Eating Out: Not All That Great?
If eating out is supposed to be so great, why are people increasingly disappointed about “eating out too much?”
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More on How “Food Is Good for You”
Many doctors and nutritionists are recommending that we get our nutrients from foods. In fact, a recent Post article was titled “Why Bother With a Pill?” Indeed.
Parsley Is the New Superfood? No Surprise There
Plain old parsley is a super food? You bet, but why the surprise? What’s actually surprising is how we are continually surprised and impressed to find that the fruits of the earth, designed just for human nourishment, are good for us!
Whole Grain Pasta: New Food for a New Year
The next time you’re buying pasta, STOP. The new year is a good time to try new things–especially if they’re healthy and not hard at all. Find out how two ordinary home chefs are discovering and experimenting with some of the new, whole grain pastas–and finding that they pass the taste test, even for picky eaters.
Convenience Foods: Would You Buy a 4-Seat Sedan for a 5-Person Family?
What’ s the biggest barrier we face on the journey to healthful eating? Surprisingly, it’s not that we can’t cook, don’t have the right recipes or need more gadgets. No, that devil Time is what gets in our way. Are convenience foods the answer, or are they like buying a 4-seat sedan for a 5-person family?
Holiday Survival: Reality Story
When you don’t control the food agenda it’s hard to stay true to your eating ideals. Find out how one dedicated person survived a traditional holiday dinner, Texas-style, with the in-laws.
Holiday Dinners: The Salad Strategy
If you care about weight maintenance, holiday dinners are where your resolve gets tested. Assuming there are any healthful options at all, it’s most likely a gloppy coleslaw, tray of cold raw vegetables with ranch dressing, or whatever other tasteless nod to nutrition a deli can concoct. Theoretically, you could be virtuous and subsist on … Read more
Diet Season Is Coming! Plan Now for After the Diet
By definition, a “diet” is an interlude of eating differently than normal, and at some point, that interlude has to end. Since we know that’s the ending to every diet story, why not plan for a good exit strategy? What will eating look like for the rest of your life, once your diet interlude it over?
Processed Foods: Is It Ever OK to Break the Rules?
Are all processed foods on the no-no list? Or are there times when it’s OK to break the processed food prohibition?
Processed Foods: The Good, the Bad and When to Break the Rules
If there’s a reliable dietary culprit, “processed food” would be it. In fact, “processed foods” has become practically synonymous with bad-for-you food. However, most of the foods we eat are “processed,” subjected to some kind of “process” from simple cooking, grinding and fermenting to complex hydrogenating, modifying and refining. So in a practical sense, how do we implement the experts’ advice to eliminate processed foods? Instead of an either/or definition, I use the far more helpful “Tree to Test Tube Continuum” to sort out good from bad and when it’s OK to break the rules.