14 Questions to Ponder and Ideas to Build a Solid Backup Plan As the Delta invasion barrels towards us, conversations swirl with anxious questions about who's vaccinated and who's not and why not. But are our own houses in order? Do we ourselves have a good backup...
Confused about COVID? Seems like there are a lot more questions than answers about exactly what happens when the virus gets into the human body. Clearly, it's really, really complicated. That's probably because the human body is really, really complicated. Read...
Calories. Are they lurking in your brain? Not actual calories, of course, but worries about calories? In other words, whenever you eat something, does calorie anxiety get rousted from the recesses of your brain and start making you uncomfortable: Wow, I bet there are...
How Much Should I Eat? In a way, that's a pretty crazy question. As a species, our #1 job lies in eating to continue our existence. So shouldn't we have some kind of instinctual knowledge about the best amount to eat for our continued survival? Observing the wild...
Isn't it crazy that food can cause actual fear? Yet for many of us, the thought of "health-ifying" our diet does indeed cause at least an undercurrent of consternation, anxiousness, maybe despair. But what if it isn't just about the food . . . and what if there's an...
The 4 dangers of "Salad Thinking" People often tell me they eat salads all the time and wonder if that isn't a sure sign they're eating healthy. Certainly, eating salads is a good thing--and it sure beats having a side of Cheetos for dinner! But is it enough to...
What a way to stir up controversy, angst and anxiety: At a health fair last week, we demonstrated Spinach Sauteed with Pears and Bacon. Yes, you read that right. We made a dish featuring none other than bad boy bacon. Not turkey bacon, not a vegetarian imitation,...
Are all processed foods on the no-no list? Or are there times when it’s OK to break the processed food prohibition?
If there’s a reliable dietary culprit, “processed food” would be it. In fact, “processed foods” has become practically synonymous with bad-for-you food. However, most of the foods we eat are “processed,” subjected to some kind of “process” from simple cooking, grinding and fermenting to complex hydrogenating, modifying and refining. So in a practical sense, how do we implement the experts’ advice to eliminate processed foods? Instead of an either/or definition, I use the far more helpful “Tree to Test Tube Continuum” to sort out good from bad and when it’s OK to break the rules.
Can someone really reach their healthy weight goals after THREE YEARS of sputtering and sputtering, starting and stopping?
Seeing an article on hard-to-take-seriously shoe claims reminds me of all the food claims I see at the grocery store–and why it pays to be just as skeptical.