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What’s the Difference Between White Sugar and Raw Sugar?
I’ve been reading “What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained,” and I just learned that the only difference between white sugar, brown sugar, and raw or turbinado sugar is how much of the molasses is removed. Nutritionally, the raw and brown sugar (with more molasses left on) has a slightly higher mineral content,...
Healthy Eating Strategies for Families: Part 1
Today, I’ve got part one of my Healthy Eating for Families talk video! I gave this talk for the Rocky Mountain Parents As Teachers group, and it was a ton of fun. I covered three simple strategies for getting your families to eat healthier, and this video covers the first strategy: eat real food....
Free Stuff Roundup!
Since I did my first EVER healthy eating talk yesterday to a great group of moms and dads, I thought I’d do a round up of all the cool free stuff on the site for our newest visitors! First and foremost, if you sign up for my newsletter, you get access to my free...
Food Fight! Music Video Compares Diet to Drugs
Remember back in school when the teacher would show you some sort of educational video—maybe it was even a music video—supposed to teach you some lesson, but you and all your friends were too busy laughing at how LAME the video was to even pay attention to what it was about? Yeah, this is...
55 Fun and Healthy Oatmeal Recipes
I’m putting the finishing touches on a talk I’m giving this Saturday (OMG! My first TALK!) to a group of moms who are interested in tips and tricks to help their families eat more healthfully. I’m going to break down an average day by meal time, so of course I’m starting with breakfast. One...
7 Foods You Should NEVER Eat
It’s a sad truth that sometimes even foods that seem healthy can be bad for our health and our planet. Here are seven foods you should never eat—and easy ways to swap them out and get them out of your life.
4 Tips for Living and Loving the Mediterranean Diet
A couple of new studies have come out recently that have only reinforced the value of the Mediterranean Diet—a diet that focuses on whole, unprocessed foods like fish, grains, nuts, fruits and vegetables, and healthy fats from sources like olive oil and nuts, but low in dairy products, red meat, and processed foods. A new...
Fight With Your Fork! Join an Eat-In
“We each own a secret weapon that weighs only a few ounces. If this was strategically deployed for one day, we could transform our world into a better place. We could end obesity and chronic disease, revitalize our children’s health, achieve academic excellence, topple corrupt governments, restore our depleted soils, replenish our vanishing aquifers...
FREE Books for Better Living
This is so cool, I just had to share with you guys. I just found out about Books for Better Living Live—for two weeks, you get free access to lessons from 14 of the world’s best gurus for better living, like Danielle LaPorte, Deepak Chopra, Gabrielle Bernstein and a whole lot more. Here’s what...