Prevent disease, promote health, and protect the planet by eating mindfully
Posted in Eco-friendly Eating, Healthy Tips on Aug 7th, 2009
If you can afford for everything in your eco-friendly shopping bag to be organic, then I say “go for it.” But let’s face it organic produce can be expensive, and with the economy in the toilet, money isn’t exactly growing on pesticide-free trees.
Posted in Eco-friendly Eating, Nutritious & Delicious on Aug 7th, 2009
Sometimes the best thing about seasonal fruit is the anticipation (like many other things in life). A number of my childhood memories are associated with the arrival of seasonal fruits, especially in the summer. In fact, writing this post makes me think of my macho uncle, sneaking down to the raspberry bushes in late August [...]
Posted in Disease Fighting Foods, Nutrition News on Aug 6th, 2009
Before I embark on this post, and you start throwing back beers like your health depends on it, let me just say I’m not a peddler of alcohol (except of course, if you’re a guest at one of our summer rooftop parties). But seriously, I don’t want to encourage you to start drinking if you [...]
Posted in Nutritious & Delicious on Aug 5th, 2009
If a cookout or a compliment contains peaches this summer, you know it’s gonna be sweet – think peach cobbler or peachy complexion. However, peaches’ juicy benefits don’t only run skin deep, this deliciously tasty fruit also happens to pack a decent nutritional punch.
Posted in Nutritious & Delicious on Aug 5th, 2009
Unfortunately, the year round demand for seasonal produce means the fruit and veggie section of a typical supermarket is chocked full of chemicals and pesticides. Many of them are ripened with ethylene, making the fruits of today nostalgic for their juicy past. So, it’s up to the consumer (you guys) to fill your basket with [...]
Posted in Nutrition News on Aug 4th, 2009
It turns out the old adage, “you are what you eat,” has been extended to include what our mothers ate – I guess that would make me a bottle of chardonnay, a pack of cigarettes, and a plate of pork dumplings…nice one. It’s bad enough I’m still atoning for my “terrible twenties,” now I’m stuck [...]
Posted in Ask the Experts on Aug 3rd, 2009
The Epi-Cure: Recently, high sugar diets have been pegged as the devil of the diabetes and obesity epidemic. Can you explain why a diet steeped in sugar might also be detrimental to our emotional well-being?
Somer: Sometimes the very foods we turn to for solace can lead us astray. Sugar – a carb-rich item that [...]
Posted in Eco-friendly Eating on Aug 1st, 2009
I am in wholehearted agreement with the motivation behind the New York Times editorial of a few days ago, “Farms and Antibiotics,” and with the legislation it promotes, which aims to drastically reduce the amount of antibiotics used in raising meat.
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