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The Importance of Knowing Why
Our mission at Bright Line Eating is 1 million Bright Transformations by 2030. We’re on a quest to transform people’s lives. When people open up their worlds by letting go of sugar and flour, bounding their...
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JFTFP
May 24, 2023 - The topic of this week’s vlog is an abbreviation we use all the time in our community: JFTFP. It stands for Just Follow The F___ Plan (f***ing, fabulous, friggin’—fill in your F-word of choice)! This...
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The All-New BLE Boot Camp 2.0
It’s been a while since I gave you a big-picture update on what’s been going on behind the scenes at Bright Line Eating. So, let’s dive in.
Initially, entry into Bright Line Eating consisted of the Boot Camp course,...
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Questionable Remedies
I was coaching one of our community members recently, and they told me they’d been using cranberry juice to help treat recurring urinary tract infections. They didn’t think it was triggering because it was pure,...
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Choose to Belong
I just returned from the 35th reunion of my 8th grade graduating class. I know that might sound a little silly, but I bounced around to several high schools and then dropped out, so this is the only reunion I...
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Scale Chatter
I had the opportunity to meet with some Bright Lifers this week, members of our Bright Line Eating community. Among them was Dr. Betty Rabinowitz, a retired physician from the University of Rochester. As we chatted...
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Helping Doctors Talk to Their Patients with Obesity
A recent study examined what physicians say to patients who present with chronic obesity. Physicians usually don’t address the issue at all because of time constraints. They have very short appointments and specific...
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The Insanity of Cigarettes
Last week marked my 5-year anniversary of quitting smoking. I haven’t talked about it in the vlog before because I felt a lot of shame around it. But now, I’m ready to talk about it.
I smoked on and off my whole life....
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Limitations of the NOVA Processed Foods Classification System
In 2009, Brazilian researchers came up with the NOVA classification system to determine the level of processing of any food.
Level 1 is whole, real food, minimally altered. Level 2 is culinary ingredients. Level 3...
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Staying Bright is the Top Health Priority
I’ve been experiencing a lot of issues with pain in my shoulder lately, and I just got diagnosed with frozen shoulder. As I’ve been looking at various ways to address the pain, one of the things I’ve considered is...
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Is There an Obesity Paradox?
Years ago, I was teaching a college course called The Psychology of Eating and Body Image, and I ended up becoming dear friends with one of my students, a woman named Anna. She introduced me to the obesity paradox. It...
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Pros and Cons of Semaglutide Drugs for Weight Loss
Semaglutide drugs have taken the weight-loss world by storm. Our community has been clamoring for my take on these medications. You would think, as the leader of Bright Line Eating, that I would be against a...
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