Good Morning America featured a story about Paleo the other day. Unfortunately, unlike the open minded and accurate view of Paleo I was able to present on Dr. Oz, this show got it so, so wrong that it pained me to watch it. First of all, at the beginning of the segment, we see cream, green […]
Read More ›Check out the website of the good old USD (EatRight.org) and you can easily decipher the legal definition of the two food-industry terms: “Both terms mean that nutrients have been added to make the food more nutritious. Enriched means nutrients that were lost during food processing have been added back. An example is adding back […]
Read More ›Imagine if everything we ate really was food. Recall the definition of it, from Webster’s Dictionary: “any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life,provide energy, promote growth, etc.” Now, take a quick pause and ask yourself how much of what you put in your mouth fits that description. Alternatively, what percentage of what you voluntarily ingest does not? Cakes, cookies, candies, breads, soda, pasta, cereal, bagels, […]
Read More ›Clients are often surprised when I tell them that no breadcrumbs, day-old bread or crushed cereal are needed to make burgers, or meatballs or meatloaf. If you have any doubt, try this little experiment: Take some grass fed beef (either buy it already ground and use the fattier, 85% lean, or, even better, grind your […]
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