Monthly Archives: July 2011

Sweet Potato Chips

By admin | July 26, 2011

I don’t know where you are, but right now in San Francisco it’s barely 60 degrees and foggy cold. I’m fairly certain most of the U.S. is sweating through a heat wave, but I just walked the dog wearing a down jacket with a (faux) fur hood. Weather like this makes me crave comfort foods. [...]

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Nutrition & Wellness 101

By admin | July 25, 2011

Listen up! My business partner and I have developed a brand spanking new one day workshop that promises to be pretty awesome. We are aware that there is a lot of confusion about “the perfect diet.” There is so much conflicting info out there that it’s hard to keep track! Join us on Saturday, August [...]

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Eating Fat Doesn’t Give You High Cholesterol

By admin | July 21, 2011

In keeping with the trend of my recent post stating that eating fat doesn’t make you fat, I decided to clear up some confusing information about cholesterol too. 1. Eating cholesterol does not raise cholesterol levels 2. High cholesterol does not necessarily give you heart disease 3. Cholesterol-lowering drugs (statins) are WAY over-prescribed, do not [...]

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Eat Fat, Lose Weight

By admin | July 7, 2011

Everything that the medical industry has told you about fat is wrong. A recent study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition proves that saturated fat doesn’t cause heart disease. Profit-driven industries (I’m looking at you, American Heart Association) tell us that eating fat (especially the saturated kind) causes heart disease and that we should [...]

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How Healthy Are You?

By admin | July 6, 2011

The conventional medical system and the holistic wellness sphere have different barometers for measuring health. For example, when you go to your doctor’s office, you get weighed, get blood taken, and your blood pressure is measured. You are rarely asked about your diet or your habits (other than possibly how much you drink). Maybe if [...]

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