Too Good To Be True
Think chocolate milk is a diet food? Think again! Want to know the best drink to help you lose weight, read this blogpost and find out!
Continue reading »Dangerous Words
Yesterday, I wrote about the ambiguous nature of one word: sugar. The food industry and well meaning mainstream nutritionists have succeeded in confusing us. Is sugar good? Is it bad? I spend loads of time helping clients understand the distinctions between the sugar found in carrots and how that is completely different from the crystalline [...]
Continue reading »Fighting Cancer with Fried Chicken?
Want to put an end to the fried chicken cancer hypocrisy? Here’s how!
Continue reading »Coming in at 2nd Place….
Goldfish crackers came in 2nd in Time Magazine’s list of Kid’s Foods to Avoid. Here’s a better alternative.
Continue reading »This Teacher Is Fed-Up!
She is fed up with school food and is taking it personally. Very personally. An unidentified teacher somewhere in the mid-west has started a horrifying stunt. She will be eating (and photographing) her school’s lunch every day this year. I greatly admire her bravery to put her health on the line to make a point. [...]
Continue reading »The Top Ten Hazardous Ingredients You Won’t Find in My House!
Language is important. Political strategists say those who own the language run the show. So far the food industry has been running the show when it comes to confusing the American public on what to eat. They play games with words like “natural“or “smart choice” or, my personal favorite, “zero trans fat”. I’ve decided to [...]
Continue reading »Oprah’s Free KFC Meal Can be Hazardous to Your Health
Yesterday, I received numerous emails from clients and friends telling me about Oprah’s free coupons for the new KFC Grilled Chicken. A free dinner: 2 pieces of chicken, 2 sides and a biscuit. It was such a huge promotion, this free meal, that the Oprah.com site experienced record high traffic. Oprah seemed to think this [...]
Continue reading »Putting Lipstick on a Pig
As we roll into week #2 of the pandemic swine flu, I continue to be entertained by what ends up in the media about this pesky health issue. VP Joe Biden and his comment on recycled air on airplanes, the mysterious reduction in the number of deaths in Mexico along with the conservative zealots who [...]
Continue reading »The Year of the Pig
2009 is supposed to be the Year of the Ox, but it certainly seems to be the Year of the Pig so far, allow me to explain! The American News Project in a story entitled The Food Lobby Goes to School, was surprised to find the National Pork Board to be one of the lobbyists [...]
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