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Overweight and Malnurished?
Sometimes I get sucked into the extreme weight loss shows…I always find it interesting to see what the nutritionists suggest, and mostly I find the transformations and level of personal dedication and hard work inspiring. Plus Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition is on right after the Bachelorette (a high-quality program..errrr). So last night I was watching […]
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Bye bye Orbit gum..
Well, this is a little sad (but probably for the best). No more Orbit gum. Thanks to this article, which does a pretty good job at describing a handful of dangerous food additives. Some are familiar (saccharin i.e. Sweet n Low, Olestra of anal leakage fame, and trans fats), and others are a little more mysterious. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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An open letter from Blue Pike Farm
The picture of a barn raising, a community effort to collectively help out a neighbor seems quaint and out of reach for those of us of a more urban persuasion. Well, the local food community is a community too and one of our own suffered a calamity this weekend in the form of a assault […]
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IIN Scholarship – This week only! (expires on May 30th)
If you like this blog and have a growing interest in food and natural health, perhaps you should consider taking the next step in your learning. I got my nutrition training at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and this week only they’re offering $500 scholarships for friends and family of current alums. IIN’s curriculum is more than […]
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Easiest guacamole..ever
In honor of Cinqo de Mayo, why not whip up a little guacamole for the weekend? (Who cares if it’s not the 5th anymore, it’ll be just as delicious.) Guacamole is easy, even better when you make it at home vs. restaurants, and really quite fantastic for you. Avocado (did you know it’s colloquially known as the […]
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Jamie Oliver coming to Cleveland
Well, we hope anyways. We found out a couple of months ago that Cleveland was selected as one of the few locations for one of Jamie’s food kitchens, which are designed to help teach locals healthy cooking skills. But money still needs to be raised to have enough funds to open and operate the kitchen, […]
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Do you know where your food comes from?
It’s increasingly rare these days to know where your food is coming from (China?), and almost unheard of to actually communicate with a farmer who puts his hands in the soil for you. But the local food movement has forward momentum, and there are more and more opportunities to visit a local farmer’s market and/or join a CSA (community shared agriculture) program. […]
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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 […]