Don’t forget to answer this month’s blogging/journaling poll! BlogHer NYC 2010 Conference Today I am flying to New York City for this year’s BlogHer conference! If you’re in the area of attending the conference, let me know so that we can meet up Also, if the Hermes company would like to offer me one of [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Nutrition category.
Portion Distortion
One of the fun new toys that I received as a house-warming gift was a digital kitchen scale. Squee! I’ve always wanted one of them. I like being able to measure out food gram for gram. This will also make life much easier when trying to cook from a Nigella Lawson book (trying to convert [...]
Misleading health claims
Nutrition labels and information on ingredients for food products is probably one of my most passionate interests within the field of nutrition. I even wrote a feature piece about the misleading claims on food products for a newspaper last year. So when Andrea from POM Wonderful contacted me about how Minute Maid has been misleading [...]
Product Review and Giveaway: Tropical Traditions Coconut Flour
Tropical Traditions recently sent me a large 1-kg bag of organic coconut flour to review. After taste-testing their coconut oil, I was quite eager to try coconut flour (their coconut flour has one ingredient: organic dried coconut). Disclaimer: Tropical Traditions provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under [...]
How to Make the Best Packed Lunch Ever
Don’t forget to answer this month’s poll! There are all kinds of excuses for why we can’t be bothered to pack a lunch. It takes too long to make lunch. I don’t want to carry a bunch of food to work. It’s boring. Lunch is an important meal. It fuels us during the day to [...]
Guest Post: “Healthy” Doesn’t Equal Weight Loss
Today’s guest post is brought to you by Sarah Harris of Nursing Programs. It is especially timely considering our current Operation Lose Five Pounds! Please enjoy: We all know that foods high in fat, sugar, and sodium are a no-no when dieting. You throw out the cookies and chips and steer clear of pizza, beer, [...]
The Green Breakfast Shake
One of the things that I really love having first thing in the morning is my green breakfast shake. Usually I don’t like to drink my calories (unless it’s a glass of Cabernet* ). I’m not tempted by juices or soft drinks, Slurpees or energy drinks, hot chocolate or smoothies the way that I used [...]
Vegan Sources of Protein
Part of the reason why I’ve gained five pounds over the past few months (or six, or whatever… but who’s counting?) is because I’ve been “overdosing” on carbs and fats, and not having enough of a balance of protein throughout the day. I’m trying to reign in my eating habits and make sure that I [...]
Who are YOU?
Be sure to answer this month’s poll about time spent driving! A major part of my Operation Lose Five Pounds is about figuring out exactly who I am. Not who I used to be, or who I’d like to be, but who I am now. And that means listening to my body. I’ve noticed that [...]
Sneaky Cupboard Strategies for Weight Loss
Be sure to enter my coconut oil giveaway! While it’s typical for us to place our veggies and fruits in compartments on the lower shelves of the fridge, I’m going to tell you right now that if you want to increase your intake of plants- whether you want to lose weight or not!- you’re going [...]
