Burgers on the 4th

Why not?  I love a nice burger, myself, without the bun, of course! But how do you know which ground meat is actually the best?  And, for that matter, what’s actually in there? Not unlike a hot dog or a sausage, unless you’re sure of the source, there really could be anything in there, from […]

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The Health Benefits of…Salad Dressing?

Wait a minute.  Salad dressing?  Thinking that was something that had to be kicked to the curb when you did your Paleo kitchen clean out? Not necessarily. Certainly, many of the commercially prepared varieties are not something we’d want to consume; often laden with corn syrup, all sorts of unhealthy oils ranging from partially hydrogenated […]

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Umami Paleo?

The first time I heard the word, Umami, it was in the context of a burger joint that was across from my hair salon, in Santa Monica. The word, though, goes back much further than the restaurant. According to Wikipedia, Umami is a savory taste which is one of the five basic tastes, together with […]

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Belviq, A New Diet Drug Approved by FDA…Just What We Need

No matter that it could maybe, possibly cause heart damage (remember Fen-Phen?), and those who are obese might only expect to lose a small percentage of their bodyweight, it’s just time something like this became available for those times when diet and exercise alone simply aren’t enough, right? Oh, hardly! An article in the Times […]

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