I love chocolate, particularly dark chocolate.  I make no apologies, and the more I learn about chocolate and the cocoa bean, the more I realize no apologies are needed.  It’s...

When you think of beef, seaweed isn’t the first association you might make, and vice versa.  When many people today think of beef, they might first think of climate change,...

The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently proposed updating the definition of “healthy” for the purposes of food labeling, to align it more with the 2020-2025 US Dietary Guidelines for...

National Fruits & Veggies Month (September), is over, but the need to eat more F & V continues. The CDC says only 1 in 10 people get enough fruits and...

Anecdotally, we’ve all heard for years about chocolate’s impact on one’s mood. I even get happy just buying artisan chocolate bars. Still, food-centric anecdotes can be misleading. Monosodium glutamate (MSG)...

People often tell me they like the idea of being active, but they also cite the barriers to getting there: “I have no time!” The weather: “It’s too hot/too cold,...