Good Mood Diet Blog

The incidence of asthma is growing rapidly in the U.S. It impacts the lives and health of all who live with it. While you might not think of asthma as a condition affected by nutrition, nutritional factors can markedly effect symptoms.

The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program just issued updated national guidelines for monitoring asthma control and intervention programs for children. The report discusses four key components:
1. Assessment and Monitoring,
2. Patient Education,
3. Control of environmental factors and other conditions that can affect asthma.
4. Medications.

Of these four, the third component includes several factors directly or indirectly affected by nutrition. This is the synopsis of that section:

The guidelines report

expands the section on other common conditions that asthma patients can have and notes that treating chronic problems such as rhinitis and sinusitis, gastroesophageal reflux, overweight or obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, stress, and depression may help improve asthma control.

Additionally, dehydation and a dry throat can induce asthmatic symptoms, particularly during exercise.

I have allergy- and virally-induced asthma. As long as I am active, follow the Good Mood Diet guidelines and stay well-hydrated, I rarely struggle with the asthmatic symptoms.

Your nutrition can play a large role in controlling your symptoms. If you suffer from heart burn or gastroesophageal reflux and asthma, you should absolutely see a gastroenterologist. The acid reflux may be at the root of your asthma. Stay well hydrated, especially during exercise. stay active, maintain a healthy body weight and a good mood. These make a pretty good tool kit for helping to control asthma.

Yours in a Good Mood,
Dr. Susan Kleiner

As if there wasn't enough good news about flaxseed already, a new research study has even more good news for post-menopausal women: it may reduce the frequency of hot flashes.

The pilot study conducted at the Mayo Clinic, suggests that flaxseed meal may decrease hot flashes in post-menopausal women who are not taking hormone replacement therapy. Researchers gave 40 grams (about 3 Tablespoons) of ground flaxseed to 29 study subjects every day for 6 weeks. Full data were obtained from 21 women who completed all of the study.

The frequency of hot flashes decreased 50% over the 6 weeks, and the overall hot flash score decreased an average of 57%. The subjects also reported improvements in mood, joint or muscle pain, chills and sweating.

The most likely reason for the effectiveness of flaxseed is it's content of lignin, an antioxidant fiber that acts like a weak phytoestrogen. These are exciting results, and confirm the need for a larger clinical trial.

So keep your eyes and ears open for a study giving us more conclusive data.

Yours in a Good Mood,
Dr. Susan Kleiner

In 1977 I traveled on a biological study tour to the Amazon Jungle, near the southern Colombian village of Leticia. I was one of a handful of very fortunate undergraduate students to study with Dr. James Barrow, the late eminent professor of biology at Hiram College.

We spent some time with very primitive tribes, and even had the occasion to share a meal with the leaders of one tribe. At the time, unknowingly, I was studying nutritional anthropology. I so clearly remember my sense of gratitude and connection with the natives when they shared their food, a scarce resource, with us. I've always thought of the act of sharing food as occupying a very primitive place in our brains, connecting us like strands of a web, with others who share our table.

So I am not surprised with the latest research that was published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, but that makes it no less noteworthy. Here is the summary:

Eating together as a family during adolescence is associated with lasting positive effects on dietary quality in young adulthood, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota.

More than 1,500 students were surveyed once during high school and again when they were 20 years old to determine the long-term effects of family meals on diet quality, social eating, meal structure and meal frequency. Participants were asked questions such as how often they ate family meals, how much they enjoyed sitting down to a meal with family or friends, if they had a tendency to eat on the run and how often they ate breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The researchers found eating family meals together during adolescence resulted in adults who ate more fruit, dark-green and orange vegetables and key nutrients, and drank less soft drinks. Frequency of family meals predicted females would eat breakfast as adults. For both sexes, frequency of family meals as adolescents predicted eating dinner more frequently as adults, placing a higher priority on structured meals and a higher priority on social eating. For women, eating together as a family more often during adolescence meant significantly higher daily intakes as adults of calcium, magnesium, potassium, vitamin B6 and fiber. Among males, eating as a family more during adolescence predicted higher intakes of calcium, magnesium, potassium and fiber as adults.

“Results of this study suggest that having more family meals during adolescence is associated with improved diet quality during young adulthood,” the researchers say. “Food and nutrition professionals should encourage families to share meals as often as practically possible.”

