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My Lesson in “Seeing” Food

My Lesson in “Seeing” Food

1-Healthy Eating Clarity, The Simple Prescription for Good Eating

A previous post shared three new “muscles” needed to better withstand the environmental pressure exerted by our Convenience Eating Culture. But these three “muscles” weren’t always a part of my toolbox. In fact, there was a time in the...
My Lesson in “Seeing” Food

What a Coincidence!

1-Healthy Eating Clarity, The Simple Prescription for Good Eating

Remember all the nutrition warnings we’ve been given over the years: Transfats, excess fats, excess sodium, sugar, corn syrup, refined grains, artificial colors, preservatives, artificial flavors . . . Ever notice where these all reside? In processed foods! For...

Imagine Your Way to a Healthy Eating Lifestyle

1-Healthy Eating Clarity, 5-New Kitchen Thinking, Inspiration and Goals

The next step in the Imagination series . . . You may have heard of Nutrition Action.  It’s a great newsletter that has really opened my eyes to what is actually inthe processed foods we so merrily munch.  A recent article was particularly interesting.  It ...

Building Your “Tasting Muscles”–and Putting Them to Good Use

1-Healthy Eating Clarity, 5-New Kitchen Thinking, Local and Sustainable Eating, Weight Loss

The ill consequences of our couch potato culture aren’t limited to flabby abs and saggy triceps.  All the homogenized foods that comprise the bulk of our diet have gradually eroded our “tasting muscles,” too. Never knew you had tasting muscles? ...

Processed Foods: Is It Ever OK to Break the Rules?

1-Healthy Eating Clarity, 5-New Kitchen Thinking, The Simple Prescription for Good Eating

Yesterday’s post introduced the “Tree to Test Tube Continuum” to help understand just what “processed foods” are.  The Continuum makes it easy to see the difference between those foods on the tree end (which we want to focus on) and those...

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