Is All Fat Created Equally? In 1953 Ancel Keys published a review article (a summary of previously published research) stating that total dietary fat, both animal and plant based were a direct link on blood cholesterol levels and Chronic Heart Disease (CHD) mortality rates in the U.S. Keys and his colleagues hypothesized and concluded, based…
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But First, Food
“You cannot cheat with food. You eat food.” – Robb Wolf When I read those words I had one of those a-ha moments because for as long as I have been talking to people about food and what they should and should not eat, it drives me crazy every time I hear someone say “I…
Food Thoughts: The Art of Mindful Eating
The other day someone asked me “Do you eat salad every day?” To which I replied “I do. Don’t you?” I sometimes forget that most people don’t eat a pound of vegetables a day. A lot of people don’t even really give much thought to what they eat on any day. And I get…
DIYS (Do it Yourself Salad) This
About 2 months ago I started channeling a salad artist. You’re thinking “a what?” Yeah, I know. I had no idea such a person existed either but they must have because I have never, in my lifetime, created one salad that has looked even sightly like the ones I have been whipping up lately. So the only logical explanation…
EAT WHERE YOU LIVE
Hey! Guess what? I’m posting another picture of a salad I made last night (insert eye roll here). It came to my attention yesterday while scrolling through my Instagram feed, that a lot of food bloggers post pictures of these great meals they “just” prepared accompanied by a recipe they “just” created. And one day…
What is Paleo? My Perspective
What is Paleo? My Point of View Around 2.6 million years ago homo habilis (distant relatives of yours and mine) lived in a time referred to as the Paleolithic era. An era that is very significant to the human race as this was the time when we really started to put our grey matter to…