Hunter-gatherers. The name says it all. Our ancestors foraged for food by hunting and gathering. These are presumably high-energy tasks, especially if your livelihood depends on it. Hunting and gathering is entirely different in Western culture. My wife “gathers” by going to the grocery store and I hunt by . . . well I don’t […]
Coffee addicts rejoice! This antioxidant in a cup of Joe may help burn your fat off.
I love coffee. No . . . let me be clear . . . I LOOOVE coffee. So, I was overjoyed when the New England Journal of Medicine published the largest study associating coffee with protective health benefits. The researchers doubted coffee. In fact, there hypothesis was that coffee would be harmful. I am […]
Does white bread make you fat?
I grew up on toast. You probably did as well. Toast is a quintessential American comfort food. Warm toasted bread with butter is simply irresistible. I also love a good sandwich . . . But, could our bread habit be making us fat? Researchers from Spain looked at data from a Mediterranean cohort […]
How a goal to cook whole foods changed our family’s health (and weight) for the better.
I hope you enjoy this post from my beautiful wife, Jen. Here she highlights what got us started on a healthier lifestyle. Enjoy, Nick I was recently teased for eating Kale. Crazy thing is, if you would have told me 2 years ago that I would be eating Kale, I would have laughed. I didn’t […]
A Low Carb Diet is Not Bad for the Heart . . . Unless it is Filled with Meat
A study from the Journal of the American Heart Association shows once again that you should consider a low carb diet . . . however, as I have reported before, your protein should come from plants. [adsanity id=2529 align=aligncenter /] In an article from the September 2014 American Heart Association, researchers continue to carve up […]