Sometimes I just need a cookie. In the afternoon, I frequently enjoy a hot cup of tea or coffee, and occasionally want something chewy and sweet to nibble on while I sip. But packages of store-bought processed cookie dough with questionable ingredients and dangerous trans-fats are out of the question. Fortunately, cookies are easy to [...]
Watch the video or read the post - it's up to you! I was on a wellness streak. Eighteen months of energy and health, and not one cold or sniffle to mar it. Previously, I had caught a virus two to three times a year. With a child in school and germs unavoidably everywhere, it [...]
In an effort to cut calories and lose weight, millions of women routinely reach for “sugar-free” packaged foods and “diet” sodas. While avoiding added sugar and high-fructose corn syrup is a good thing, just because a canned drink has a list of zeros down the side does not mean that it is “neutral” or problem [...]
Bad news for red meat: A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine concludes that red meat consumption is associated with an increased risk of total, cardiovascular and cancer death. Should you remove red meat from your diet? First, let’s review the published information from the study. This study is actually an analysis of [...]
I knew there were “a lot” of food additives in processed food. But I didn’t realize until recently just how many preservatives, food dyes, flavorings and other things are being added to what we eat here in the U.S. When I read the number, I had to stop and stare. So, just how many food [...]
Andrea Beaman knows the value of investing in your health. This weekend I was able to see her speak at a health conference on the topic “Health is Wealth.” If you are not familiar with Andrea, she's the Natural Foods Chef, author, and Top Chef contestant that cured her own thyroid disease – with food. [...]
It’s September on the Front Range. That means cooler evenings, brilliant sunsets and chiles! It’s also Local Food Month in many regions, so I popped in at Ollin Farms Chile Festival for some pepper tasting, chile roasting, music and recipe fun. The farm stand was loaded with beautiful, jewel toned sweet peppers and hot chiles, [...]
I don’t spend much time on the inner aisles of the grocery store any more. You know the aisles I’m talking about, the ones displaying an army of boxes full of nutrient stripped, highly processed food containing preservatives, chemicals, trans fats and genetically modified ingredients. One of the items I used to reach for regularly [...]
The sun’s up a little later. The nights are a little cooler. The garden is churning out the last rounds of yellow squash, zucchini and cucumber. And the heirloom tomato plants are so heavy with ripening lusciousness that they have nearly toppled over. What to do with all of this abundance? I hate it when [...]
You sit down to a lunch of lovely baby spinach salad with strawberries and balsamic vinaigrette. Yum. But if the spinach and strawberries are conventionally grown, you may also be consuming highly toxic insecticides. Not so yum. Want to avoid them? You can. You have probably heard of the "Dirty Dozen" and "Clean 15," the [...]
