The Prevalence of Pseudo Paleo

You decide.  Which is more Paleo? Option 1: Tropical oil blend (coconut, palm , coconut), canola oil, salt, natural flavor, sunflower lecithin, lactic acid or Option 2: Fresh coconut Not too tricky to pick, is it?   This may be a simplistic example, but it speaks volumes for the inundation of products we’re seeing these […]

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Great Food, Wrong Place

I just arrived in Hawaii and was reminded of something that’s rather odd, yet all too common:  foods that we demand being available to us in places they’d not typically be found. We enjoyed a lovely breakfast yesterday, consisting of Waimea spinach and mixed lettuces, fresh fish, pineapple and mango, all from the buffet bar […]

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Grocery Store Atrocities

Eating straight from the salad bar, munching on a bag of chips with the same hands that are pushing the shopping cart and snacking on unwashed berries from the produce section are just three of the behaviors I see all too regularly when I’m doing my twice weekly grocery shop. And it’s not little kids […]

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Allergy Shots for the Dog?

I wish I were making this up but sadly, I’m not. A friendly woman with whom I often chat at the gym, who I don’t know very well other than the fact that we both love dogs and I had a real convo this morning, and I left feeling really sorry for her canines. She […]

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