If you were inclined (which I suspect you aren’t) to look up the definition of food (noun, \ˈfüd\) in the on-line Merriam-Webster dictionary, you would get the following: material consisting essentially of protein, carbohydrate, and fat used in the body of an organism to sustain growth, repair, and vital processes and to furnish energy inorganic […]
In a previous post, because you’ve experienced it too. The freedom we feel when we finally let go of a bad relationship. Or the relief that comes with quitting a bad habit. Or the confidence we gain when we nail that project that seemed unachievable at the beginning. Logically, we know that pushing through uncertainty […]
The history of all major religions include some form of fasting, from Pagans who would fast in preparation for the spring equinox to Jesus’s forty day fast in the dessert. Today some religions still include guidelines for monthly, yearly or intermittent fasts while others leave the practice to the discretion of the individual. But the […]
Someone reminded me recently that some of the things I take as nutrition-related “common knowledge” are only that for people who have been told the information previously. Yeah, okay, so that sounds obvious, but sometimes I genuinely forget that other people have chosen to be experts in fields other than nutrition. I mean, nutrition is […]
Ah, Julia Child, a woman after my own heart. Or perhaps I am a woman after her heart since I am certain that she loved eating long before I understood all the nuances and pleasure that come with really loving food. And certainly she was a champion for real food way before I recognized the […]
You often hear about so-called “superfoods”, without much mention of what they are actually doing to benefit your health. Certainly, many of the foods that fall into this category do lots of wonderful things for our bodies and minds. Take, for example, one of the recent nutrition sweethearts: kale. The fiber in kale is the […]
It’s finally over! The whole 6 weeks and 2 days of my elimination diet is complete! Woohoo!! Kind of. Wait… what?! How can I not be completely over the moon and elated that it’s done, especially after my little pity party leading up to the Super Bowl? Well, if I’m being honest, there was a […]
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