There is other research on family meals that shows that adolescents from families who share meals participate in less "high risk behavior", like drugs, illegal activities, alcohol, etc., compared to those who do not share a regular family meal. These results have been seen despite considerations for socio-economic class, education, parent at home, and so on.

So there seems to be no question that sharing a family meal may make us all healthier and more emotionally stable. That doesn't mean you need to add stress to your life to accomplish it, but it does mean that on a regular basis someone, or some group of family members, must take some responsibility for getting everyone together at the same time with food on the table.

Think of the lifelong effect that this might have. It's definitely worth it.

Yours in a Good Mood,
Dr. Susan Kleiner

Quackery is alive and well and operating in the United States. Lipodissolve is one of the latest products on the quack watch scene. It's important to know the details so that if and when you run across it, you are well-informed, and perhaps caution someone you care for about the high-risk, no benefits outcome associated with the product.

Here's what Katherine Zeratsky, RD, LD, the dietitian writing for mayoclinic.com, has to say:

Lipodissolve is a brand name for a new injection that allegedly dissolves fat on your hips, waist, thighs and buttocks. The injected material, which can be injected near the parts of your body where you want to lose fat, is being advertised as a noninvasive alternative to liposuction. However, these injections are not approved for use in the United States, nor have they been proved safe.

Only a few, small scientific studies have been performed to test the safety and efficacy of the fat-dissolving shots. So far, the shots have not worked for everyone who has received them, and there have been serious side effects reported, including:

Bacterial infection
Granulomas — masses of inflamed tissue
Necrosis — death of skin or muscle tissue
Allergic reactions
Skin ulcerations
Scarring
These side effects can be very difficult to treat. Another safety concern to keep in mind is that some of the providers of the shots are not physicians. Although most states consider administering the injections to be a medical procedure and would require a physician to inject them, this is not always the case.

Your best bet to safely melt away the pounds is still diet and exercise. Before starting a new program, talk to your doctor to make sure your weight-loss plan will be safe and effective for you.

You can depend on The Good Mood Diet as a road-tested, healthy and successful strategy to keep you feeling great and losing weight.

Yours in a Good Mood,
Dr. Susan Kleiner

From the East coast to the West coast, Italian plums are ripening. I grew up picking the delicious fruit off the tree in my grandmother's back yard, and now I have my own tree in my front yard. The fruit is abundant in the stores, and should be locally grown in many parts of the country right now.

One serving of plums will give you 20 percent of your daily need for vitamin C, so popping 2 sweet plums is a great early Fall addition to citrus, melons, mangos and berries.

I'll be making roasted turkey this week with a very easy plum chutney. Here's my version of the recipe:

Good Mood Italian Plum Chutney

1 pound plums, pitted and chopped
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
3 tablespoons honey
1 pinch crushed red pepper flakes (to taste)
dash of smoked chipotle sauce

1. Combine plums, vinegar, honey, crushed red pepper and chipotle sauce in a medium saucepan.

2. Bring to a simmer over high heat.

3. Cover, reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the plums start to break down, 5 to 10 minutes.

4. Transfer to a blender or food processor and pulse several times into a coarse puree.

5. Cover and refrigerate for up to 1 week.

And before I end I'd like to say hello to Kara and her family. I met Kara shopping for shoes with my daughter the other day, and she recognized me from my photo on the inside back cover flap of The Good Mood Diet. Great memory, Kara!

Yours in a Good Mood,
Dr. Susan Kleiner

Who was it that said that there’s nothing new under the sun? Well, they hadn’t seen this new workout item...

A man from Annapolis has invented (and patented) a new jump rope. The special thing about this one is that you just can’t miss. You can’t trip over the rope because there is no rope! That’s right, it’s a jump rope with out a rope. It’s two handles with short tails and small balls attached. It’s been on the market for about a year and I just found it in my favorite catalog.

It’s called a JumpSnap because the handles make a snapping sound when the rope would normally be snapping against the floor. Like so many of us, this man found the idea of jumping rope is foiled by our inability to consistently make it over the rope successfully. So instead of giving up, he got rid of the obstacle! Without the frustration of low skill level you can keep jumping to your heart’s desire!

