Body shaming and food shaming are always unacceptable, and in this post, I’m going to give you my best tips on how to deal with them at the holiday table and beyond. First though, I’m going to tell you a story. Some time ago, my entire family sat down to a big dinner. It was a…
I get a ton of messages and emails from readers asking me how they can lose weight. While I can’t give professional advice to someone who’s not a client, I do have one recommendation: Lose the diet mentality. It sounds deceptively simple, but for a lot of people who have been living with diets for…
Trend alert! Celery juice! As if celery wasn’t the most hated vegetable ever – most of you celery juice drinkers probably haven’t eaten a stick of celery in years – we are now punishing ourselves by drinking its juice. Kale is out, juice of celery, in. Oh, pursuit of peak wellness. You’re so fickle! What…
Most of you know that I just got back from a spectacular trip to Italy, sponsored by Barilla Canada. Italy is the best: The food is incredible, the country is beautiful, and the people are super nice. I highly recommend a visit if you ever have the chance…it’s a life-changing experience to see how that…
Warning: language. Cancer is big business. I know that’s off-putting, but it’s true, and it’s really sad. All you need to do is speak to someone who is suffering from the disease, or search ‘cancer and diet’ online to know that there are a ton of cancer nutrition-related websites spewing the worst sort of ‘you’ll…
Eating Positive at the Barilla Pasta World Championships *I have been sent to Italy by Barilla for the Pasta World Championships but as always, all opinions are my own. There are a lot of eating-associated ‘rules’ right now. No gluten. No dairy. No carbs. No sugar. No No No. I don’t think though that eating…