Been an interesting year for me (more on that in a separate post) and in looking towards the holidays there’s a few items that I would love to find under the tree in order to challenge my body and mind in the coming year. #1) HeartMath® emWave2 The first item on …
Thanks to everyone that entered! This giveaway is now closed! The winner was Mitchelle! Congratulations Mitchelle and thanks to everyone who entered and your terrific challenges! And not just any bacon, but US Wellness Meats’ Sugar-Free Pork Bacon! That’s right, the winner of this giveaway will receive Two (2) 1.5lb …
Over the past couple years we’ve all seen a number of articles, reports and blog posts from “health” and “nutrition” experts that try to define what it means to be Paleo and then give a plethora of reasons why you shouldn’t do it. You may recall from a few months …
Over the past 2 nights I watched the 4 part series from HBO, “The Weight of the Nation”. For the most part, I thought this was a pretty good look at the obesity epidemic and recommend people watch it. That said, there were definitely a number of things that I …
NOTE: Its 2 am, my 2 kids are both having sleepovers at our house and watching non-stop movies, and to top it off my 2 dogs are being sick out of both ends. What a night! May as well write a blog post. I can’t vouch for the coherence of …
As so often these serendipitous things happen, last week I watched the 1973 film “Soylent Green” and this week finished the 2012 book by Josh Schonwald, “The Taste of Tomorrow“, both views of our impending food future. That they were produced almost forty years apart is amazing. Mainly, in my …
I saw “The Hunger Games” with my 11 year old son today and, while I enjoyed the movie (and the books), I believe that we are in the midst off our own “Hunger Games” at the moment. I won’t go into too much detail on the story, but here’s the …
Its not usually my thing to trash another’s work, but when I saw this article called “Don’t Eat Like a Caveman” by Melody Cherny on FoodSafetyNews.com, I felt that I needed to comment. And comment I did, although for some reason it didn’t get posted to the site. Coincidence? I …
Recently I saw this and it caught my eye. You can make a donation to the Obama 2012 Campaign and be entered to win dinner with the President and First Lady. Check it out. Having some strong opinions on the state of things, I have put my money where my …
“We love gluten. We are the very best of gluten.” -Jodi Benson, General Mills “Its millions of people with nowhere to turn but us.” -Dom Alcocer, General Mills I just finished reading an article in the New York Times entitled “Should We All Go Gluten Free?” and, while it does …