There’s a lot of ways to describe food, eating, diets, and our relationships to all of those things. Sometimes though, I think we inadvertently use words in those contexts that actually make the experience of eating into something negative. You all know that I adore food, and I feel as though too many people associate…
We have a weight problem. The problem isn’t with what we weigh; rather, it’s with how we talk about weight and our bodies in general. Kylie, a client of mine, recalled to me a time that she went out to what was supposed to be a fun, relaxing dinner with some of her friends….
I reviewed intermittent fasting a while back, admittedly, I didn’t have many good things to say about my 5:2 experience. Today I’m re-reviewing IF because it’s still a really big thing. Before we get started, I want to put one thing on the table. Intermittent fasting, like any diet, works because it cuts calories. It hasn’t…
This Ideal Protein diet review is an opinion piece. It’s been quite a while since I reviewed the Ideal Protein program, but the response to my review has been overwhelming to say the least. I’ve gotten hate mail, compliments, and even a few clients coming to me because they couldn’t bear to be on this…
A lot of you have been messaging me about Beyond Meat and Impossible burgers and other plant-based meat alternatives, asking if they’re healthy. My answer is always, ‘healthy’ compared to what? To meat? To other meatless items? To a steady diet of Big Macs? ‘Healthy’ is always relative, and it’s always subjective. I actually try…
I used to think the Environmental Working Group was a reputable, trustworthy source of information. Emphasis on ‘used to’…that is, until I did a little digging into what’s behind their most popular work, the Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen. I was pretty taken aback with EWG’s dumpster fire of misinformation mixed with scare tactics and…