Tag Archives: Nutrition

How Outrageous Is This?

It is possible, in some hospitals across the nation, to order fast food straight to your hospital room from fast food restaurants that are on the hospital campus. You might find your hospital on the list that was compiled by … Continue reading

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Media Says “Go Ahead And Skip Breakfast”!

Sometimes I just want to holler at my computer when I read ‘news’ that is based on half-truth and conventional wisdom. Mother Jones online magazine this morning has a prominently placed story that purports to debunk three myths about breakfast. … Continue reading

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Feeling For The Amish

Now I know what it is like to try and live differently than the society I live in. Now that my family is eating real fats, not excessive sugar or carbs, and no processed foods we know what it is … Continue reading

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Parsing Bad Advice

I read food and nutrition news with a very critical ear for bad advice. Usually that bad advice is based on the bad old nutritional science of the past. The advice to limit saturated fats is still everywhere, even though … Continue reading

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Who Knows?

Seventy percent of US residents are overweight. Way back in 2008 it was estimated that obesity costed our health care system 150 billion dollars. Health care hasn’t gotten cheaper in the last six years, nor have less people become obese … Continue reading

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The Soil and You

Have you heard about Omega 3? It is the good cop to Omega 6’s bad cop. What about sugar, did you know that there are different chemical types of sugars? Do you know the different effect the different sugars have … Continue reading

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And Now, For the News

Ok, just finished my longest blog post ever, and am reading one of my favorite online magazines and this is on the front page. Of course I have to comment! It seems that this California Dietetic Association annual conference was sponsored … Continue reading

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What’s Stopping You from Starting?

Change is hard, because you are used to doing things the old way. Some of those old things are habits, you get up, stumble into the kitchen and put on coffee. After you are ready for work you read the … Continue reading

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