Healthy Eating With San Diego Nutritionist, John Burson

Do Potatoes Help You Lose Weight?

Don’t let anyone talk you out of your potatoes. I don’t care if they have great bodies, Ph.D.’s or weight loss best sellers. Potatoes are great for weight loss. So, have a potato wedge for a snack on me.

For no good reason, potatoes have gotten a villainous re...

Do you have diabetes?

Eating these foods will help you normalize your blood sugar. The most effective healing foods are highlighted in blue.

Meat, fish and poultry.
• Eggs, Sea food (tuna & salmon), Chicken
Grains
• Oatmeal, Quinoa, Whole Grain Bread, Brown rice, Vegetable-based pasta
Dair...

HOW MUCH CARDIO DO YOU NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT PROPERLY ?

This most common weight loss question focuses on the amount of cardio exercise needed to lose weight on a consistent basis. My answer is very little. That goes counter to most of the information you have heard. The general perception is you ...

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU REACH A WEIGHT LOSS PLATEAU?

Every now and then, I get text messages from weight loss clients who are extremely disappointed with a sudden stall in their weight loss progress. Typically, after losing at a good pace of one to two pounds a week, they reach a point where they ...

NATURAL APPETITE SUPPRESSANTS

Why take supplements or drugs to curb your appetite while there are many foods that do it for you? Right on your supermarket shelves, there are plenty of natural, unprocessed foods that fill you full of nutrients and keep hunger at bay. Here are some of the foods I ...

THE PERFECT SNACK

This zip lock bag of vegetables is always available in my refrigerator. When I desire a snack, I usually go for this bag. It's typically filled with broccoli florets, cherry tomatoes, celery, cauliflower, and sweet peppers.

Fresh vegetables are full of nutrients, fiber and bul...

This is a great example of a high volume, low density meal. Tonight, I roasted Brussels sprouts mixed with Beyond Beef crumbs.

Before putting the mixture in the oven, I lightly coated the Brussels sprouts with olive oil and added Italian spices. This is a delicious low carb, high fiber and high...

OATMEAL IS THE SOURCE OF A GREAT BREAKFAST

Oakmeal is a great diet aid because the fiber curbs your appetite so you'll snack less. Plus, it's great for your heart and your blood sugar levels. To spike up the taste, you can add any number of ingredients including cinnamon, banana, chia seeds and ...

AMAZING TRANSFORMATION

I thought I'd share this Instagram post from Jelly Devote entitled, "Alcohol vs Water." Before she quit drinking alcohol, this young lady hated everything about herself. Now, she primarily drinks water and she follows a balanced diet. Her self-hatred has been replaced with...