Is Too Much Protein Bad for You?
There's a lot of confusion surrounding protein intake. We hear it's important, but we're also told getting too much can be a bad thing. So is too much protein bad...Read more
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Here’s Why the Mediterranean Diet Is BS
How exactly is the US interpretation of "the Mediterranean diet" misinformed? In an epic-fail kind of way.
For decades, beginning with its inspiration of the USDA’s first Dietary Guidelines, we’ve been...Read more
What Is the Healthiest Cooking Oil?
What is the healthiest cooking oil? There's an overabundance of options out there, with equally as much misinformation--canola oil, grapeseed oil, avocado oil--the list goes on.
With all the confusion...Read more
Easy Low Carb Cranberry Sauce Recipe (No Sugar Added)
You don't have to throw in the towel with healthy eating just because it's the holidays. Cranberry sauce is a classic holiday staple. It's also the most sugar-laden. That is, until...Read more
7 Tricks to Avoid Halloween Weight Gain
Intimidated about indulging a little too much at that upcoming Halloween party? Try these 7 tricks to avoid Halloween weight gain!
#1 Eat a spoonful of coconut butter (aka coconut manna), nut butter,...Read more
Why Is Saturated Fat Good For You? 6 Reasons (PART TWO)
In Part One of this series, Why Is Saturated Fat Good for You?, I shared how fear of saturated fats is rooted in nutrition hype and misinformation that science doesn't...Read more
VIDEO: Interview with Erika Herman for Fit Solution Summit
In this info-rich interview, Bestselling Author, Nutritionist, and Hype-Blaster "Heretic," Erika Herman calls BS on nutrition hype so you can enjoy food + optimal health.
Fit Solution Summit host, Vanessa Ortega...Read more
Another Reason Your Confusion About Sugar & Starch Isn’t Your Fault (My Review of Katie Couric’s Fed Up Challenge)
I was pretty excited when I saw an interview with Katie Couric about her new documentary Fed Up (released May 9, 2014), which spotlights the dangers of sugar, particularly added...Read more
Holes in Vegan Nutrition and Ideology
I get provocative about holes in vegan nutrition and ideology in Tipsy Lit's new interview with me.
I talk sex, birth, religion, fertilizer and FOOD. Oui!
Check out the full article by...Read more
New Research Suggests Resveratrol Doesn’t Reduce Risk of Heart Disease or Cancer
There's been a research reversal on resveratrol! (I dare you to say that five times.)
A new study out of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, published in the Journal of the American Medical...Read more