There’s been a recent rise in what I’d call ‘diet radicalization’: Extreme diets with obsessive followers who have a disdain for conventional medicine and nutrition science, plus no credible research or proof at all that these diets are even efficacious or, for that matter, safe in the long-term. Welcome to the post-truth era, diet version:…
I keep waiting for the concept of ‘cheat days’ to go away, but sadly, they’re as sticky as tar on a hot day. Search #cheatday on Instagram, and 3.1 MILLION posts pop up. So yeah, it’s still on for cheat days. I’ve never liked the word ‘cheat day’, and I also don’t like the concept…
This post has been sponsored by the Almond Board of California. Mornings tend to be the most difficult time of day to get your act together, if you know what I mean. Not only are you basically still asleep, the clock seems to always be running faster than it should. To demonstrate what I mean,…
After reviewing countless nutrition articles and studies and diet plans and supplements and whatever else is out there, I’m not only a more bitter person (lol I jest…sort of), I’ve also come to realize that there’s a lot of fake nutrition-related promises out there. I swear I’ve become an expert in eye-rolling because that’s what…
I partnered with Arla to write this post, but I’ve been eating and serving Arla products for literally years. Some of you might frown and say that I’m being paid to promote dairy, but the post below contains my true feelings about milk products, which I say not because I’m being paid, but because they’re…
Warning: Salty language ahead. If swearing offends you, don’t read this post. Getting older is not for the faint of heart. I guess that’s true literally and figuratively, but for me, the increasing level of awareness and change of perspective in terms of my diet and body image has been..well, interesting. My age is nowhere…