Today is day 25 of my no sugar journey…it’s also the day that I will eat sugar. After all, it’s Thanksgiving and I can’t imagine the day passing without a piece of pumpkin pie or some sweet potato casserole. It started on a whim. I just decided on November 3rd to cut all sugar (natural […]
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Now that Halloween is over and we are still a little over three weeks from Thanksgiving and the start of the “holidays”, I’m issuing a challenge to myself and my blog readers – eliminate sugar from your diet from now until Thanksgiving! To some people it might sound simple, after all it’s only 24 days […]
Meal Replacement Drinks
It seems like meal replacement shakes and drinks are all the rage in the health and nutrition world right now. These “easy” and “conveinent” options for people to drink in place of a solid-food meal are nothing new. Slim-Fast has been promoting their shakes for almost 30 years now. Remember the slogan “a shake for […]
Little Debbie Ironman. Huh?
Two weeks ago it was announced that Little Debbie was signed on as the title sponsor for the newest Ironman race to be held in Chattanooga. The race will take place on September 28th in the beautiful mountains of eastern Tennessee. If you are a friend of mine, or follow this blog (hopefully you are […]
Gluten Part 3 – Why Are Some Gluten-Free Foods Bad?
If you haven’t read the first two posts in this series, please go back and read those first. They can be found at the links below. Part 1 – What Is It? Part 2 – What Happens When You Eat It So in this third and final post, I’m going to explore the ever-increasing world […]
Gluten Part 2 – What Happens When You Eat It??
In part 1 of my series of posts on Gluten, I described exactly what it is and how it’s made. The purpose of part 2 is to give you some details as to what happens to gluten and how does your body use it once you eat it. The molecular structure of modern gluten plays […]
Gluten Part 1 – What is it??
The word Gluten mean “glue” in Latin. In simple terms, it’s the glue that holds breads, cakes, pastas and other wheat products together. Gluten gives dough its elasticity and makes the final food product chewy. If you’ve ever made bread or cookies from scratch, you know how sticky the dough can be. This stickiness is […]
Genetic Testing
A few months ago I filled up a tube full of saliva and mailed it off the 23andMe. Once they received my specimen, they did a full DNA analysis and provided me with ancestry-related genetic reports as well as tons of raw genetic data. This is a really cool test and the amount of information […]
Eating Healthy in 2014
It’s January 1st. The start of a new year – a clean slate, a fresh start. I’ve received several messages from people over the last few days telling me that they have decided to start eating better in 2014 and wanted to know if I had any easy tips or tricks for them. I do. […]
Holiday Eating Tips
It’s pretty easy to go overboard and gain a few pounds over the next 5 weeks. It starts with Thanksgiving and then with the constant parties during December, there are way too many opportunities to either over-eat or eat junk that you normally wouldn’t. Don’t worry, I’m realistic – I know that completely staying away […]