What foods are perfect or best for us? Often people look to exotic fruits—things like goji berries, cacao beans, and maca powder, imported and overflowing with certain nutrients. I’m a fan of those things—but I’m not so much a fan of their price tags. I like the idea of micronutrient loading, and promote it to …
In Our Own Backyard: The Perfect Foods for Health (for Baby and You) Read More »
Chicken stock. Maybe your mom made it when you were young, or maybe after Thanksgiving she turned the turkey carcass into soup. It’s not that I ever questioned why my mom did those things, but I didn’t think about there being any health benefits. I suppose if I had contemplated it at all, I would have most …
Chicken Stock for Your Bones, Joints, Immunity, and Digestion — A True Superfood! Read More »
Yesterday, Kathleen posted about fast food, and speculated that we are mistaken when we vilify it without also condemning many of the other crappy quality foods we have in our lives. It made me start thinking about healthy eating and food rules, and how we set our limits about what we will or will not …
Thanks for all of your great comments on my post about trying out Intermittent Fasting! I appreciate your perspectives, and I completely agree that IF is not for everyone…in fact, I’m not actually recommending it to anyone yet. I’m just testing it out on myself! Alison (who is my bloggie-neighbor) wrote a post about her …
Day 3 of Intermittent Fasting (but I’d rather call it delayed eating) Read More »
As a health, nutrition, and fitness professional, I read about different philosophies and lifestyle (diet, workout, etc) strategies. A. Lot. Much of the time, the only way I can recommend or suggest/educate people about new things to try is to try it on myself first. I realize that many people hear the word fasting and …
A Self-Experiment with Intermittent Fasting, and My Lessons in Hunger vs. Appetite Read More »
Happy Holiday Weekend! Do you have to labor on Labor Day? For an online teacher, holidays are usually irrelevant (some schools give a week off at Christmas). But since I’m teaching f2f (face to face) on Monday nights, I actually get “a day off” from that! I’m planning to use the time to work on …
If you’ve been stopping by for a while, and especially if you know me for-real-in-person, you know I’ve been exploring a more traditional way of eating lately. I want to divulge the details, and I promise I will, but I need to focus on fitness for the moment. My goal for the first two weeks …
In my last post, I mentioned something about waltzing (or was it walking?) over to the anthropology department from the nutrition science department…well, I failed at my attempt to be metaphorical (which is why I don’t belong in the writing department). What I meant was that my most recent nutritional changes have been geared toward …
Eating like My Ancestors, Moving, and a New Project Read More »
After speculating about how the cauliflower pizza crust could be made vegan with the cashew cheese sauce from the Cheesy Kelp Noodles…I decided to give it a whirl today. As I was heating up the oven, I wasn’t thinking about NY’s outrageous heat index, but shortly thereafter I realized that today should not have been …
I go through phases of drinking coffee, quitting drinking coffee, drinking coffee on weekends only, and more. I can’t tell you exactly why I keep cycling through these phases, it seems to change over time and it is a definite trend for me. Why am I talking about this? There is so much conversation about …