I’m sure starting to jump in this no-fail way will help us get better at doing the real thing later. The snapping sound made by the handles gives you a rhythm and an electronic chip counts the number of rotations the ball on the handle makes and, based on your weight, calculates how many calories you are burning – non-stop since there’s nothing to trip over!

This is a great solution for people who work out in low-ceilinged and crowded spaces. There’s no rope burn on your legs from the stinging rope and you have no excuse for getting frustrated from all the missed jumps. So I think you should get a jump-start on your fall workout! Get a grip on the handles and jump a little each day.

Alice Lockridge, MS Phys Ed
PRO♥FIT
www.AliceLockridge.com

Even though the temperatures here in Seattle are still in the high 70's, I know that Fall is just around the corner. With it comes those crisp, cool mornings (we're already having a few of those) and the sooner than expected sunsets that turn the evenings into perfect sleeping weather.

This is the time of year when I switch from iced teas back to hot tea. Along with all the great health benefits that come from the wide variety of different teas, I love the ritual of choosing which tea to drink, setting up my teapot, boiling the water and then waiting for the tea to steep just the right amount of time.

Even though there are so many lovely fruited teas available, I still love to make my own that is full of fresh fruit. It makes the whole kitchen smell fresh, and it helps me recover from a day full of hard work and vigorous exercise. I've been drinking this tea every winter for many years.

Recovery Tea

4 orange sections
¼ tsp grated orange rind
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
4 whole cloves
1-inch cinnamon stick
1 decaffeinated black tea bag
2 cups boiling water
honey (optional)

Remove fibrous skin from the orange sections and break the sections into small pieces. Put into a tea pot. Add the orange rind, lemon juice, cloves, cinnamon stick and tea bag.

Pour the boiling water into a teapot, cover, and steep for 4-5 minutes. Remove the tea bag. Pour through a strainer. Serve hot or iced with honey, if desired.

Makes 2 servings

ENJOY!

Yours in a Good Mood,
Dr. Susan Kleiner

As we were sitting around after a big family dinner this evening, the topic came up of how many of us in the family get cranky if we don't eat regularly. My sister-in-law was teasing my brother, my cousin was teasing her husband, and I certainly am aware of it in myself (although my husband and children were graciously avoiding teasing me about it). We are all so aware of this in each other that when I'm out of sorts in my house, my children often ask me when I last had something to eat, knowing that the root of my disparaging disposition might be hunger. ( The other possible cause is if I haven't exercised that day.)

Are you conscious of your disposition? Most people's mood drops along with their blood sugar. When you eat every 3 hours, you are replenishing your supply of fuel and keeping your blood sugar levels even. Serotonin levels follow along with your blood sugar levels, so you stay feeling uplifted and energized. You're able to cope better with stress, and avoid mood swings.

Pay attention to how you feel during the times between meals. You can even chart how you feel as the hours progress for the end of one meal to the beginning of the next meal or snack. Getting in touch with these signals is a great way to support your good mood. And as my brother-in-law said, "maybe you should try The Good Mood Diet!"

Yours in a Good Mood,
Dr. Susan Kleiner

This evening my family was invited to a birthday celebration by a wonderful Greek friend, Sophia. Sophia is good at everything she does, and so she is an exceptional cook. You can imagine that whenever I'm at a dinner party, the most common question that I'm asked is "is this food on the Good Mood Diet?" If you've read the book, you should know that my answer is "Yes, of course it is. All food is on the Good Mood Diet."

So let me walk you through the delicious Greek dinner that we ate this evening. This is truly Feel Great Food. We started off with appetizers: dolmades and spanakopita. Dolmades are grape leaves wrapped around seasoned rice, in this case, brown rice. The domades are dipped in tzadziki, which is plain yogurt seasoned with lots of fresh garlic. Grape leaves are bursting with antioxidants, and together with the rice are rich in fiber. The yogurt is a fabulous source of calcium and protein, and probiotics which stimulate the immune system of the gut. Garlic decreases risk of stomach cancer and helps with digestion. Spanakopita is spinach and feta cheese wrapped in phyllo dough. The beneficial iron, folic acid, and antioxidants found in spinach combined with the protein and calcium from the feta cheese more than outweigh the fat that in large amounts might make you feel bad, but makes the phyllo dough so flaky and delicious. And we can't forget the red wine, that in small amounts is certainly a feel great food.

