A resounding YES would have to be my reply. What’s fructose malabsorption? Here is what Wikipedia has to say: Fructose malabsorption, formerly named “dietary fructose intolerance,” is a digestive disorder in which absorption of fructose is impaired by deficient fructose carriers in the small intestine’s enterocytes. This results in an increased concentration of fructose in […]
Read More ›Many people talk about eating for reasons other than being hungry. Whether triggered by feeling stressed out, down and depressed or feeling happy and in need of a ‘reward’, different emotions and different states of mind for anyone can potentially contribute to someone’s decision to eat, or not eat. If I feel nervous or […]
Read More ›Too much of any one food isn’t a great idea. I’m using carrots as an example because of a recent email exchange I had with a blog reader, who reminded me of something funny I experienced myself, years ago. I began doing a lot of my own cooking at a pretty young age. I […]
Read More ›This topic comes from a suggestion from a reader; and what a good one it is! Here’s what he had to say: “I eat my fair share of wild salmon raw with avocado on top on the weekly basis, however, I do consume a lot of organic free-range chicken breast tenderloins and turkey breast cutlets, […]
Read More ›Oh, please, just leave it alone! Care for some low fat frozen yogurt, diet cookies, fat free frozen pizza, 100-calorie bags of chips, no carb energy bars and chewing gum with an appetite suppressant in it? Oh, and don’t forget some pills that will simultaneously make your skin appear more tan and ‘give you energy’ […]
Read More ›If you’re a conscientious shopper, you’re already hip to the fact that what you might see at the butcher’s counter is confusing, to say the least, and I’m not referring to deciphering what cuts come from which parts of an animal. I’m talking labeling on meat. What does it mean and can we trust it? […]
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Read More ›Bananas, apples, carrots & beets… all Paleo friendly plants indeed, so would they constitute a good meal option then? If you’ve got a state of the art juicer in your kitch, I could see why you’d like to make the most of it. Equally, if the cafe in your office building sells juices, it […]
Read More ›During a recent SKYPE conversation with an international client, I was asked an interesting question. “Nell, I read The Paleo Diet and it talks about an 85% plan. Will you write my meal plan at 85% rather than 100% and then I can still have my favorite non Paleo cheat foods?”, John (as I’ll call […]
Read More ›Yesterday, amidst the pizza places, the McDonald’s and the little French cafes selling baguettes, my husband and I popped into a casual little eatery to grab a quick lunch. Simple usually proves to work quite well for Paleo, and it did again yesterday! After a long morning run including a jaunt through Central Park, by […]
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