Eating Well And Staying Healthy – Jill Skeem

Do you get frustrated when your cravings win out? Jill will tell you what your cravings for salt, sugar, chocolate, crunchy & sour indicate and how to satisfy them in a healthy way.

Spring is here and whether you live in the city or the country, Chance Munns, a professor of horticulture, is going to walk you through the steps of starting a garden. He will explain what soil you need, how to reclaim seeds, fertilizers, natural pesticides and proper watering. This could be the year you turn your brown thumb green!

Nelson Campbell, Director of the documentary film, PlantPure Nation, talks about the amazing results he documented when he fed people freshly prepared plant-based meals for just 10 days! Learn how you can prevent and reverse heart disease & diabetes naturally.

Jill taught vegan cooking classes to 5th -7th graders for 6 years. With this experience, she will teach you successful ways to get your child to eat healthier! She discusses school lunches, restaurant dining and healthy eating habits that will not only benefit the child, but the entire family!  

Gilly Funk, a personal trainer, will discuss:      A. How to get started on an exercise program;      B. Know your “WHY” before starting?      C. What NOT to do when starting out.      D. Tips to get your kids moving.      E. How to measure your progress?      F. Throw the scale out!      G. How to achieve an active and healthy life! Gilly Funk’s bio: Gilly attended Utah State on an athletic scholarship for volleyball. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Community Health Education, is a member of the Strength & Conditioning Association and has been a personal trainer for 10 years. She just opened her own fitness center, Studio G, in Twin Falls, ID. Her email is studio.g.twinfalls@gmail.com  

Did you know only 8% of the people who make New Year’s Resolutions will keep them! Today my guest is Jim Angle, the Founder and CEO of Practice Field Coach LLLC and the Academy For MOmentum and author of Spark Your MO, the Ultimate Goal Management System. Academy For MOmentum is an on-line program that will help you choose out of 10 areas or facets of your life where you want to take action to reach your desired goals. Whether it is losing weight, getting healthier or managing your finances, this program will help you create the necessary action steps and will hold you accountable so you can finally succeed at your New Year’s Resolutions or ANY goals that you wish to make. This is for individuals, businesses, healthcare and academia. Let Jim teach you how you can achieve whatever goals you want to achieve.  Perhaps this will be the year you FINALLY succeed at your New Year’s Resolutions!

For more than 40 years, Dr. T. Colin Campbell has been at the forefront of nutrition research. His legacy, The China Project, is the most comprehensive study of health and nutrition ever conducted. Dr. Campbell is a professor Emeritus at Cornell University and is most well-known for co-authoring the bestselling book, The China Study, with his son Dr. Thomas Campbell as well as his other books, Whole and The Low Carb Fraud. He has been featured in several documentary films, Forks Over Knives and Plant Pure Nation. He is the founder of the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and the online internationally recognized Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate offered by the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies in partnership with eCornell. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board.  

Jill will give you some simple yet power ways to help you NOT gain weight this holiday season. She will also help you with the stress that comes this time of year and even how to handle the craziness that comes with families during the holidays. Don’t think these tips are just for the holidays, incorporating them into your daily life will improve your health tremendously. So, take a break from the shopping and cooking, and listen to how Jill can help you have a happy, HEALTHY and hopefully stress-free holiday season!

Jill will provide easy tips and recipes to help you transform your traditional Thanksgiving meal (dressing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, cranberry sauce & dessert) for the Vegans & Vegetarians that are coming to dinner this year. In addition, she will give you suggestions for additional entrees and side dishes that everyone will enjoy whether you are a Vegetarian or not! Since the average American may consume more than 4500 calories and 229 grams of saturated fat during a typical Thanksgiving dinner with snacks, these tips can be helpful for anyone who still wants to enjoy their Thanksgiving favorites but in a healthier way. All of the tips and recipes discussed in this episode are available on Jill’s website, www.jillskeem.com. So sit back & relax, while Jill helps you deal with the Vegetarians!

It seems that every day a new study comes out which changes our relationship with food. Should we cut out carbs? Is it healthier to be gluten-free? Is coconut oil the best oil to be using? Are these food trends helping or hurting our health? And what should we be eating to help our bodies thrive in the healthiest way? This week my guest is Denny Waxman, a world-renown Macrobiotic Health Counselor & Educator, Founder of the Strengthening Health Institute in Philadelphia, PA and an author, with his latest book entitled, The Complete Macrobiotic Diet. We will be discussing the pluses and minuses of the following food trends: protein; probiotics; smoothies; coconut oil; cleanses; gluten-free; and activity vs exercise. Tune in to find out what Denny believes are the healthiest foods to eat for optimal health.