Dr. Rovenia Brock, affectionately known as Dr. Ro, is an award-winning health journalist and television personality known for her easy-to-apply diet, fitness, and health tips for women and families. A leading nutrition coach for over two decades, she was recently named by More magazine as one of America’s top-five nutritionists. This December, she’s featured in Oprah Winfrey’s “What I Know For Sure’ column in O Magazine.
Dr. Ro holds a Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences from Howard University and is author of Dr. Ro’s Ten Secrets to Livin’ Healthy (Bantam) – a best-seller praised as a top-ten diet book by USA Today.
Having survived the loss of her mother at age 9 to stomach cancer, she has researched and written extensively about how to break bad health habits – from eating high-calorie comfort foods and resisting exercise to giving up on health goals and taking on the negativity of saboteurs.
Dr. Ro says it takes only three weeks to form a new habit – an important note to women striving to replace bad habits with new healthy behaviors.
Here are a few tips from Dr. Ro about how to eat healthier and lose weight.
1. Eat first hour out of bed- Skipping breakfast negatively affects metabolism, makes you more likely to overeat, eat unbalanced meals, and consume more calories,
quinoa (sounds like keen-wa); spelt, millet… Think Ezekiel Breads & Cereals a popular brand of sprouted breads and grains.
Q: What are the negative aspects of farmed raised fish?
A: It is lower in Vitamin D, Omega 3 fatty acids, and has high levels of contaminants and pollutants. Farm-raised salmon is crammed into pens, fed soy, poultry feces, chicken feathers, has high levels of cancer- causing PCBs and pesticides.
Q: What happens to the body when you eat dry oatmeal?
A: Nothing much-it’s harmless.
Q: My husband is diabetic. Any suggestions about a sugar free ice cream? He likes sweets!
A: Add/serve fruit, baked apple w/sprinkle of cinnamon, add 1-2 tablespoons of peanut butter or crunchy almond butter for sweet and salty effect. Add fresh and or dried fruit to salads.
