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Non-dairy or Dairy Free
Take a quick trip down the grocery aisle and you’ll likely see a lot of plant-based “milk” alternatives. Great news if you are moo-ving away from dairy to taste new products made with cashew, oat, coconut, soy, hemp or even macadamia. The not-so-great news is how confusing it is to navigate the plant-based world of “milk-alternatives”, especially when it comes to the labels ‘non-dairy and dairy free’.
Cacao, Cocoa, Chocolate, and Your Health
At first glance, cacao and cocoa almost seem like the same word, but technically they describe two different products.
A Tale of the Tomato Seeds
When it comes to tomatoes, the age old question is how it's classified: FRUIT or VEGETABLE? Well, both! Botanically speaking, tomatoes are considered a fruit because they contain seeds (1). the Bible and science proves that all fruits begin from a single seed, are...
In Search of a Better Burger
Are plant-based meat alternatives wearing a health and sustainability halo because they deserve it or simply because the plant-based eating movement is skyrocketing?
Tips and Tricks for Fresh or Dried Herbs
It can be tough to source all the herbs and spices that you’re used to being able to get from the grocery store.
A Challenge to Manage Stress
Why do we need a challenge to manage our stress? Could it be that our lifestyle and the constant pressures of relationships, finances, work, school and health are actually stressing us out?
FAD Diet Regrets
Years ago, while teaching a class of third-year medical students about the dangers of FAD diets, I was quite surprised to hear many students talking about this trend. Rather unsettling was the fact that [1] “on average, students in medical schools across the country...
Why is Nutrition Important for Our Health?
These days it’s not hard to find articles discussing how nutrition affects disease. Even Time magazine [1] reports that healthcare practitioners are “becoming frustrated by the slow progress of drug treatments in reducing food-related diseases”. According to the...
My Food-Allergy Journey
The DIAGNOSIS It’s not uncommon to start a “better-health” journey after receiving a new diagnosis. This is my story and the reason I began traveling down the unfamiliar path to better health. After struggling for years with chronic digestive issues, migraine...
Preventing Health Ambush
The holidays are over—you’ve survived the planning, running, baking, cooking, partying, shuffling, shopping, and the dreaded eating what you know you shouldn’t and not sleeping like you know you should! Fortunately, you renewed your commitment to begin the new year...