Is “Ensure” A Good Protein Drink Option?

A new client asked if Ensure would  be a good option for a quick meal on-the-go.  Ensure is a product marketed as, per their website, having “more protein than an egg, 21 essential vitamins and minerals, and 180 calories, Ensure Clear is the fat free, refreshingly clear choice to help fill your nutritional gaps. In […]

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The ‘Peanut Butter’ Cure?

I thought I’d heard it incorrectly.  NPR was on in the background as I was writing yesterday, and I heard mention of this seeming oxymoron. I was wrong.  I hadn’t heard it incorrectly; apparently, over a decade ago, a French doctor “invented a treatment for severely malnourished children that had a revolutionary, life-saving impact; the product […]

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Is Truvia A Good Sweetener?

That depends.   Do you like to eat erythritol?   Do you know what erythritol is?  It’s yet another sugar alcohol that has been approved for use as a food additive in the United States (as if that means anything). Neatly packaged up in a friendly looking white envelope with a green flower logo makes it […]

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Shiritaki Noodles- Are They Paleo?

I love when I receive an inquiry about a food I don’t know about as it serves as a learning opportunity for me. A reader recently sent me an email asking if the Shiritaki Noodles she found would be Paleo friendly. I asked for a link to the brand she had in mind, as the only […]

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