Candy and Cupcakes for Runners?

Really? Lovely article in one of my running magazines last month, indeed, which discussed: Why things like candy corn are fine to eat before a run (because, and I quote, “Candy, which is mostly sugar, supplies easily digested carbs which is your muscles’ preferred fuel”, although it might behoove you to eat a meal with […]

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Fish Sauce Substitute

We’ve cut out soy and all its derivatives, including soy sauce, so when a reader recently sent me an email asking for something to use in its proxy when preparing an Asian soup dish, he wondered if fish sauce might be a good option. Yes, there are soy free variations of fish sauce, but they […]

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Previously Paleo

What have you chosen? About a month ago, I asked you to write in if you used to be Paleo but opted to not continue to follow the diet.   I’m always interested to learn why people choose to either forgo it completely or perhaps modify with some not so Paleo foods  into something they […]

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Easter Without Candy?

Yes, it’s possible. It doesn’t have to be the sugar festival that Halloween often turns into, for those of you with little ones. Straight from the horses’ mouths (my clients who are moms), since the Easter holiday is typically one spent with family,  as compared to Halloween, a far more social event, you can oversee […]

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