Category: Articles

The soda goliaths, Pepsi and Coca-Cola, are bellweathers for our culture of health. Both are having to undergo massive adaptations to accommodate troubling times for their acidic, black diuretics that are bad for your teeth, your bones, and your weight (colas). This article reports on the ways each has...

This article came out this morning from the NYTimes, and it reflects the culture of health that has become so very skewed over time. This article is emphatic. We need to give our kids supplements to prevent Vitamin D disorders and many other dreaded ailments. I wonder what we...

I love Thanksgiving.   The reason I love T-Day is because yesterday was September the 29th. I was in Home Depot getting yardy stuff for my bushes and whatnot.   They have plastic Christmas trees up. Already. In September. Hey, you too can avoid the holiday rush, head on...

I'm speaking tonight for the PA sustainable agricultue dinner, and doing a session on sensual eating. I teach them to taste their food. This is one of the most fundamental ways to control our cultural health problems. Paying attention to the taste and texture and aroma of your food...

Today is my birthday. Being another year older has never bothered me, as I know it does for some. I am so grateful to be alive, to breathe and to think and to feel and to laugh and to love and to taste and drink from this miraculous life....

The woman beside me has a large weight problem. She's also drinking a diet Coke. You just want to say to her, "diet soda is more strongly correlated with weight gain than even the regular syrupy sodas. It is not your answer, anfd it may be part of your...

Eating on the road is horrendous. Even when you eat at locations that have decent ingredients, expansive portions can make your portions expansive, and I personally can't wait to get home and eat my own food. Another aspect that makes travel difficult is the disruption of sleep and a...

I spoke today for the Rome, Ga Rotary club. This is an organization of about 200 business leaders committed to improving their community. They provided lunch, and I knew I was south of the Mason Dixon when I saw what they were serving: black-eyed peas, corn bread, green beans,...

It reminds me of the time when Whole Foods finally made it to Pittsburgh. For its first 6 months, this particular Whole Foods did more volume per square foot than any WF in the nation. There was a serious market for healthy foods. People want it, and respond with...

Yesterday was a very long day. I had gotten in the night before around midnight, got probably 3 hrs sleep, and woke up early for an interview.   It took about 7 hrs to train about 15 people to be able to deliver our programs across campus. The energy in...

There is money on the table. Probiotics are the next, new, hot, crankin’, market, wonder product. But there are many forms of probiotics (foods with bacteria that are healthy for your gut). Those foods that have been fermented over time. Those foods that have been sterilized, and then have...

Berry College has fully embraced a campus-wide wellness initiative. They’re integrating our Mediterranean approach across the board, across the disparate departments, to make a substantial improvement in the health status of their students. But the faculty, staff, and leadership are all taking part. I am training about 25 of...