What’s Up, Chuck?

“So you do recommend eating fattier meat?”, a blog reader asked me in an email the other day. Yes, I do. Sometimes. I am not a fan of eating only fatty cuts of meat, no more than I am a fan of only eating skinless, boneless chicken breast.  It’s all about the balance. Sometimes, buy […]

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Got Underripe Fruit? Bananas to the Rescue!

You’ve found the most amazing recipe for an avocado-peach salsa, and you found plenty of both fruits but the peaches were hard as a rock! What to do?  Rethink the entire plan for dinner? Not at all! Just grab a few bananas and once you get home, place them side by side inside of a paper bag. […]

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Muscle Milk Contains No Milk, Per the Packaging

I try to keep up with the various sports nutrition products that come up in the market, both so that I can discuss them with clients and also for my own knowledge of what the latest trends are. The Muscle Milk brand has been around for a while, certainly, but it wasn’t until yesterday that […]

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Kale Powder? How About Kale Power Instead?

I thought I’d seen all the possible permutations of kale- in the form of chips of all flavors, that is, but yesterday at Whole Foods, I saw something new:  kale powder. Freeze-dried and organic and $20.00 for 2 ounces? A quick peek at the label touted all its benefits: Supports healthy detoxification and healthy liver […]

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