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Carbohydrates: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.

A New Strategy for a New Food Landscape. I know, I know. I told you to ditch food categories like "Carbs, Protein, and Fat" in favor of …
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One Diet to Rule Them All?

The Myth of the One-Size-Fits-All Diet. When people find out that I don't eat refined sugar or processed grains, or that I don't eat fast …
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Tahini Dandelion Greens

Recipe: Tahini Dandelion Greens. Last summer, my quest for a better beige put me on the trail of tahini. I wanted to get more of this …
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Fix Your Insulin; Fix Your Fat

How the Hormonal Effects of Modern Foods Are the Real Drivers of Obesity—not Gluttony and Sloth. What if everything we’ve been told about foo …
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Be Kind. Be Well.

How I Learned to Be Nice after 19 Hours in the Car with My Family. Kindness is not optional. Not really. Not if you want to flourish as a …
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Why I Left Health Care to Find Health Care

The Healer's Journey. November 26, 2014 was my last day in the Disease Management Industry. It was hard to say goodbye to patients and …
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Gluten-Free Wild Blueberry Cobbler

Recipe: Gluten-Free Wild Blueberry Cobbler. Food! This week I have a delicious and wholesome cobbler for you that will help you get the …
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A Better Beige

How I Discovered the Power of White-Tan Foods. So, I’m not exactly dreaming of a white-tan Christmas (unless the dream is of me being white a …
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The Dark Past of Carrots

A Case of Mendelian Monkey Business. Carrots weren’t always orange. They used to be purple. True story. 400 years ago, before plant b …
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What 88% of Us Are Missing

Dark Food for Thought. Blue, Purple, and Black foods beg to be noticed. In fact, I find purple downright gaudy. So let's take a look under …
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Eating on the Wild Side

The Missing Link to Optimum Health. I read a lot of books about health and nutrition--the good, the bad, and the ugly. This one is a gem. …
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Why Color Matters

The Pale American Table. According to NHANES data collected in 2009, we are going color blind, at least when it comes to food. About 8 out …
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Local vs. Organic

What's the Deal? Which is better, local or organic? This question used to confuse me. But thanks to the good folks at the Lexicon of …
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Fitting Into Your Genes

What Happens When Genes and Environment Don't Match? There's a new field emerging called Epigenetics--the study of how environmental …
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The Top 12 Superfoods of IFM

Why We Love This Stuff. From superstars to superfoods, we are obsessed with all things super. This may be a good thing for our species--the …
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What Is Human Flourishing

Practicing Medicine Without a License. You practice medicine on yourself every day. Did you know that? Every time you eat, think, move, or …