The entree was a succulent roast beef, but it was no more important to the meal than the several vegetable dishes which played a prominent role; hardly what we could call side dishes. There was the delicious mixed green salad full of olives, roasted potatoes and vegetables with olives, and sauteed green beans with other greens and olives. I don't think I've eaten so many different kinds of olives at one meal before. They were all wonderful. The mix of vegetables, starches, healthy fats and protein was a true uplifting combination for mind and body.

Dessert was one of my favorites: baklava. Sophia's baklava is mostly nuts and honey, with a thin sheet of phyllo dough on the top and bottom just to hold the nuts in place. It is outrageously delicious, and it doesn't take much to make you feel satisfied.

I hope I haven't made you too hungry by describing this meal, but the point is that to me, this rich and delicious meal is all on the feel-great foods list. Yes there's some fat (mostly healthy fats) and sugar (in the baklava), but it is overwhelming dense in nutrients and a great combination of healthy fats, carbohydrates and proteins. And it doesn't take much of this food to make you feel tremendously satisfied.

I will sleep well, and wake up tomorrow thinking about what I NEED to eat. And I'll feel great.

Yours in a Good Mood,
Dr. Susan Kleiner

You may have heard the conventional wisdom that everyone gains weight during the holidays. A study published by Dr. Holly Hull and colleagues investigated what happened to the body weight and composition of college students during the six weeks of their winter holidays, from Thanksgiving to after New Year’s Eve. Interestingly, they found that although body weight did not change significantly among the group, levels of body fat increased, especially around the trunk area. So even though at the end of the six weeks their weight on the scale didn’t change, they got fatter. This kind of change is typically due to a change in diet and and a decrease in exercise, with exercise playing a large role. As a whole, the group lost muscle and gained fat.

Now is the time to find an exercise routine that feels good to you, and that you can stick with for the long haul. Exercise is important for your mental and physical well-being. If you start now, you'll already be "in the groove" when the holidays roll around. Activity helps you manage the stress of the holidays, along with balancing out the extra tasty foods that we want to enjoy during these weeks of celebration. And you can get "step credit" for all the walking you'll do in the malls while shopping!

Alice Lockridge, our exercise guru, has written many blogs that will help you find exercises that you will enjoy. Check through the blog archives for her experienced thoughts and guidance. If you haven't tried a pedometer, you can order one from Alice at her website found on The Good Mood Diet shopping page. Scroll down to order the pedometer. It is one of the most motivating little exercise devices ever made. Set small goals for yourself at first, adding 500-1000 steps a day. Then when you consistently make that goal, start to increase it even more, and then add another activity, or pick up your speed when you walk. Each little thing makes a great big difference.

There is nothing like having a good plan, and sticking to it. You'll stay feeling great and looking great throughout the holidays and beyond.

Yours in a Good Mood,
Dr. Susan Kleiner

Over the past 28 years I’ve owned two small workout studios. I’ve prided myself in teaching fitness programs based on the science of exercise. Sadly, the fitness industry has been filled with scams and misleading fads that promise too much and provide too little. The popular media have told the public about all the latest trends and the hot fitness topics but the whole truth has been hard to find.

The common misconception is that all we need to do is an aerobic workout (like walking) for about 30 minutes a few times a week. About 25 million women participated in the Aerobic Dance craze for a decade with the hopes that they would get everything they needed from the popular group-exercise workout.

The truth is that that’s not enough activity to give you what you need (health, wellness and long life) and way too little to give you what you want (fat loss and muscle firming)! You need more resistance and more activity every day. In August 2007 the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association reminded us of the physical activity guidelines we need to follow:

• Take 10,000 steps each day. This is a healthy level of daily physical activity. You need a pedometer to give you accurate feedback.
• Most days, get 30 minutes of additional, more intense movement that causes an aerobic heart rate response. Pick what you like: inside or out, in 3 10-minute segments or one continuous 30-minute workout.
• At least twice a week, do a strength building routine (10 exercises) that gives resistance training to all the major muscle groups. The resistance should be intense enough to make it hard to do 10 repetitions of each exercise. You need a variety of resistances, rubber band, tubes, hand weight and perhaps a barbell or machine with a weight stack. One pair of hand weight isn’t enough. To strengthen and firm an individual body action, you need to customize the resistance.

