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Registered Dietitian Joan O'Keefe Releases 2nd Web Video in a Series Focused on Weight Loss, Healthy Eating & Nutrition
Nutrition 101 Web Video Series: Nutrition Tips for the Holidays, the New Year and Beyond
| Source: CardioTabs
KANSAS CITY, MO--(Marketwire - December 9, 2009) - In a recently released video highlighting
the importance of breakfast, Registered Dietitian and co-author of "Forever
Young Diet and Lifestyle," Joan O'Keefe, reveals what breakfast foods to
eat and what to avoid during the holidays and after.
Considered the most important meal of the day, breakfast can be filled with
healthy offerings, or unhealthy options. O'Keefe's free online video
series, "Nutrition 101," aims to educate and motivate people to live more
healthy lives. In this new video,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wvlDAV37eo, O'Keefe emphasizes how
"convenience" foods such as sugary breakfast cereals, toast and jam and
baked goods are examples of easily digested carbohydrates and demonstrates
how they cause an undesirable cycle of sugar spikes and crashes. "When this
cycle is started in the morning, it continues for the entire day, causing
excessive insulin production. These increased insulin levels can lead to
weight gain and hypoglycemia," said Joan O'Keefe, RD.
"I have many clients who spike and crash throughout the entire day and as a
result eat more calories than they need. They do this to maintain stable
levels of sugar and avoid the crashes and lethargy," said O'Keefe. "Through
'Nutrition 101,' I offer practical, useful advice to improve the morning
routine and avoid this unhealthy cycle. As a mother of four, I know you
can have a healthy breakfast in the same amount of time it takes to cook a
Pop-Tart. You and your family can eat healthy, even in a hurry."
O'Keefe recommends keeping breakfast simple by always including two colors
and one protein in breakfast. Suggested breakfast ideas can be found at
www.foreveryoungdiet.com.
"Nutrition 101" with Joan O'Keefe, RD, is a free, online video campaign to
help educate individuals about lifestyle, weight loss, cardiovascular
health and nutrition. Future video topics include exercise, food
consumption and crucial supplements.
Joan O'Keefe is a Registered Dietitian, national speaker and nutrition
consultant for adults and teens. James O'Keefe, MD, is an internationally
renowned Preventive Cardiologist, speaker and author. The O'Keefe's are
dedicated to promoting and teaching healthy living. Their book, "The
Forever Young Diet and Lifestyle," is available for online purchase at
www.cardiotabs.com. For more information, please visit
www.foreveryoungdiet.com.