Posts from — July 2010

Earlier this week I posted an article about a study conducted by Princeton University researchers regarding rats, high-fructose corn syrup, and weight loss. You can read my post here. In essence, the study showed that rats fed a diet of rat chow and high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) gained much more weight than those fed rat [...]

No introduction for this post…just kid-friendly raw recipes! #1: Rainbow Fruit Skewers Who doesn’t like skewered foods?!  And rainbows?! Ingredients: Red: raspberries Orange: oranges Yellow: mango Green: green grapes Blue: blueberries Indigo: plums Violet: blackberries Wooden skewers Directions: Stick the fruit on the skewers in the ROYGBIV order.  Of course, feel free to substitute any [...]

According to this article we do. Apparently people who have a “fixation with righteous eating” or who decide to give up certain unhealthy foods like “sugar, salt, caffeine, alcohol, wheat gluten, yeast, soy, corn and dairy foods” have a mental condition known as orthorexia nervosa. And us low fat raw foodies really take the cake!  [...]

While I don’t have any children myself, I do know how difficult it can be to feed them a healthy diet.  This is especially true today with all the fatty, salty, sugary foods meant to tempt them at every turn. The good news is that kids of all ages love sweet fruit and you won’t [...]

* Feature Article: Is Weight Loss Only About Calories Consumed? * Your Questions Answered: Calories and Weight Loss Is Weight Loss Only About Calories Consumed? I recently stumbled upon this interesting Princeton study on high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and weight gain, the results of which I thought might interest you. The experiment involved two groups [...]