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Dr. Jan Anderson

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Cultivate Your “Inner Gourmet” with Mindful Eating

A diagnosis of diabetes can feel like a death sentence.  I remember observing the faces of the participants in a diabetes education program, as the nutritionist described how to manage their blood glucose by controlling portions and by eating more nominally-processed foods and fewer sweets, sugary beverages and baked goods. Although the participants were well aware of the need to make changes, I sensed that many of them questioned their ability to do it.  Why? Because many of them translated …

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Can’t Meditate? Try Mindfulness in Motion

I don't remember anything about my very first yoga class, there at the downtown YMCA in Nashville -- even though I had an excellent beginning yoga teacher — she’d even been Dolly Parton's private yoga teacher. I don't remember a thing about the class, except that there was a guided relaxation at the end and I remember thinking afterwards, "This is the first time in my life I ever recall feeling relaxed and energized at the same time... I think I need to come back." So yoga had me from hello. …

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Mindful Eating Helps Frequent Restaurant-Goers Prevent Weight Gain

Training in Mindful Eating can help frequent restaurant-goers prevent weight gain, according to a recent study of 35 healthy women aged 40-59 who dined out an average of six times a week.  Although the intervention was aimed solely at weight maintenance and not weight gain, participants in the study lost an average of nearly four pounds over six weeks, without cutting back on the number of visits to restaurants. When you go out to eat at a restaurant, you’re usually there because you want to …

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