Diet Reviews

My Current Diet

Jun 28th, 2011 | By Coach Nancy | Category: Coach Nancy - The Way I See It..., Diet Reviews, Nutrition & Weight Loss

I finished the book Deep Nutrition and recommend it highly.  The author, Dr. Cate Shanahan takes time to have you understand what the typical American diet is doing to us (all sorts of bad things) and what we need to do to change our diet in a meaningful way.  She develops four pillars of eating: [...]



Is a Raw Diet a Good Idea?

May 11th, 2011 | By Coach Nancy | Category: Coach Nancy - The Way I See It..., Diet Reviews, Nutrition & Weight Loss

I’ve been focused on my diet a bit more than I had the last few months.  I think this is in part due to my focus on health given my mom’s recent health issues.  But whatever the cause, my current focus has been on the importance of raw foods in our diet. The truth is [...]



My P90X Diet

Jun 22nd, 2010 | By Coach Nancy | Category: Diet Reviews, Nutrition & Weight Loss, P90X Diet, P90X FAQ

Hi Everyone, I get a lot of questions about diet. How many calories should I (you) eat? Why the 40/40/20  ratio of carb/protein/fat for calories? Can I (you) change the 40/40/20 ratio to something else? Do I (you) have to measure & count everything? Do you have sample menus? How much or what can I [...]



Don’t Suffer from Lack of Flavor!

May 18th, 2010 | By Coach Nancy | Category: Diet Reviews, Nutrition & Weight Loss

Too often when I read through recommended diets for building lean bodies I see the same ol’ list of plain oatmeal (no milk), egg white omletes (you gotta be kidding me) and broiled chicken breast with steamed veggies with no salt.  No wonder so many people struggle with the diet part of the program! Now [...]



The New Snickers Diet

Feb 14th, 2010 | By Coach Nancy | Category: Diet Reviews

Have you heard of the Snickers diet? I hadn’t until a neighbor told me that she was on it. Intrigued, I asked her more about what that was and she told me she was just eating 3 Snickers candy bars a day. Now this may be a calorie controlled diet so she may actually lose [...]