Category Archives: Nutrition

What should I eat for a better life?

Answer the question this January at the “Eat Better-Live Better-Feel Better” workshop at All Wellness. You’ll never wrestle with the word “diet” again. A Google search on the word “diet” will give you more than 600 million results. It’s not surprising so many of us are confused about what we should eat. From Atkins to [...]
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In the Green Mountains Coconut Oil is the New Black

Here in Vermont even just a few years ago, coconut oil existed only in suntan lotion. Today it fills the shelves of City Market and Healthy Living and even Hannafords. Health-conscious Vermonters flock to it. And not just in the health and beauty section.  So what happened? The fat scare of the 1980′s lumped coconut [...]
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Trick or Treat? Looks like a trick to me

I love Halloween. It’s scary and blustery and otherworldly. But from a nutritional perspective, Halloween is a nightmare. Even here in health-conscious Vermont, Halloween can be a trick for those cute little Trick or Treaters. Let’s take a look: Chocolate Tootsie Rolls are comprised of sugar, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, condensed milk, artificial [...]
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Eat Local Week Meets Vegetarian Awareness Month

It’s Eat Local Week in Burlington and it’s Vegetarian Awareness Month across the nation. Eat Local Week is Burlington’s celebration of Vermont’s excellent local food and drink. Vegetarian Awareness Month, kicked off by World Vegetarian Day (October 1), teaches us easy ways to “create a better world” just by making better nutritional choices. Both local [...]
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Lab Meat is it the new Vegetarian?

Diners choose the vegetarian lifestyle for many different reasons. Ethical reasons often top the list, followed closely by health and environmental reasons.The recent renaissance of lab meat (in vitro meat or test-tube meat) might render some of these concerns moot. Let’s look: PETA made the million dollar offer back in 2008 to the first lab [...]
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Trying to Lose Weight? Size Matters. Try a bigger fork

According to an old Vermont adage, when you see a fork in the road, you should take it. This was good advice in Robert Frost‘s day; it is good nutritional counsel today. A recent study of restaurant diners showed that using bigger forks can help you avoid over eating. The reason for this is pretty [...]
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Let’s Move: Would you like fries with that?

Though the First Lady has a mission of improving the overall fitness of our nation, she has become the focus of derision over lunch. You see, Michelle Obama ate a burger. And fries. And a milkshake! Health and Fitness blogs were basically broiling last week over her very public 1700 calorie lunch. The political blogs [...]
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The New Food Pyramid: What’s On MyPlate?

The new USDA food pyramid is a plate. It’s called “MyPlate” (there is probably an iPlate app already) and it makes sense… in some ways. It looks remarkably like the vegan power plate brought to us in 2009 by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Hmm…maybe the country is starting to catch on? “MyPlate” is [...]
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Group Cleanse Week Five: To Retox or Not to Retox

At the last meeting of the Group Cleanse at All Wellness we were excited and giddy. It was bitter sweet, like graduation. Some in the group look forward to returning to old eating patterns: dinner with family, pizza, eggs for breakfast… For others there is no turning back. The Cleanse created new sensitivity. Our bodies [...]
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Group Cleanse Week Four: Empowerment

The greatest takeaway from the Group Cleanse at All Wellness is empowerment. As we went around the room sharing our experiences, it became apparent that each of us was thrilled to be empowered to gain control over our health and well being. My personal experience was terrific. I was not alone. Here are a few [...]
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