When you’re trying to make a difficult decision, do you over analyze, or listen to your gut? Do you ever feel like you have a case of the jitters, or butterflies in your stomach, either before a race or an important meeting? Who hasn’t? Furthermore, these expressions don’t come out of nowhere; after all, the […]
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Inflammation. We are seeing this word everywhere these days and it’s about time. I’ve certainly been writing about it for some time now and having been an advocate of what I call a food-first approach, I’m often leery of the latest and greatest trends that come to market. But recently, I had the pleasure of […]
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Does what you see in the image above look like what you’re eating on a regular basis? Local, in season, organic veggies. Ample natural fats. Moderate, mindfully sourced proteins. If so, you’re eating food. Eating food is a good thing. Eating things which are not food… not so much. So if you’re interested in […]
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Must it be energy bars? Homemade energy bars may be a way to go, and are certainly a superior option than downing highly refined sports ‘nutrition’ products that often contain gut-busting additives, but what if you’re a fellow fat-adapted athlete, who prefers to have fat as their primary fuel source? If you were to go […]
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With the growing awareness of gut health, gut dysfunction and the gut brain axis, a plethora of products have popped on the market, each claiming to be a panacea of one sort or another. Some are valid. Probiotics undoubtedly can play a significant role in healing a leaky gut, as can fermented foods; shifting away […]
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I can vividly recall the days when I felt the way the woman in the photo shown above illustrates. Painful stomach aches, bloating and every GI issue in the books. For so long it was an absolute mystery; after all, I grew up eating real food. It was the early 70s, my mom was a […]
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Good Word / Bad Word : FAT Have you ever stopped to consider how odd it is that we use the very same word to describe one of our three key macronutrients, an essential part of our survival as well as to categorize someone who is at an unhealthy weight? FAT. In our society today, […]
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Because there’s got to be room for wine, coffee and chocolate! You’ve got an important meeting coming up, so you spend whatever time is needed to research and prepare, in order to put your best foot forward and ensure you’ll nail that deal. Or perhaps, it’s not a work situation you’ve got on the calendar […]
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Bone broth is an anti-aging, energy boosting, gut healing exilir. It’s something our grandparents, and every generation before that made, it’s good for the planet since using the bones illustrates the nose-to-tail concept to the fullest and it truly is a panacea that we can all benefit from, regardless of what type of eating regime […]
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Apparently so. According to a recent article in the NY Times (1), “a study will see if nutritious meals for the chronically ill can improve health and cut costs”. Over the next three years, researchers from UCSF and Stanford will be assessing whether providing daily nutritious meals to chronically ill patients on Medi-Cal will affect […]
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