Teaming up with the best (Lactose-Free) Dairy Farm
February 6, 2012 – 11:43 am | No Comment

Once upon a time, I blogged about a new organic, lactose-free yogurt that had just hit the market.  I loved that it was organic.  I loved the flavors it came in, I loved the choice …

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Practicing Safe Supplementation
June 24, 2010 – 10:34 am | One Comment
Practicing Safe Supplementation

Dietary supplements are a hotly-debated issue among nutritionists, with some hard-liners advocating a whole-foods-only approach and others recommending daily multivitamins as an “insurance policy” for everyone.
I suppose that philosophically, I come in closer to the …

Field Guide to a Wheaty World
April 15, 2010 – 10:39 am | 2 Comments
Field Guide to a Wheaty World

I have a confession: I’ve gone MIA these past two weeks for one, simple reason: my eating habits have been appallingly bad, and about the only things I’ve managed to actually “cook” at home (I’m …

The good, the bad, the Agave
January 15, 2010 – 1:49 pm | 5 Comments
The good, the bad, the Agave

I’ll admit that I do a fair amount of eavesdropping when exposed to public conversations about food.  I can’t help it.  It’s hard enough to resist taking a visual inventory of your shopping cart contents …

Visions of Vitamin D Dancing through my Head
December 19, 2009 – 11:33 am | 4 Comments
Visions of Vitamin D Dancing through my Head

Monday, December 21st is the Winter Solstice: the shortest day of the year.  What better occasion, then, to issue a wake-up call to my dear readers that you are all most likely deficient (or insufficient) …

To soy or not to soy?
September 20, 2009 – 5:29 pm | 9 Comments
To soy or not to soy?

Few few foods evoke as much controversy as does soy.  Depending on who you are and what expression of soy you’re eating, it can be either a healthy source of high-quality protein that may have …

A cheese for every disease
August 28, 2009 – 4:11 pm | 2 Comments
A cheese for every disease

Your disease: Lactose Intolerance
I hear it all the time: people who, deep down, know they have issues with milk and dairy, but are in denial because they don’t want to have to give …