Is Saturated Fat Bad For You? No!
If you follow diet and nutrition news, you may have caught wind that saturated fat has gotten an unwarranted bad wrap. But is saturated fat bad for you? The short
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MYTH BUSTING: How Many Carbs Can You Have on a Low Carb Diet?
According to some people, I eat a low-carb diet. I both agree and disagree...wha?! Confused? It's not your fault. There are a lot of confusing standards out there about what makes a
Complex Carbohydrates: Good Carbs vs Bad Carbs
National Dietary Guidelines and many heath "experts" have long told us to load up on complex carbohydrates, particularly grains (especially “whole grains”) and cereal products. This has lead to a
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
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
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
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
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
VIDEO: Why You Don’t Want to Eat a Processed Butter Substitute or Cheese Alternative
On a recent trip to my local food co-op, I came across a "healthier" processed butter substitute and cheese alternative brand that isn't all it's cracked up to be (like most
The Myth of “Healthy” Frozen Yogurt
How can you NOT think frozen yogurt is healthy?
For years now, everywhere you turn, the media seems to be singing operatic praise for this low-fat--or more often fat-free--"healthy" dessert that's supposed