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"Today, the USDA and the Department for Health & Human Services Announce New Dietary Guidelines to Help Americans Make Healthier Food Choices and Confront Obesity Epidemic" Included in the new guidelines: "The new 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans focus on balancing calories with physical  activity, and encourage Americans to consume more healthy foods like vegetables, fruits, […]

In today's NY Times, I read a piece  on a cereal that Kellogg's is beginning to sell in the US, marketing toward adults, "Crunchy Nut Cereal". Here are the ingredients: Maize, Brown Sugar (Sugar, Molasses), Peanuts (7%), Sugar, Honey (2%), Barley Malt Flavouring, Salt, Niacin, Iron, Vitamin B6, Riboflavin (B2), Thiamin (B1), Folic Acid, Vitamin […]

Over the last two months, I’ve had the honor of working with an amazing woman. ‘Tonya”, who is currently deployed in Afghanistan, contacted me shortly before Christmas because she wanted to learn how to eat a healthier diet.  She’s on week # 7 of her new Paleo Lifestyle and although she never complains, I will […]

Click HERE for the article in today's Orange County Register… Is anyone really that surprised? “Rather than beef, these food items are actually made with a substance known as ‘taco meat filling.’ Taco meat filling mostly consists of  ‘extenders’ and other non-meat substances. Taco meat filling is not beef. “Taco Bell’s ‘seasoned beef’ actually contains among other […]