What Does ‘Organic’ Mean on a Food Label?
When I was holding my webinar last night on “Is Your Lifestyle A Health risk?” I had a lot of questions about what organic means. So here is the answer! The term has specific guidelines defined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Program. It states that organic meat, poultry, eggs and […]
Dirty Dozen Pesticide Laden Fruits and Vegetables
The Environmental Working Group analyzed pesticide residue testing data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration to come up with rankings for these popular fresh produce items. Here are your DIRTY DOZEN and these are the ones to buy organic if you are deciding on budget. Apples Strawberries Grapes Celery Peaches […]
Why Does Organic Matter?
Whenever I speak, I like to remind my audience that environmental factors are a huge cause of inflammation and chronic disease. The President’s Cancer Panel encourages us to eat organic when we can, to reduce our exposure to pesticides and other additives being applied to our foods. These are chemicals. Artificial sweeteners are chemicals! Chemicals […]
Snack Savvy Recipes
Here are four delicious and easy-to-make snacks that are perfect for summer Instead of chips, try munching on asparagus. It’s delicious raw or lightly steamed. Throw some in your lunch box for a snack or use a few stalks to dress up your next vegetable platter For a refreshing smoothie, combine a banana with 1 […]
Chuck E. Cheese: Enough with the JUNK!
Maybe Chuck E. Cheese’s should consider changing its slogan to “Where a Kid Can Put on the Pounds.”After watching the movie FED UP yesterday, I am being bolder in supporting behavior change through awareness, So, my first discussion is about Chuck E. Cheese. I’m delighted to be partnering with the Center for Science in Public […]
Calories Are Not Equal
Remember when the standard diet advice was a simple equation about calories in and calories out? In fact the equation was simplified down to eating less and exercising more. When I was writing my book, Is Your Lifestyle Killing You?, I received some “advice” that talking about food addiction and emotional eating was not part […]
How toxic is your food?
Don’t miss this opportunity APRIL 26 -MAY 4 to hear the best speakers in the field of nutrition and how it affects our health and the health of the world. How to Participate CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Each day there will be 3 or more 30+ minute broadcasts starting on the hour at 8, 9 […]
Sugar is the New Fat
For so long we were brainwashed to think fat was bad and we have been on a fat free binge. Guess what? We are getting fatter and sicker! All this time we were increasing our consumption of sugar and not realizing that sugar in all its forms is the root cause of most of the […]
Fed Up
A film that received a lot of attention at the Sundance Film Festival is called “Fed up”. It focuses on the sugar industry and its effect on the health of Americans. The film follows the lives of a group of children over the course of two years as they diet and exercise in an effort […]