My latest nutritious obsession is CHIVES! I love their tiny, tubular shape, their bright green color and their delicately onion-y flavor. They pack a great little punch and I’ve been adding them to my meals lately for both their color and taste. At first I was just generously sprinkling them over my eggs each morning, but after about a week …
Bringing Paleo to the People: Nutrition Workshops for CrossFit Gyms
I’m beyond excited to announce that I am now bringing Paleo to the people! That’s right, I am teaching Practical Paleo Nutrition Workshops that are a fun, hands-on way to learn about the foods that can fuel your body well for health, athletic performance and a long, happy life. My experience and education as a nutritionist through Bauman College in …
Guess the Non-Food #5: Play the Game!
Play the game! Below is a list of ingredients from a fairly commonly consumed “Non-Food.” (Meaning it’s eaten by many people, but I don’t consider it food.) I’d love to see your guesses in Comment posts, but if you want to just play the game to yourself that’s okay too. Try to guess the Non-Food! Don’t cheat by doing a search …
Group Class Info: 9/30/10 “Healthy Nutrition On-the-Go for the Busy Professional”
Join me for a workshop entitled “Healthy Nutrition On-the-Go.” This workshop will give you the information, tips and tricks you’ll need to keep yourself well-fueled throughout the work week. You’ll learn how to plan meals and snacks for sustained energy levels throughout day, which foods to eat more often and which to avoid entirely. You’ll get some easy recipes and …
Book Review: “The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet” by Robb Wolf.
Before I get into my review of Robb Wolf’s new book, “The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet,” you should know that I’ve now attended Robb’s “The Paleolithic Solution Seminar” twice and can honestly say that this guy is the real deal. He’s extremely passionate about his work and, more importantly, about only presenting ideas and information that will help …
Turn Down the Lights, Turn Up Your Metabolism
Are you struggling with sugar and carb cravings that seem to just take over? Are you trying to lose excess body fat but feel it’s an uphill battle when foods you know you shouldn’t eat are practically screaming at you to eat them? Do you feel like you just can’t seem to get your body to burn fat no matter …
Fats: Which to Eat & Which to Ditch
Click here to download the PDF guide! (Also see this post: “FAQs: What Are Safe Cooking Fats & Oils?“) I get a TON of questions regarding fats and oils. And rightfully so. There is a TON of confusing, conflicting and darn right misleading information out there about which are the healthy ones for us to consume. I tend to come …
A Carb-Loaded Youth, Years of Hypoglycemia & How I Landed on a “Paleo” Diet.
Here’s an honest look at how I landed on a paleo/primal type of real food diet. I say “Paleo” in the title of this post because I don’t follow one specific diet 100% of the time, but I do what feels best for my body and what works for me intellectually as well as physically. My story is far longer than this …
Canola Oil May Be “Paleo Diet” Approved, But I Won’t Eat It
(11/1/11 Note: The revised version of Loren Cordain’s The Paleo Diet no longer promotes canola oil as healthy, but at the time of this post’s original publication, the version of The Paleo Diet that I purchased was pro-canola oil.) I have been saying I should blog about this topic for months now, so here it goes. I’m keeping it pretty short …
The 21-Day Sugar Detox Program Manual is now available.
Do you experience… sugar or carb cravings? energy spikes and dips throughout the day? fatigue, lethargy, depression or anxiety? brain fog or cloudy thinking/trouble concentrating? hunger that goes from mild to intense very quickly? If you answered “YES!” to any of those questions, join me for this three week program to help break your addiction to sugar and carbs! The …