Alice Lockridge, MS Phys Ed
PRO♥FIT
www.AliceLockridge.com

What could be more environmentally friendly than buying local products? If your local product is grown, harvested, processed, packaged and transported using more carbon emissions than a product from further away but using fewer carbon emissions, then the local product comes up short on the earth-friendly scale. But how could a consumer possibly know the difference?

The Carbon Trust is a private company in the UK, set up by government as a means of developing policies and programs addressing climate change. The Carbon Trust is working with the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and BSI British Standards to develop a carbon labeling standard. The standard will be based on a method for measuring the embodied greenhouse gas emissions from products and services across their lifecycle that will be applicable to a wide range of sectors and product categories.

The development of the standard is being overseen by an independent steering group chaired by Jim Skea, the director of the UK Energy Research Centre, with members from businesses, non-governmental organizations, government and academics.

Currently, Cadbury Schweppes, Coca-Cola, Miller Dairy (UK) Ltd., Scottish & Newcastle, and the Co-operative Group, along with four other non-food companies have said they will use the CO2 measuring scheme. The "carbon footprint" scheme is part of a plan to eventually introduce a common label that will allow consumers to compare similar products in relation to their CO2 emissions. Other countries are interested in taking on the Carbon Trust program, with the hope that the scheme would be in use worldwide.

A pilot of the program was launched in March of this year, so it will be awhile before we will actually see the results on our supermarket shelves. Ultimately if the scheme works, consumers will be able to make very informed choices about the sustainable practices of food producers and manufacturers, locally and worldwide.

Yours in a Good Mood,
Dr. Susan Kleiner

One of the things that I hope this blog does is let you know what's going on in the research laboratories right now. Information like that keeps you on the cutting edge of where science is heading.

You can become part of the scientific process by volunteering to be a subject in a research study. Subjects are often paid for their participation both financially as well as by receiving sophisticated medical information about themselves relative to the subject under study. The contribution of a research subject is to be part of the scientific process, which benefits everyone.

Right now the University of Iowa is recruiting subjects to investigate Essential Fatty Acids for Major Depression. This is a research study to determine whether omega-3 fatty acid supplementation, when taken with the antidepressant medication escitalopram (Lexapro), helps to improve depressive symptoms in individuals who have major depressive disorder (MDD).

If you live within a 100 mile radius of the University of Iowa, have a diagnosis of depression and are not currently on antidepressants OR not responding to a stable dose of antidepressants, and you are between the ages of 18 and 55 years, you might be eligible to be a study subject.

Click on the study title above for more information about the research, and for contact information.

Yours in a Good Mood,
Dr. Susan Kleiner

I know that exercise is Alice's domain, but I just have to tell you about this remarkable new discovery just published in the September 21 issue of the journal Cell, by researchers from Harvard Medical School, in collaboration with scientists from Cornell Medical School and the National Institutes of Health.

It has been 70 years since scientists determined that following a calorie restricted diet increased longevity, but no one has really understood why. In the past few years researchers have determined that the stress created by the continuous calorie deficit somehow turned on protective machinery in the cell that slowed the aging process. Last year scientists announced that resveratrol, a compound found in red wine and grape juice, turned on a longevity gene in the sirtuin family of genes called SIRT1. (If you haven't read this news, you need to know that it takes ALOT of red wine to get the effects that they saw in the study using a resveratrol supplement dose in animals.)

Now scientists have discovered 2 other sirtuin genes, SIRT3 and SIRT4, that play a vital role in longevity. Mitochondria, organelles inside cells that act as energy powerhouses for the cell and the body, seem to be at the crux of the aging process. As long as mitochondria are running at full tilt, cells stay healthy. When mitochondria activity begins to fade, energy is drained out of the cells and cells die.

According to a report of the study,

"In this paper, Sinclair and his collaborators discovered that SIRT3 and SIRT4 play a vital role in a longevity network that maintains the vitality of mitochondria and keeps cells healthy when they would otherwise die.

When cells undergo caloric restriction, signals sent in through the membrane activate a gene called NAMPT. As levels of NAMPT ramp up, a small molecule called NAD begins to amass in the mitochondria. This, in turn, causes the activity of enzymes created by the SIRT3 and SIRT4 genes--enzymes that live in the mitochondria--to increase as well. As a result, the mitochondria grow stronger, energy-output increases, and the cell's aging process slows down significantly."

