Unraveling Eczema Article Barely Mentions Diet

An article in last Tuesday’s  NY Times focused on  And there, in the second to last paragraph, were a mere two short sentence suggesting that one might want to also look at their diet, too: “Food allergies show up as eczema in some patients. Eliminating one potential culprit at a time, like dairy products, eggs or […]

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Paleo Chocolate?

An occasional piece of raw, dark chocolate can be something to enjoy while keeping Paleo, but this doesn’t mean we should take license to pop into the grocery store and gobble down a poor quality, low cacao content, high sugar candy bar. Cacao comes from the dried seeds of a South American evergreen tree and […]

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Staying True to Paleo Does Not Equal Orthorexia

There have been a few occasions in which blog readers, twitter followers or the public at large have made comments from ‘people who are completely Paleo are too rigid‘ to ‘anyone who never eats grain, dairy or legumes must clearly suffer from orthorexia and it’s a real problem‘. Just two days ago in the Seattle […]

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Doctors Prescribing Real Food- It’s About Time!

A great piece on NPR’s blog, The Salt, was a breath of fresh air.   “NYC Doctors Are Now Prescribing Fruits And Veggies” is the title of the article that reviews a “new program in New York City has doctors prescribing fruits and vegetables to obese or overweight patients.” It continues along to describe how […]

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