Foods You Should Be Eating?

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

The NY Times today has a list of 11 foods that you should be eating, but likely are not. How many do you eat? They are 1) beets, 2) cabbage, 3) chard, 4) cinnamon, 5) pomegranate juice, 6) dried plums (newish name for prunes), 7) pumpkin seeds, turmeric*, 9) sardine, 10) frozen blueberries [...]

Carbohydrate Substitutes for the Atkins diet

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Cutting down on carbohydrates with the Atkins diet is easy when you see the wide variety of proteins and vegetables that are on the acceptable foods list. However, it does take some time and adjustment to get used to this new way of eating. A lot of the American diet centers around complex carbohydrate foods [...]

Veganizing My Diet

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

A few years ago, a title like this would have scared the bajesus me. Hardly anyone I knew was vegan, and the restrictions seemed so massive and all-encompassing, that following suit in any sort of fashion seemed downright preposterous! Even after I became the more Studdly version of myself, lean meat was still a [...]

Motivation to Begin Counting Calories

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Begin a list of the 100-300 foods that you enjoy. You will be designing your list to add variety and choice to your daily food plan. I know that you think it would be easier for you if we picked out the “good” food and the “bad” food for you. But we believe any food [...]

the GI-funtastic

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

… i decided to forgo the invasive biopsy required for an official diagnosis because it seemed unnecessary - feeling better on a gluten free (GF) diet was proof enough for me….

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Welcome change as your ally

Monday, June 30th, 2008

My younger daughter has just been diagnosed with coeliac disease so she is now on a gluten-free diet….
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Pros and cons of the Atkins diet

Monday, June 30th, 2008

The Atkins diet is one of the most popular low carbohydrate diets on the market today. Its popularity has sparked dozens of look-a-like diets who center on the same principles of high-protein, low-carbohydrate eating. There are a lot of fish in the sea when it comes to choosing a low-carbohydrate plan. Studies have shown [...]