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The wrapper on your food is hiding some ugly secrets. Most processed foods are an illusion, often appearing to be healthy—with claims like “low fat,” “low carb,” “vitamin fortified,” “no trans fat,” “contains omega-3s”—when in fact they contain the very ingredients making a lot of people unhealthy, sick, and fat.

Fat is not your enemy. A major dietary myth has been debunked.  For fifty years, people were told by their medical professionals that eating foods hight in saturated fats, such as meats, cheeses, and butter, would cause heart disease.  In March, a major dietary study, which reviewed almost eighty other studies, caused researchers to revise their…

  Eat Your Greens!  Leafy green vegetables are full of fiber, vitamins and minerals, you can find them at the market all year long, and they’re delicious! There are many types of leafy veggies including kale, collards, turnip greens, swiss chard, spinach, mustard greens, bok choy, and beet greens (cook the beets too!). Making a…

You’re giving a Cinco de Mayo party and among your guests you have a vegetarian, a person on a paleo diet, one who avoids gluten, a raw foodist, and one on a cleanse. What do you serve?

Carbohydrates have a bad rap. Refined carbohydrates such as corn syrup, sugars, and white flour may deserve their bad reputation.  Mmmmm… cupcakes, donuts, French bread, chocolate chip cookies, french fries!  Our bodies are hardwired to crave sweets but there are ways to lessen our desires for these unhealthy treats. According to The American Journal of…