The Skinny on the Skin

I have no qualms admitting it- one of my favorite parts of a meal featured pan-seared or grilled or oven roasted wild salmon or black cod is the skin. So much so, that it makes me cringe when I stop by the fish monger’s counter at my local market and see all the fillets have […]

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Sweet and Savory

Sweet as in the flavor experience, not as in added white sugar, that is! One of the many nice things about cooking is that anything is fair game in the Paleo kitchen, as far as what can  be prepared with what.   If we view cooking as a playful and fun way to approach providing […]

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The 5:2 Diet…Does it Work?

“Dieters restrict calorie intake for two days (to 500 calories for women and 600 for men) and eat what they like for the remainder of the week. And the weight just falls off.” Sound like a gimmick?  It does to me. The Fast Diet, based on the book by Dr Michael Mosley,” the medical journalist who […]

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To Fast or Not to Fast?

Wondering about fasted training and whether or not it would be a good fit for you? Chances are, yes. Fasted training, or training on an empty stomach, is most easily done first thing in the morning before you’ve had anything to eat. Why do it?  In simple terms, training on empty allows your body to […]

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Scared of Scallops?

How many people do you know who say they don’t eat scallops?   It seems like one of the most commonly avoided proteins.    While there certainly are those who have an allergy and would risk anaphylactic shock if they were to partake, and I’m certainly not suggesting that anyone who falls into this category […]

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American Foods That Are Banned Elsewhere

If you typically take blog with a side of raw kale and seared grass fed filet, today might be the day to make an exception. It may turn your stomach; it did mine!    Wake Up Call News, an Alternative Media site that “shares all the big top news from the whole world” and whose […]

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Pfizer Settles A Drug Marketing Case for $491 Million

I’m not about to report on the details of how Pfizer settled criminal and civil charges over the illegal marketing of a kidney transplant drug. I’m more drawn to the figure of $491 Million. As well as the last sentence in the article that refers to the fact that ‘Pfizer’s second- quarter revenue fell 7%, […]

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No Go With The Giant Soda Ban in NY

“An appeals court on Tuesday unanimously upheld a decision striking down New York City’s restrictions on the sale of large, sugary drinks“, was the opening line in a recent piece in the Times. Is this a bad thing? I don’t think so. No, it’s not because I secretly like to have a Big Gulp when […]

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