Here is another useful fact that no one else has ever talked about because it is another HeartMark Health original: The Rule of Expansion. The Rule of Expansion refers to how much bulk space food takes up in your stomach after it sits there for a few minutes. It assumes that you want to maximize […]
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This blog is intended to inspire all to want to lead a healthy lifestyle, from nutrition to fitness, to psychological tips.
SPECIAL FOOD FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN
(Below is my article that was printed in 2008 by AZ Parenting magazine.) As parents, we all want our children to be as healthy and as bright as possible. We feed them a mix of healthy food and the occasional junk, hoping the healthy food will cancel out the junk. However, if your children have […]
Yes You Can! –Classically Condition Yourself!(TM) and CCR’s
A longer review of classical conditioning is in my older posts. Please refer to them to see why you are just like Pavlov’s dogs! When you crave a particular food, it is often because your body associates that food with some other habit. Perhaps you always think of salsa every time you eat turkey? And […]
Helping Children’s “Thinking-Eating Disorders” with the HeartMark™
(Here is my article printed a few years ago by AZ Parenting Magazine!) We’re all concerned about the disturbing phenomenon of eating disorders. Children who don’t eat enough, or who eat a lot and purge, hurt their growing bodies, developing brains, and long-term health. However, such problems begin with what nutrition consultant Tali Lehavi Hamer […]
HUNGER and Its Negative Effects on Your Body:
When you don’t eat when you are hungry, results that you don’t want happen: 1. Your body thinks there is no food so it slows down the metabolism. This is a genetic instinct that is necessary to survival. Back when we had to rely on what we could hunt or gather, the body’s only way […]
Super Snacks for Summer: Beating the heat with healthy snacks kids can help make!
(Below is an article I wrote for AZ Parenting a few years ago. It includes the Chocotillas (TM) original recipe! ) Time off from school does not mean time off from eating healthy. Whether your children will be at camp, the pool, or loiter around the house this summer, parents need to teach children to […]
The Secret to Happy Long Lasting Marriage
I learned this from my parents when I was young. It’s good for children and adults to know the real secret to a happy marriage. The key that I see to any marriage that works is selflessness. That’s it. That’s the magic word. In my opinion, marriages break up because one side decides that they […]
HeartMark Rewards!(TM)
HeartMark Rewards with photo, using square, first pallette You may print and cut these rewards out to give to your child, or email TaliLehavi@aol.com to order puzzle-thick high quality rewards. You may also add your logo! HEALTHY EATING IS A CHOICE. It has consequences. Teaching to choose healthy foods is similar to teaching about economics. […]
Daily Set Point for Water and Sugar (TM)
Have you ever noticed that the less you drink, the less you feel the need to drink water? Have you noticed that the more sugar you eat, the more sugar you want? These two questions began my study 15 years ago on what I call the body’s Daily Set Point for Water and Sugar, or […]
My Dreams
HeartMarking Stones I dreamed a few nights ago that women were reaching into a crystal elegant jar that’s square with rounded corners. The detail was impeccable. A lot of dream time was focused on the sensual feel of the jewelry pieces and the clicking sounds. Women reached their hands through to pick up square […]
Discipline –Another Reason to Change PE Classes
The challenge to remain disciplined is getting more difficult in an age when everyone is more sophisticated at tempting us. The burden to stick to our budget, our focus, or our priorities is equally challenging to adults as it is to children. It is all the more important therefore to take time outs. HeartMark Yogalates […]
Junk Food Is Poison
Junk Food is Poison. It is not a treat. A treat is something that is good for you. For food to be a treat, it needs to be good for your body. It needs to give you the nutrients that you need in order to grow, repair damages, and prevent disease. The nutrients that do […]
Twilight Zone of Junk Food
My first daughter’s school, (“Scottsdale Academy of Arts,”)a half Montessori-style beautiful school with a ballet school inside it, wrote that the day’s snack was fruit. When I came midday unexpectedly, which most parents never did at this school, I saw the children sitting around the table eating life savers type of candy that was fruit […]
Saying No to Junk Food is Preparation to Saying No to Drugs
Everybody does it. The amount of peer pressure is enormous. They all seem so friendly and with good intentions. “Just a little bit won’t hurt,” they say. You come prepared to the birthday parties, arming them with healthy food before they leave the house. At least you know what’s coming. But then others attack where […]
Pet Peeve: Programs That Accuse Customers of Failing
Have you heard this on infomercials: “You failed. Not the program?” I have seen this too many times. It kills me. It was done onto me by a nutritionist. Many people who think that they are trained and qualified to help still make terrible mistakes when it comes to helping others with nutrition. They are […]