Recently, I was having a conversation with some random girl and when I mentioned that I was into nutrition, she asked me to give her my five rules of nutrition, the five things she needed to know to eat right. I managed to come up with three off the top of my head and [...]
My guest post on Mark’s Daily Apple last week triggered a few questions about a couple of different oils. Here are seven oils and my recommended uses for them, along with three that I don’t recommend and why.
The Good Guys (In No Particular Order)
1. Lard
Lard is pork fat, the highest grade being “leaf lard,” [...]
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With all this talk about cooking being easy and spicing up a bland diet, I thought I’d run down a list of items that I make sure I always have on hand. These ten items ensure that I can throw something together in a hurry if need be or I can put together something [...]
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Souvlaki, The Greek Hamburger. Photo courtesy of Debliteck Ltd
We’ve been to Italy; now let’s go to Greece, another supposed bastion of health with its “Mediterranean Diet”. From Athena to Athens and the Parthenon to the Pantheon, let’s explore what the country that brought us Zeus can bring to our table.
History and Geography of [...]
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No Traditional Diets post today. I’m still running behind due to things. Fear not friends, it will be rekindled in the near future though. In the meantime, enjoy some other reading.
Do National Dietary Guidelines Do More Harm Than Good? What?!? No way that a dictum from the government to eat [...]
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I’m sure everyone saw this news release a few days ago titled Mediterranean diet cuts mortality rates, says study. Here comes the media darling again!
Eating plenty of fruit, vegetables and fish instead of meat, not to mention olive oil rather than saturated fats, is generally accepted to be good for you, but only a [...]
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