Standing Up to Your Doctor

Kind of an unsettling thought, isn’t it? The idea that you’d go to your doc to share the most private details of what’s going on with your body regarding any particular health issue for advice, confidence and a sound treatment plan, but leave feeling like you haven’t been heard, or had  been expeditiously shuffled out […]

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Interesting Produce…What Have You Found?

I hesitate to call it a ‘new’ fruit or veggie if it’s just something that I personally haven’t seen before.  That certainly doesn’t make it new, other than ‘new to me’. One of the fun things about shopping at your local farmer’s market is encountering fruits and veggies that you may not have heard of, […]

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Keeping Paleo While Experiencing Culture

“I decided to veer off Paleo when I was traveling abroad”, one client recently mentioned to me.  “I didn’t want to deprive myself of experiencing the culture by eschewing their food”. Understandable statement, and certainly, we all have the choice to not eat Paleo things if we want.   However, it’s not an all or […]

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Choosing Your Chicken: Organic, Air-Chilled or…Aged?

If you’re buying your chicken based on cost alone, there are many factors that you may be overlooking. First and foremost, cheaper is almost always not best; often the bargain priced poultry has come from a battery-caged producer whose best interest is not in the health or treatment of their birds, let alone the consequences […]

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