How your waistline can expose your health risk
If your waist to height ratio shows your waistline equals 80% of your height, studies show you will live (on average) 17 years…
It’s Been a Rough Ride
A year to the day that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the pandemic a study came out. 3000 people were surveyed. The…
Hopeful 2021
Consider applying these ideas to your daily life. Most of them are helpful ideas for overall health/immunity and not just a plan…
Time to Start Digging Out
I don’t know about you, but I’ve gotten into a rut since this whole COVID thing started. Really, I've gotten into a bunch of…
The Best of the Pandemic
It’s been a long year, with lots of cooking. That leaves me with lots of time to design recipes. These three are the best of the…
COVID 1 Year Later
People ask me all the time how we are coping with the pandemic. It has its positives and negatives for sure. Now that we are one…
Your Support
As I look back over the past year I have so much to be thankful for. Thank you for being the most wonderful clients we could ask…
7 Reasons to Diet with a Buddy
When you’re on a diet, having a strong support system can mean the difference between success and failure. We have a major league…
Kitchen Hacks for Enjoying Lower Carb Pasta Meals
Enjoy your pasta; just don’t do it too often. Follow hints like this and you’re much less likely to gain weight.
Diet Advice Gone Wrong
When I was a young teen in the early 70’s, I can remember coming to breakfast one morning and my father was sitting at the end of…
The Sweet Smell of Garlic
My first bite of roasted garlic was quite the surprise. The squishy garlic was no longer pungent. It had taken on a smooth…
Enjoy the Super Bowl Without Gaining Weight
Featured Posts,ZS-Holiday,ZSpecialties
Here’s how it works: You set up a chili buffet with all the fixins. Chili tastes better the day after you make it, so you can…
How Fast Can You Lose Weight and Stay Healthy?
Those who say you can only lose 1 – 2 pounds a week and diet safely are using methodologies that generally can only produce 1 – 2…
Kitchen Cleanliness
How do you keep cutting boards clean? Should you wash raw chicken before cooking? Which is more sanitary, a sponge or a dishrag?…
Does Wine Make You Fat?
Dieters lose about 60% less weight when they drank wine while on ZReduction. Is it worth it?
A CDC Thanksgiving
This will be a Thanksgiving that will go down in the history books for folks all over the country. Do your duty to protect those…
Tea Breads
In my mother’s Betty Crocker cookbook (written in the 1950s) they were generally categorized as Quick Breads and then further…
Celebrating Halloween COVID-Style
There are ways to celebrate Halloween safely without all the candy.
The Vegetable That Tastes Like Candy
This squash is chock-full of fiber and has 30% fewer carbs than potatoes. I’m going to try to convince you to serve this at your…
My Favorite Time
Fall is my favorite season of the year. Hands down. Nothing can beat it. Nothing even comes close. I am loving this year’s fall…