Shape Magazine, You’ve Got It All Wrong

This is really killing me.  I read, with great pains, an article on a recent post on Shape Magazine’s site.   Entitled “10 Easy Paleo Diet Recipes“, there is a collection of recipes that are so far off the mark, it made me cringe. Let’s start with the fact that they included some of the […]

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And Onto the Bandwagon Jumps Robeks

Robeks is now offering three smoothies that one might misconstrue as being a great Paleo option.     To clarify, it is not Robeks that is calling their newest concoctions Paleo but the idea that we can pop into one of these popular juice franchises and have a smoothie in lieu of a meal made […]

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Is Salt Really All That Bad?

A pinch here or there may not be, especially for athletes who are sweating out their precious electrolytes. But what about the average (sedentary) Joe who’s trying his best to go Paleo, and thinking it’s not such a big deal, because he’s got normal blood pressure?  All systems go? Not quite. Excessive sodium in the […]

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Is the Wax On Produce Safe?

Not really.    Another reason to buy local and organic, rather than remote and conventional is to avoid eating wax.   From a manufacturing point of view, where cost is of utmost importance, preserving a food for as long as possible to reduce lost would be a top priority.  If wax is applied to foods, […]

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