Posts filed under: Facts vs Junk

BEEF EARNS ITS PLACE AT THE WEIGHT LOSS TABLE

A solid clinical study by a well-respected team, just published in the July issue of Obesity Science and Practice, showed...

How YOU View Food & Health: “And the Survey Says…”

  …you’re confused! The International Food Information Council (IFIC) recently released its 2017 “Food & Health Survey: A Healthy Perspective:...

FRUITS & VEGGIES & PESTICIDES, OH MY!

As a kid I waited impatiently for summer. The main reason? The huge variety of fruits.  People think I love...

PROCESSING THOUGHTS ABOUT “PROCESSED FOOD”

You can’t hear any conversation about food these days without hearing about “processed foods”.  Nutrition experts, medical experts, and those...

US NEWS’s BEST & WORST DIETS: Get my take & stop building a shelf of diet books

US News started 2017 with their ratings of popular diets.  What stands out?  The sheer quantity!  They rated 38 –...

YES! KIDS WHO EAT BREAKFAST DO BETTER IN SCHOOL

You’ve heard it forever: “breakfast is the most important meal of the day.”  Sounds exactly like something you’d hear from...

ARE YOU & YOUR KIDS “BACKLOADING” PROTEIN?

You’ve heard about protein, you know it’s important for building muscle, and you know meat, poultry and fish have a...

MSG: Could It Mean “Maybe Something Good”?

Most people who would consider themselves nutrition-conscious, and certainly self-respecting foodies, would probably deny that they use or eat monosodium...

Family Meals Need to Come Back

When I was a kid, my family ate dinner together every night – later than was usually promised, because we...

Custodial Grandparents: Where Nutrition Meets Family Dynamics

I’m not a grandparent but I work with so many of them.  Many are de-facto parents, either because they have...