Category: Public Policy

  • Why It’s Hard to Break-Up with a Cheeto (addictive junk food)

    Why It’s Hard to Break-Up with a Cheeto (addictive junk food)

    Have you ever felt out of control with your eating?  Like you just couldn’t stop even though you wanted to and knew you should? If so, you probably felt a certain amount of guilt, or even shame, about how much you eventually did eat.  That guilt made you feel bad about your own ability for self-control, […]

  • GMO Salmon Might Go Unlabeled

     Questionable Safety, Consumers in the Dark The first genetically modified animal food product could hit shelves this year in the form of GMO salmon. Scientists from AquaBounty Technologies of Waltham, Massachusetts have created a salmon species that grows twice as fast as normal salmon and can therefore go from birth to market in twice the […]

  • US Congress guilty of child abuse

    I thought about that title for a while before publishing this post, believe me.  But I just can’t get around how true it is…and I’ll get to my logic in a minute.  First the background: a couple weeks ago Congress changed parts of a bill that contained nutritional requirements for the National School Lunch Program.  In an effort to […]

  • Dinner help has arrived

    I’m super pumped, because my new dinner planning newsletter, No Plan Meal Plan has finally launched.  Check it out!  There are so many ways this can help you with your dinner-time routine; maybe you want to spend less time planning and be extra-efficient, perhaps you’re looking for fresh new dinner ideas, or maybe you’ve been […]

  • Higher calcium intake not associated with reduction in Osteoporosis

    A new study of over 61,000 women in Sweden shows that high calcium intake did not lower the risk of developing osteoporosis or of having hip or other fractures.  Only women who consumed less than 700mg of calcium experienced higher rate of these problems.  In fact, the highest consumers of calcium actually had a higher rate of […]

  • UnitedHealth CEO made $101MM last year – highest paid in U.S.A.

    Today I planned on having a nice, productive day working on things at home, such as my No Plan Meal Plan, among other things.  But I’m finding myself rather distracted by the news, which I saw in an editorial in today’s Plain Dealer, about the UnitedHealth CEO making serious bank.  More money than any other CEO […]

  • Cleveland is fast becoming an urban farming hub

    Cleveland tops another list!  We were just ranked the second best city in the country for local food.  The study cited our 225 community gardens, 12 farmers markets, community-supported agriculture subscriptions (City Fresh, Blue Pike Farm and others), urban farms, and of course talented chefs and local food procurement (Fresh Fork and others).  What’s interesting about […]

  • Health Coaches from IIN featured in Oprah Magazine!

    Very cool!  The March issue of O Magazine includes an article featuring health coaches, and specifically highlights 5 experts who happen to be grads from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition – the school where I did my nutrition training.  I can’t wait to get a paper copy and include the article in my portfolio. Health coaching […]

  • "Secondhand" chemo causing cancer in healthcare workers

    This article hits close to home for me, as I have serveral close friends who work in healthcare.  If you or someone you know is a nurse, pharmacist, doctor, or other healthcare worker that mixes, administers, or otherwise handles chemotherapy drugs, take the time to read this article in the Seattle Times about “secondhand” chemo […]

  • Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution: Did you watch?

    I was really looking forward to watching this show, where Britain’s celebrity “Naked Chef” Jamie Oliver promises to re-make the cafeteria food in Huntington, W Va. which was recently names as the most unhealthy city in America based on its rates of diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and mortality.  Jamie’s mission is to get fresh, from-scratch foods […]