totally agree with you.
Lisa: Awesome.
Andrea: Awesome. Well, thank you for being on our show today. You can follow JJ at jjsmithonline or visit her on Facebook at jjsmithonline. I’m Andrea Donsky along with Lisa Davis. This is Naturally Savvy Radio on Radio MD. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter at your Radio MD and at Naturally Savvy. Thanks for listening everyone and stay well.
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