Is “Ensure” A Good Protein Drink Option?

A new client asked if Ensure would  be a good option for a quick meal on-the-go.  Ensure is a product marketed as, per their website, having “more protein than an egg, 21 essential vitamins and minerals, and 180 calories, Ensure Clear is the fat free, refreshingly clear choice to help fill your nutritional gaps. In […]

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Paleo Snobbery

I’m a coffee snob.  I admit it.  OK, and I wine snob, too..but only in the sense that if I have a cuppa joe or a glass of vino, I want it to be something that tastes good and came from a reliable place. I use the term ‘snob’ jokingly to make fun of myself, […]

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Holiday Dilemma # 1- Family Acceptance of Your Paleo Lifestyle

Thank you, readers, for sending in your holiday eating-related questions.  So far I’ve received many great inquiries about how to handle a variety of tricky situations, and the fact that some of them are nearly identical to one another illustrates what I’ve written about before- that many of the questions you as readers have are […]

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For the Umpteenth Time, Paleo is Not Atkins

If I read one more article about why Paleo isn’t a good way to eat because “it’s the same as the Atkin’s Diet”, or “it doesn’t provide enough fiber or calcium” or “it doesn’t support an athlete’s training regime”, I may very well pull my hair out. Paleo is not a high protein diet.  It’s […]

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