Treating Symptoms, Masking the Cause

With a stuffy head, a runny nose and red eyes, you’re hardly feeling your best for that presentation at work you’ve been killing yourself preparing for the last week. So it makes sense to simply pop into the local drug store for some Advil, Sudafed and Visine, right? In a pinch, perhaps, simply to look presentable, […]

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Zinc Supplements: Necessary in Cold Fighting?

No doubt about it, zinc plays a crucial role in keeping us cold-free during this season when people to the right and left of us are dropping like flies with a cough, runny nose, congestion amongst other unpleasant symptoms. And if you’ve been following a typical diet, high in grains, you’re more likely to be […]

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Orange Juice to Fight Colds? Think Again.

Freshly squeezed orange juice is loaded with Vitamin C, so we should drink plenty the second we feel like we’re getting a cold bug, right? Not so fast. As part of this week’s theme on starting the New Year off in a healthy manner, tune in each day for tips on preventing, or fighting off, common […]

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Paleoista New Year Giveaway: Win A Pantry Basics Basket!

We’re nearly halfway through January already; can you believe it? Statistically, this week is when the most people will join a gym, embark on a new fitness endeavor…and begin a new ‘diet’. While many people do, indeed, begin attempts to execute rigid New Year’s resolutions effective January 1st, for many the first week of the […]

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It’s National Milk Day Today

I’m not making this up.  Today really is National Milk Day.  Who knew there was such a holiday? Apparently, it’s a celebration of the day when milk was first delivered in glass bottles in 1878. On the very same website where I learned about this holiday, if you will, was a very succinct description of this […]

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For The Love of Running

I’m going on a run today. Kind of a long one. And I’m doing it without having eaten cups of pasta last night for dinner, bagels and peanut butter for breakfast and you can bet I won’t be ‘recovering’ with chocolate milk when I’m done. By eating a real food diet (Paleo) and adapting my body […]

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Soup-To-Go Takes On A Whole New Meaning

Let’s face it.   We live in a hectic time and for many, squeezing in the time to eat is a luxury. It can easily end up being more along the lines of a collection of random foods thrown together haphazardly and inhaled in a hurry, rather than an enjoyable meal. While part of the strategy […]

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What is a Snack, Really?

What do you think of when you think about a snack?  An energy bar?  A handful of pretzels?  A low-calorie packaged item of some sort meant to tide you through until the next meal? According to Wikipedia, a snack is “a small portion of food eaten between meals. The food might be snack food—items like […]

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Pocket Paleo, Breakfast, Snacks and Workout Available NOW!

It’s been a long time coming and I’m thrilled to announce my third publication is available today! Pocket Paleo is a series of three cookbooks, with 50 recipes each, focused on three particularly challenging eating situations when it comes to keeping Paleo: breakfast, snacks and workouts. Yours for the taking now from both iTunes as […]

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