In case you’re looking for the occasional special sweet treat for yourself and loved ones, but want to make sure you select the healthiest possible options, I highly recommend Didi’s Baking for Health, which I discovered a few months ago when an online friend mentioned their link. Always curious, I had to check this place [...]

Just in case you’ve been wondering what I’ve got against eating meat (and mind you, I have nothing against *people* who eat meat, just the meat itself), here’s yet another reference that might help explain why I recommend reducing or eliminating red meat from your diet:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090324/sc_nm/us_red_death_4
And I’m updating this post to add a better commentary [...]

Did I say “super” enough? These cookies are my favorite healthy treat to eat, and everyone I know who’s tried them likes them. (Plus, what’s not to like about a healthy cookie that stirs up in less than 5 minutes?) I never would have thought that such a simple concoction would be so delicious, but [...]

I’ve been saying for a long time that nutrition — real nutrition, not the “eat more beef and dairy” nonsense that has been touted for many years in hopes of placating lobbyists — needs a place in politics because Americans keep getting more and more overweight and unhealthy. I was pleased to see that the [...]

The other day I was working with a client who told me she had trouble staying focused on eating healthy. It turned out that she actually has eaten fairly well for a long time and simply isn’t sure if she has reaped any rewards yet.I encouraged her to come up with some way of tracking [...]

I love new recipes, but for some reason I tend not to get too experimental with smoothies. I think it’s because I have 3 that I love, and once I find something I truly love, I seem to want it all the time! :) I got inspired to make this one because of the Pomegranate [...]

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If you’re looking to cut costs on produce wherever you can, head to http://www.foodnews.org — they just updated their Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides “cheat sheet,” which lets you know which fruits and veggies are most contaminated versus least. There’s a long version and one that’s small enough to stick in your wallet.
Personally, I try hard [...]

I write and talk a lot about how making small, incremental changes work, and I wanted to share some rather surprising insights I noticed just today about that very thing.
I recently started showing my son Alex a video designed to teach him basic words in a really cool way. The first video in this program [...]

If you find yourself at times wondering if this healthy eating stuff really works, let me say this: You might be suffering from analysis paralysis. This is something that I’ve noticed is a common thread in several of my coaching clients — a proclivity to analyze the basic diet I recommend (Dr. Fuhrman’s Eat to [...]