Catherine Wilbert

Just when you thought you were sticking to your resolution to be healthier, along comes Mardi Gras! How quickly visions of sugarplums get replaced with cravings for king cakes. Well here are a few strategies to keep you on course through the carnival season:

Celebrate Without Gaining Weight

T’was the month before Christmas and the parties begin; can I eat, drink and be merry, and still remain thin?
When it comes to the Holiday season, party foods and alcohol are symbols of festivity. Holiday celebrations, with the traditional buffet-style parties and hearty servings of eggnog make it difficult for [...]

Too small, too big, too fat, too skinny – so what is just right?  Can we ever be truly satisfied with how we look?
Dissatisfaction with how we look is not unusual in this day and age. With advertising and media pushing appearance at us from all sides, it is quite normal for many of us [...]

If you have yet to learn the benefits of weight training, or are still debating whether or not to try it, this information is for you.
Tufts University conducted a study on the benefits of weight training which involved forty postmenopausal women. The control group – half of the volunteers – simply maintained their lifestyle for [...]

“Do you believe in supplements?” It’s a question often asked as if taking vitamins were based on some kind of blind faith that they will actually provide some benefit or serve some useful purpose.  Thankfully supplementation, as a progressive and proactive approach to healthcare, is not based on blind faith, but on a growing body [...]