The Science Behind Healthy Eating
We may not quite hold these truths about food as self evident, but frankly, we should:
Food is the one and only building material...
Lies About GMOs and GMO Labeling that Big Food Wants You to Believe
California is once again looking at a GMO labeling bill, this time through legislation. Of course, the biotech and big food industries will try...
Aspartame: Diet Soda Companies Paint a False Picture
In college I used to slam Diet Cokes. This was also the unfortunate phase of sugar-free gum, Wow chips, and Snackwell’s cookies. But all...
Michael Pollan's Healthy Eating Habits Simplified
For some people healthy eating is complicated. In our quest for good health, we are bombarded with terms we may not fully understand. Words...
London's Cereal Café Highlights Our Processed Food Addiction
A cereal café-yes a café that serves cold cereal-is opening in London next month. Called the Cereal Killer Café, it will serve more than...
The Natural Healing Powers of Green Tea
I propose a revised proverb: “A few cups of tea a day keep the doctors away.” The ancient Chinese first started drinking green tea...
High-Fructose Corn Syrup Messes Up Your Teen’s Brain
The teen years are a time of great physical, emotional, and social changes and challenges for adolescents and their parents. Diet can have a...
Crazy Doritos': the Nacho Cheese-Flavored Plan to Takeover the World?
Mark my words: Either healthy food will win, or Doritos will takeover the world. There’s no happy medium.
And the way it looks right now,...
Probiotics: Essential for Good Health
We’ve seen the commercials: belly dance your way to better health though consumption of probiotic yogurt. The addition of probiotics to foods like orange...
Are Kettle-Cooked Chips Healthier than Regular Potato Chips?
It’s slightly embarrassing to admit how much I heart kettle-cooked chips. I’d rather have the chips without the sandwich quite frankly and it takes...
