From the monthly archives:
Have you ever wondered? I mean, aside from the occasional “other white meat” advertisement - we see relatively few campaigns for whole foods. Eat Bananas? Consume Rice? No - you only see ads for milk.
Shouldn’t we all be asking why? As a general rule, you should be wary of health claims on food. Often it [...]
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At the Naturally Boulder Spring Fling, I was lucky enough to win one of the giveaway prizes (thanks to throwing in my business card at the last minute). My spoils were a box from Boulder’s Best Organics. Want to know what was inside (hint: it’s all from Boulder, and all organic)?
Fiona’s All Natural Granola Bar [...]
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Yesterday, the New York Times ran a short article entitled Childhood: Food Allergies may be linked to Obesity. It included the stat:
For example, overweight and obese children were over 50 percent more likely than those of normal weight to be allergic to milk. Over all, the obese and overweight children were about 25 percent more [...]
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Last night, Naturally Boulder held their annual Spring Fling (”the premier natural products networking event”) event, complete with a guest appearance by Michael Pollan. The space was PACKED with people all night long - so crowded that you could barely make it to the great spread of food!
(multiply this by roughly 10 to get an [...]
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A few weeks ago, I interviewed Christa Orecchio who has her own holistic health practice in San Diego. Believe it or not, Christa recommends not drinking liquids during meals. Sounds a little crazy, right?
Her contention:
drinking liquid during our meals dilutes our precious digestive enzymes that help us digest and absorb the nutrients in our food. [...]
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