The Prevalence of Pseudo Paleo

You decide.  Which is more Paleo? Option 1: Tropical oil blend (coconut, palm , coconut), canola oil, salt, natural flavor, sunflower lecithin, lactic acid or Option 2: Fresh coconut Not too tricky to pick, is it?   This may be a simplistic example, but it speaks volumes for the inundation of products we’re seeing these […]

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Great Food, Wrong Place

I just arrived in Hawaii and was reminded of something that’s rather odd, yet all too common:  foods that we demand being available to us in places they’d not typically be found. We enjoyed a lovely breakfast yesterday, consisting of Waimea spinach and mixed lettuces, fresh fish, pineapple and mango, all from the buffet bar […]

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Grocery Store Atrocities

Eating straight from the salad bar, munching on a bag of chips with the same hands that are pushing the shopping cart and snacking on unwashed berries from the produce section are just three of the behaviors I see all too regularly when I’m doing my twice weekly grocery shop. And it’s not little kids […]

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Getting Rid of the Good Stuff…Intentionally

Sugar sells.   We all know this.   If it weren’t the case, we wouldn’t see so much of it in so many ‘food’ products ranging from those in which it’s screamingly obvious, like candy and cakes, to those where it may be a bit subtler – canned spaghetti sauces or soups. While none of […]

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