Coconut Oil vs Coconut Butter; What’s the Diff?

If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you’ll already be well aware that I’m a big fan of including raw coconut to one’s diet. What if you don’t have access to the fresh thing? Enter coconut oil…and coconut butter. But what’s the diff between the two, and is one superior to the other? […]

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Frozen Yogurt for Lunch?

The other day while out running errands, I came across two different women in two different places doing the same thing:  eating a large vat of frozen yogurt as their lunch.  Both happened to be having conversations with people about what they were eating, which I overhead, partly because they were both in very close […]

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Certified Organic, or Just Organic?

Such a confusing topic; not too different from the labeling of grass fed meats! I went to a farmer’s market I hadn’t been to before this morning, and had several quite valuable conversations with a few of the vendors, all of whom were selling produce. If I’m in my usual stomping grounds, I know which […]

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McDonald’s and the Olympic Games…Perfect!

According to McDonald’s website, they “became an official sponsor of the Olympic Games in 1976 and have a longstanding commitment to the Olympic Movement. At the 1968 Olympic Winter Games, McDonald’s airlifted hamburgers to U.S. athletes competing in Grenoble, France, who reported they were homesick for McDonald’s food.” Nothing like a nice big bite of good […]

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