Dr. Oz – the captivating, charasmatic and convincing surgeon has won over millions of viewers who faithfully follow his nutrition advice. I believe Dr. Oz’s intentions are good and he wants to improve the health of Americans. However, there are a couple of things about his approach that concern me:
For the most part, low-fat dairy products have been recommended as part as a healthy diet for quite some time now. However, it is now becoming popular to eliminate dairy from ones eating regime! What is wrong with dairy? I’ll explore the reasons people are going dairy-free and highlight the supporting research.
This dish was a ‘throw-together-leftovers’ kind of accident I created this morning. Although, I shouldn’t say accident -it was quite tasty! Not only is this tasty, it’s also quick (took about 15 minutes with the time saver tip below) and HEALTHY.
“Sometimes
‘I want a brownie’ means:
I want a break,
I want to talk, or
I want to scream.
And sometimes
it just means
I want a brownie.”
-Michelle May
I have been making an effort to familiarize myself with popular ‘Diet Books’ and am currently reading Micheal Moss’s Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us. I try to look at these books with a some degree of skepticism, as not all are built on good evidence (one of the worst being Wheat Belly…but that is in another post) or they tend to exaggerate the truth to generate publicity.
The yogurt aisle is the most confusing and overwhelming aisle to navigate at the grocery store! It’s definitely the section I spend the longest time in. The yogurt aisle isn’t what it used to be – greek yogurt has recently taken over a sizeable chuck of the refrigerator case, leaving non-greeks to compete for the remaining real estate. Meanwhile, both greek and non-greek yogurts are branching out with new claims, nutrient content, flavours, ect.
