Teenage Rebellion and Junk Food
Teens can give you a run for your money when it comes to junk food. Here are some strategies to fight back.
Continue reading »Twinkies for Weight Loss!
Think Twinkies will help you drop weight? Think again!
Continue reading »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.
Continue reading »Makin’ Mayo
Store bought mayonnaise has many questionable ingredients. Its really not that hard to make your own.
Continue reading »Safer Lettuce is Simple!
What can you do to protect yourself from a lettuce recall? The solution is simple.
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 »Sugar: Whats in a word?
Sugars are not just “empty calories”, sugar is a major anti-nutrient that can wreck havoc with your health.
Continue reading »Girl Scout Cookies: Epic Fail
Now that the Girl Scout Cookie sales have started, I can’t sit by and stay silent about the atrocities that these well meaning scouts are innocently perpetrating on their families, their friends and even the planet. I’m well aware that these cookies have a place in the hearts and minds of so many people. My [...]
Continue reading »Reads for Eaters
There has been an explosion of food and nutrition related books over the past few years. People ask me all the time what books to read to get up to speed with food. Not to overwhelm you, I taken my top 100 favorite books on the subject and cooked that list down to just 7. [...]
Continue reading »Re-thinking Your Drink
Last night while most of the country was watching the Super Bowl, I was learning about fructose metabolism. A lecture by Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist held my attention for over 90 minutes as he explained how fructose, present in both fruit juice and most soda can act as a poison in our livers. [...]
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