Weight Loss
Foods to Eat More Of: 
  • Fruits: apples, avocado, blackberries, cherries, clementines, grapefruit, grapes, lemons, limes, oranges, pineapple, strawberries, tangerines, watermelon
  • Vegetables: artichoke, arugula, asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, celery, collard greens, cucumber, fennel, kale, radishes, romaine lettuce, spinach, watercress
  • Cider vinegar, flax & chia seeds, kelp, beans, soy products, walnuts, whole grains, yogurt
  • Olive oil, garlic, ginger, caraway, cinnamon
  • Omega-3 eggs, fish (especially salmon, tuna, mackerel & sardines)
  • Try snacking on pickles (instead of other unhealthy choices)
  • If you have to have chocolate, try dark chocolate (at least 70% cacao)
  • Plenty of fluids (8 glasses of water daily)

Foods to Avoid or Minimize: 
  • Refined flour
  • Red meat & dairy products (except eggs/yogurt)
  • Excessive sugar, fried foods, artificial additives
  • Can be related to food intolerance - try an elimination diet​. (Most common food sensitivities for those with weight issues are dairy, oranges & gluten).

Essential Oils:
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Natural/Herbal:
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Yoga Therapy:
Supplements & Homeopathic:
  • Chromium (200 mcg/twice daily - take with food or full glass of water) and 5-HTP (100 mg/3 times daily - take 30 minutes before meals; after 2 weeks, increase dose to 200 mg 3 times daily).
  • Garcinia Cambogia: 500 mg 3 times daily (Hydroxycitric acid or HCA, is the active ingredient).
  • Essential Fatty Acids: 1,000 mg evening primrose oil 3 times daily; 1,000 mg (1 capsule) flaxseed oil twice daily (or use 1,000 mg borage oil once daily for primrose oil).
  • Chitosan: 1,000 mg 3 times daily (take with food, avoid if you have a shellfish allergy).
  •  Psyllium: 1-3 Tablespoons powder dissolved in water or juice 3 times daily (take 30 minutes before meals, drink plenty of water).

Mind-Body Connection:​​
  • Obesity can represent issues with personal boundaries (either emotional, psychological or physical). This could be either a violation of your personal boundaries by others; or areas where you violate others' personal boundaries.
  • Can also represent fear and feelings of need for emotional protection.  Also anger, insecurity, resistance to forgive (yourself or others). 
  • Excessive arm weight can represent feelings of being denied love. 
  • Excessive stomach weight can represent feelings of anger at being denied emotional nourishment. 
  • Excessive hip weight can represent anger at parents.
  • Excessive thigh weight can represent feelings of childhood anger (often at your father). 

Recipes - Food Medicine: 
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways.  Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets.  Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).

Smoothies/Beverages:
Meals: ​
Sides & Salads:
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