Vegetarians Don’t Worry About “Getting Enough” Protein Anymore

If you are a Vegan, a Vegetarian or a Qualitarian (like me) you’re eating right for optimal health by reducing your intake of animal proteins and fats, and when consuming them, having the best quality.  But how do friends, parents, and even healthcare practitioners react? A lot of my clients tell me that despite the [...]

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Brown Rice to reduce Diabetes – AKA adds “make it organic”

Great NYTimes article this week about a Harvard study showing the benefits of brown rice versus white rice. Eating Brown Rice to Cut Diabetes Risk - http://nyti.ms/9xn06n The key takeaways here are that the results were shown a) for actual brown rice – not brown rice flour pasta or puffed rice cereal or rice cakes which [...]

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White wine healthy too?

I was just reading a great article in Natural Solutions magazine that I wanted to share with you. Since its summer, I get the question a lot, is white wine as good for me as red? I’ve often felt that it must be – thinking of my real and my French “grandma” (the woman who [...]

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Eating Through the Ages

In this month’s O Magazine, I advise how to avoid weight gain each decade – and to loose if need-be – to avoid the health risks of excess weight as you age.

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Strawberry Fields TOXIC Forever??

Last month I had the pleasure of tasting organic strawberries from the Carmel area that were divine. Since I grow my own, and watch daily for just one to ripen to perfection, I have such respect for those that do this organically on a larger scale so that we may all enjoy these delicious fruits [...]

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Despite Economic Woes, Organic Grows

Natural and organic products industry sales hit $76 billion. Even in tough economic times, the natural and organic products industry reports 4.8 percent growth. BOULDER, Colo. (June 2, 2010) - Natural Foods Merchandiser magazine’s June Market Overview reports sustained growth for the natural and organic products industry. With more than $76 billion in total revenues last [...]

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What starts with an ‘E’ and ends in a ‘Y’ and isn’t that difficult to get more of?

Best ways to have ton of energy By Kimberly Goad, Health.com May 29, 2010 7:52 a.m. EDT (Health.com) — If you didn’t know better, you might think that all the energy necessary to get through the ups and downs of an average day could be found in a powder, a pill, or a suspiciously small [...]

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