Marketing, Advertising, Blood Sugar and Refined Carbohydrates

One needn’t have any training in marketing or advertising to understand one often seen common goal- to sell something. So, think about this- you’re a big company with lots of product to sell.  Wouldn’t it be great if there was some way you could do something to make your customers automatically buy more product?  Make […]

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Muffins…Not So Innocent!

Let’s face it.  A muffin is just cake in another shape.   Sure, you can try to fool yourself into thinking it’s healthy because ‘it has raisins in it’ or ‘it’s a great source of fibre’, but the reality is that it’s almost always going to have some form of refined sugar, some form of […]

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The Fast Diet… Coming Our Way Soon

There’s a new book out in England and it’s the diet you’ve been looking for:  (Please note the sarcasm in my written voice here) it’s the 5:2 diet!   Fast for two days during the week and eat whatever the heck you want the other five. Co-written by a doctor (and we know that gives […]

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Hold the Kale, Please?

We all know how much I love and advocate the consumption of kale.     What to do if you’ve been advised to avoid it? (Heaven forbid!).   Case in point -a nutritional counseling client recently confided that he actually loves kale as well, but was directed by his doctor not to eat it; he […]

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