Michael Pollan & Peanut Butter Cups

I’ve used 3 of Michael Pollan’s Food Rules to justify making homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups.

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Twinkies for Weight Loss!

Think Twinkies will help you drop weight? Think again!

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The Food Industry’s Favorite Game: Whac-A-Mole

Eating industrialized food is like playing a game of Whac-A-Mole. See if you agree.

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Talk to Your Daughters About the Beauty Industry

We all must consider the world wide impact of what we do to look good.

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Makin’ Mayo

Store bought mayonnaise has many questionable ingredients. Its really not that hard to make your own.

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Goodbye Ben & Jerry, Hello Blue Pig

My “food rules” when it comes to ice cream is make it real! I discovered a new micro-creamery near me that serves real ice cream, what a treat!

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Dangerous Words

Tweet 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 [...]

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Sugar: Whats in a word?

Sugars are not just “empty calories”, sugar is a major anti-nutrient that can wreck havoc with your health.

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Fighting Cancer with Fried Chicken?

Want to put an end to the fried chicken cancer hypocrisy? Here’s how!

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Cotton is Not a Food!

Tweet When you see partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil on a food label, think beyond trans fat! This super cheap oil is one of the most toxic ingredients in processed food today, let me count a few ways: #1 Cotton is not a food! These cottonseeds are a left over by product of producing cotton fiber. [...]

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