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Denise Canellos, MS, CNS
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Inflammation and Anxiety

October 16, 2018 by Denise Leave a Comment

Anxiety in scrabble letters

Joe came into my office anxious, overweight and suffering from IBS. Joe came to see me to lose weight, and Joe was surprised that nutrition therapy could help with IBS. We were both surprised that nutrition therapy dramatically reduced his anxiety.   We worked together for eight sessions, over about five months. After the first […]

Filed Under: Calm Your Inflammation, Fun in the Kitchen, General, Happiness, Health, Healthy Weight Tagged With: anxiety, depression, eating healthy, fat, fiber, healthy eating, healthy food, inflammation, nutrition, sugar, weight loss

Added Sugars: 37% Come from Soda

February 21, 2018 by Denise Leave a Comment

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Avoiding added sugars is the fastest way to reduce inflammation, pain, and keep our body the size we want it to be. Its simple, but its not always easy. Sugar tastes good! Because sugar is a flavor everyone likes, its added to most processed foods. The consequence is we now are used to eating really […]

Filed Under: Blood Sugar, Diabetes, Eating Unawares, Fun in the Kitchen, General, Healthy Weight, Relieving Chronic Pain, Research News Tagged With: added sugar, added sugars, blood glucose, blood sugar, calories, eating healthy, food labels, healthy, healthy eating, nutrition, nutrition research, pre-diabetes, sugar

Cancer and Sugar: A Cautionary Tale

April 12, 2017 by Denise Leave a Comment

There is a lot of confusion about sugar and cancer.   There are many different types of cancers, with different characteristics. One thing most cancer cells have in common, though, is that they use only sugar (in the form of glucose) for fuel and not fat. Many of them have the basic machinery needed to […]

Filed Under: Fighting Cancer, General, Health, Research News Tagged With: beating cancer, cancer, cancer and sugar, ketogenic diet, ketosis, sugar

Sugar, Sugar

July 27, 2016 by Denise Leave a Comment

girl with lollipop

Last year the average American ate 156 pounds of refined sugars. Just think about 31 of those 5-pound bags of sugar you buy for baking, and imagine eating it. That’s a lot of sugar, Sugar. That 156 pound number doesn’t include the natural sugars found in foods like fruit and yogurt,  which are fine. Its […]

Filed Under: General, Health, Healthy Weight, Products for You, Recipes Tagged With: eating healthy, healthy eating, healthy food, sugar

Is Fruit Too High in Sugar?

August 12, 2013 by Denise Leave a Comment

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Fruit is getting a bad rap and its time for it to stop. This tale going around about fruit being really high in sugar is a lie. Fruit tastes sweet, I get it. But most fruits actually have little effect on our blood sugar when we eat normal amounts of them. This “war on fruit” […]

Filed Under: Blood Sugar, Diabetes, Fun in the Kitchen, General, Health, Nutrients Tagged With: blood glucose, blood sugar, cancer nutrition, diabetes, diet, eating, fruit, glucose, health, healthy, healthy eating, healthy food, nutrition, pre-diabetes, sugar, weight, weight loss

Forget Resolutions, Just do This

January 7, 2013 by Denise Leave a Comment

The most impactful change you can make to your diet this year is to cut back on added sugars. I saw you roll your eyes. But its true, and I hope you’ll give it a try. The easiest way to start making this change is to take sugar out of breakfast. I know, its hard. […]

Filed Under: Blood Sugar, Fun in the Kitchen, Health, Healthy Weight Tagged With: blood glucose, blood sugar, carbohydrates, diabetes, glucose, health, healthy, healthy eating, healthy food, nutrition, sugar

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