Now, you know that the idea of serious calorie restriction is not my idea of health promotion or feeling good. But the great thing about this news is that EXERCISE DOES THE SAME THING!! This same process described above is also activated by exercise. Mitochondrial function has also been targeted recently for cancer, diabetes, and neurodegeneration medical interventions.

So don't live a life of restriction. Get out and get moving! Here's the new motto of the future: Exercise and eat well to live long and prosper!

Yours in a Good Mood,
Dr. Susan Kleiner

When I wrote my first blogs I was certain that I'd never figure out how to post them myself. I had help from our website editor. But now I do it all myself, and it was silly to think that I couldn't have done it.

Blogging is fun and easy. It's a great way to connect with all kinds of people on the web. If you like to write, and have something to say, think about setting up your own blog. At least start reading some of the blogs that are posted on the internet. I have learned about everything from trademark law to the recent sad death of our elderly giraffe, Sukari, at the Woodland Park Zoo.

Here's an update on The Good Mood Diet website blog:

We will now be posting blogs regularly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

You can find more of my writing in the reader's nutrition question and answer columns in Oxygen magazine and the newly published Clean Eating magazine. I also write features and columns regularly for Fitness Rx Magazine for Women and Fitness Rx Magazine for Men. Pick any of these up at your local news stands.

Yours in a Good Mood,
Dr. Susan Kleiner

I just read a news release that a major corporation has spent a lot of money to do something really good!

Nike (the sports shoe company) recently unveiled their newest shoe – the Nike Air Native N7. It’s an athletic shoe that they’ve designed specifically for Native Americans. The N7 took two years of research, development, and fit testing in collaboration with the Native American community. This is the first time Nike (or anyone) has built a shoe for a specific ethnic group.

The shoe has a unique shape, which was created to fit the greater width and thickness of Native Americans' feet. Nike designers measured feet from members of 70 tribes and found that men and women’s feet were three width sizes larger than the standard Nike shoe. They also found they needed to make the toe box (front of the shoe) deeper.

Now this is a substantial effort aimed at promoting increasing physical activity in a population with a soaring obesity rate. The plan is to distribute the shoes “solely” to tribal wellness programs and schools across the country. They will be able to purchase the shoe at wholesale price and then pass them on to individuals. All profits from the shoes that are sold will be reinvested in health programs on tribal lands where obesity and diabetes are near epidemic levels.

If you are curious about the name – N7 is a reference to the Seventh Generation philosophy in which tribes look to the preceding three generations for wisdom and the three generations ahead of them for their legacy. The shoes have a sunrise/sunset design on the tongue and heel, feathers on the inside, and stars on the sole.

Says Paul Swangard, managing director of the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center, “It reinforces the core of the Nike brand, which is: If you have a body you are an athlete.” Doesn’t that just make your heart sing? It does mine!

Alice Lockridge, MS Phys Ed
PRO♥FIT
www.AliceLockridge.com

Eggs are great brain food. Now we have data that says that eggs also help you lose weight, and feel better while you're doing it. I guess they must have read The Good Mood Diet!

Here's the news:

A multi-center pilot study investigated the effects of an egg breakfast on weight loss in overweight and obese participants. One-hundred overweight and obese, but otherwise healthy particpants were randomly selected into one of four treatment groups: egg breakfast; egg breakfast plus low-fat, low-calorie diet; bagel breakfast; bagel breakfast plus low-fat, low-calorie diet.

Participants in both low-fat, low-cal. diet groups lost weight , but the egg breakfast plus diet group lost 65% more weight, on average, than those in the bagel plus diet group. The egg plus diet group also experienced an 83% greater reduction in waist circumference than the bagel breakfast plus diet group. The egg plus diet group also reported feeling more energetic over the course of the study when compeared with the energy level rankings of the bagel plus diet group.

So we've known it all along; now this nice study confirms it. Eating eggs vs. bagels for breakfast enhances weight loss for those on calorie restricted diets. And for those of you who just want feel to better but not lose weight, an egg breakfast will energize you, feeding your brain and your body. A great way to start the day

Yours in a Good Mood,
Dr. Susan Kleiner