Health & Nutrition Blogs
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Food Blog: Why I Hate Superfoods
Our love of quick, targeted solutions doesn’t work with nutrition
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Why You Should Not Count CaloriesBlaming overweight Americans for not counting calories is wrong
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Food Blog: Scenes from America’s Dining TableWhy the disconnect between food facts and what we eat?
Every day in America we hear about healthy eating. Messages are on TV, in magazines, popular books and all over the Internet. Do they work? Let’s look at some typical American stories.
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Food Blog: Why Eat Whole Foods?Because the nutrients in whole foods are essential to your health
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Food Blog: Making Healthy Restaurant Menu ChoicesAn enigma wrapped in a Turducken
Think you can go to a restaurant and make an intelligent menu choice? You can usually do a pretty good job as far as taste and satisfaction go. But when it comes to health and nutrition, think again.
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Food Blog: Choose Healthy EatingYour choices will make a difference in the long run
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Food Blog: Why Do We Have Unhealthy Diets? Because they make sense
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I don’t really hate superfoods. I hate the idea of superfoods. The whole concept of superfoods flies in the face of a fundamental tenet of healthy eating: variety. The truth is that health comes from a varied diet, not from any individual food.
A recently published consumer study revealed that few people regularly count calories.* The article goes on to say that “keeping track [of calories] is the crux of controlling your weight,” and that “research shows that people who keep track of calories lose twice as much weight as those who don’t.” Puleeze!
A lot is made these days of eating whole foods. But does it really matter? You bet it does. 
As a nutritionist, I often hear people – especially overweight people – make an unsolicited confession. “I’m so bad,” they say. What they mean is, “I make unhealthy choices and I know it, but I still do it.”
