I was listening to NPR a few weeks ago and heard a review of the book Pandora’s Lunchbox: How Processed Food Took Over The American Meal by Melanie Warner. I recognized her name from her writing in The New York Times so I decided to check out the book for myself. Pandora’s Lunchbox is similar …

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I have a love/hate relationship with gum. I would call myself addicted to it, as I can easily go through a pack a day and tend to “chain-chew.” As soon as I am done with lunch every day, I break out my pack of gum and chew a new piece every ten minutes without even …

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This is not going to be one of those articles where I talk about whipping up three course meals in addition to working 45 hours a week, hanging with an 11-month old and fitting in some sort of regular fitness regime. In fact, I am barely coordinated enough to chop an onion and not my …

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It’s been said that the average North American eats about 150 pounds of sugar each year. That’s right: the weight of one whole person! Even if your own consumption is way below that, sugars in foods can wreak havoc with our metabolism, immunity, mood, and more.  Besides the usual culprits like diabetes, cardiovascular disease and …

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Juicing and juice cleanses have been around for years, but it seems like 2013 is going to be the year of juicing (good job juice!). Everywhere I look, there are ads online for new juice companies, my friends on Instagram take daily photos of their juice, and Pinterest is a goldmine for new recipes. Never …

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I always wonder why healthy, clean eating is such a struggle for so many of us. Why is it not a way of life, like reading or going to school is?  So many people are not knowledgeable about nutrition and are unaware of how much sugar and chemicals certain foods contain. Some people choose not …

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Uh oh sorry guys. Remember this article I wrote a few months ago telling you that bacon can be part of a healthy diet? Well, it turns out that maybe I jumped the gun a little bit.  It looks like we might have to give up those salty, thick cut, hickory smoked slices of euphoria …

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Can you guess what the following have in common? Getting a filling at the dentist Eating some microwave popcorn Going for a mammogram Jetting to Florida for a winter getaway Chatting on your cell phone for 20 minutes   You may not realize it, but each of those events—and so many more in our modern, …

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I just got back from a week-long cruise and one of the highlights was the never-ending, delicious food. In case you’ve never experienced a cruise, let me just explain the food situation for a moment. Imagine a buffet with every type of food available to you 24/7. The breakfast, for example, included an omelet station, …

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With everyone spending so much time of social media these days, those “in person” social events become that much more special. The last thing you want to do when you’re invited to dinner is dampen the mood with special diet requests. How to ensure you can accept that invitation gracefully, and that everyone—yourself included—will have …

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