Tag Archives: bad fats

In Defense of Butter

By admin | December 16, 2009

It’s the holiday baking season! I just saw a commercial for I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, so I went to their website just to see what sort of ingredients they’re trying to mystify me with. Aside from the tub, it comes in sticks, too! Convenient for baking and can be subbed for butter in [...]

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“Healthy” Foods that Aren’t (recipe included)

By admin | September 23, 2009

We are bombarded by advertising and beguiling food packaging enticing us to try this or that product because it’s healthful. Maybe it’s fat free, or sugar free, or made with whole grains, or baked not fried. It can get so confusing, figuring out what to eat. What’s healthy and what’s not this week? Hard to [...]

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Know Your Fats.

By admin | June 22, 2009

Remember the fat phobia craze in the 80s that spawned a litany of low fat and fat free snack foods high in sugar and other chemicals? Fat has really been demonized, and you’ve been misinformed about its role in human health. People are confused about “good” and “bad” fats. I frequently speak with clients who [...]

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